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Paperback
Published: 30th March 2021
Board book
Published: 3rd September 2018
Hardback
Published: 6th September 2011
Zachary Quack Minimonster
By (Author) Lynley Dodd
Penguin Group (NZ)
Puffin
6th September 2011
New Zealand
Children
Fiction
823.2
Hardback
36
Width 177mm, Height 233mm, Spine 9mm
250g
Climbing the river bank on to the track, went pittery pattery Zachary Quack ...Zachary Quack is pestering and scruffling all over the river bank. Then he finds a flicketty - quick dragon and hustles it here, there and everywhere. But who is really hustling who
Lynley Dodd graduated from the Elam School of Art in Auckland with a diploma in Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture. She went on to teach art before taking a break to start a family. She began to work as a freelance illustrator and collaborated with author Eve Sutton on My Cat Likes To Hide in Boxes. There was no looking back as Lynley went on to write and illustrate her own books for children. Exuberant artwork and bouncy rhymes come together perfectly in books like Slinky Malinki and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. As well as being a visual delight, these are some of the most rewarding books for children and adults to read out loud. It comes as no surprise that, as a child, she adored Dr Seuss because of his 'crazy sounds and the fact that he took such liberties with the English language.' Other favourite authors included A A Milne and the fairy tales of The Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen. Today, Lynley is a big fan of Quentin Blake 'because of his humour and very clever art work.'