Brogan



=HAIRY MACLARY'S SHOWBUSINESS=

The author of my story, //Hairy Maclary's Showbusines//, is Lynley Dodd. Lynley Dodd was Born in New Zealand in 1941. She graduated from Elam School of Art in Auckland and has written a total of thirty stories including //My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes, The Nickle Nackle Tree,// the Hairy Maclary Series and also a range of books about Hairy Maclary's friends, such as //Slinki Malinki// and //Schnitzel von Krumm's Basketwork//. In 1999, Dodd became the ninth recipient of the Margaret Mahy Award.

The book //Hairy Maclary's Showbusines// was written in 1991. Some noteworthy things that happened in 1991 include the end of the Cold War and the birth of Devon Bostick and Craig Roberts.

I chose this book because when I was a child I loved dogs, but i couldn't have one as my mother and I lived in a caravan, so I read books about dogs instead. This book, among other Hairy Maclary books helped me learn how to read. I also remember playing the Hairy Maclary board game as a child with my friend Lewis, and it was one of the few things that I took with me to Australia. This story means a lot to me and reminds me of my childhood in England.

In Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness, Hairy Maclary escapes from being tied to a tree and runs into the Annual Cat Club Show. While in the building it is being held in he causes havoc and mayhem, tripping people up, knocking things over and causing an upheaval until eventually he is caught. After being caught and subdued he wins the award for scruffiest cat. I cannot find a legitimate meaning behind this story.

The way that the story is written, in a flowing, rhyming form, captures the imagination of young readers while reading or being read to.The vibrant illustrations and style of the drawings brings together the book. The separation of the text from the picture allow the reader to focus on either, and it doesn't detract from the image.

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