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Slinky Malinki

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Meet Slinky Malinki: a very, very NAUGHTY cat. 
 
"He had bright yellow eyes, a warbling wail, 
And a kink at the end of his very long tail." 
 
Slinky Malinki can steal anything - from a clothes peg, to a slipper, to a string of sausages!! But, will Slinky realise that crime doesn't pay? 
 
Told through playful rhyme and vibrant watercolour illustration, this hilarious classic story has delighted children for generations. 
 
Discover more animal adventures: 
Scarface Claw 
Hairy Maclary's Bone 
Schnitzel von Krumm

Lynley Dodd is New Zealand's bestselling children's author/illustrator and has an international following. She worked as a teacher before beginning to write her own books in 1974 and has published over twenty brilliant stories about Hairy Maclary, Slinky Malinki, Scarface Claw and lots of other memorable characters. Lynley lives with her husband and cat in New Zealand.

Slinky Malinki steals anything from a clothes peg, to a slipper, to a string of sausages, to a clock! Our hero is a BAD cat! The story is told in wonderful rhyme and through pictures full of life and movement.

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