Dame Lynley Dodd is a true icon of New Zealand storytelling. Her most famous creation, the Hairy Maclary series, which features a scruffy dog from Donaldson’s Dairy, is a bestselling children’s classic not just in her home country but globally as well. Lynley is a passionate advocate of children’s reading and literacy, and has written more than thirty picture books. Lynley’s work is so beloved that Hairy Maclary and his rollicking gang have been immortalised in bronze in her hometown of Tauranga — a gorgeous example of how people of all ages identify with the little dog and his friends.
