Following the re-introduction of titular honours by the New Zealand government, she accepted redesignation as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009. She was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2002 New Year Honours, for services to children's literature and book illustration. In 1999, she became the ninth recipient of the Margaret Mahy Award. In 1990, Dodd was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. Lynley Dodd is an award-winning author/illustrator who lives in New Zealand.

She is enormously popular for her rhyming stories of the unforgettable HAIRY MACLARY and his friends. In the 2019 TVNZ series Goodnight Kiwi the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern read Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy the episode aired on TVNZ 2 on Christmas Day. Lynley Dodd is an award-winning author/illustrator enormously popular for her rhyming stories of the memorable Hairy Maclary, Slinky Malinki, Schnitzel Von Krumm - and many others She worked as a teacher before beginning to write her own books in 1974. Lynley Dodd is an award-winning author/illustrator who lives in New Zealand. In 2015 a sculpture of Hairy Maclary and other characters from the books was officially unveiled in Tauranga, New Zealand on the waterfront by former New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. Dame Lynley Dodd is an internationally celebrated writer for children whose titles are highly regarded and much loved by her readers in New Zealand and a. In the 1990s, a TV series based on the 'Hairy Maclary' series featuring 10 five-minute episodes premiered. In 1983 the first book in the ' Hairy Maclary' series Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy was published the following books in the series Hairy Maclary’s Bone (1984), Hairy Maclary Scattercat (1985), Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper (1987), Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet (1989) and Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness (1991) were all shortlisted in the Children’s Picture Book of the Year Award, which Lynley Dodd won in 1984, 1986, 19. Lynley Dodd 7.99 Paperback Scarface Claw, Hold Tight Lynley Dodd 6.99 Paperback Slinky Malinki Early Bird (Board Lynley Dodd 6.99 Board book The Hairy Maclary Collection: Lynley Dodd 13.98 CD-Audio The Other Ark (Paperback) Lynley Dodd 5.99 Paperback Add to Basket & Collect Hairy Maclary's Bone - Hairy Lynley Dodd 7.

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