It has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and been translated into Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Swedish, Russian, Slovene - and te reo Māori. Like most of Dodd's books, it is written in anapaestic verse, though it breaks into a more urgent trochaic form when the dogs encounter the cat. The story follows the assembly of a pack dogs going to the park, and ends when they're all scared off by a fearsome cat - Scarface Claw. Schnitzel Von Krumm (with a very low tum), a Dachshund, (22).Bitzer Maloney (all skinny and bony), a Greyhound, (36).Muffin McLay (like a bundle of hay), an Old English Sheepdog, (48).Bottomley Potts (covered in spots), a Dalmatian, (52).Hercules Morse (as big as a horse), an English Mastiff, (54).Hairy Maclary (from Donaldson's Dairy), a Scottish Terrier, (60).The order of introduction of the dogs (with their house number in brackets) is: Written for pre-school children, it has become a classic bedtime storybook in New Zealand and Australia, and Lynley Dodd's books, including this one, dominate the children's section of the Premier New Zealand Bestsellers list.
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