Product Description

Slinky Malinki, a cheeky and friendly cat by day, is a master pilferer by night. Children will learn about rhythm and rhyme as they follow the hilarious antics of Slinky Malinki - the lovable rascal cat who is always making mischief!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7443 in Books
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Published on: 2009-07-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

About the Author
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.

Customer Reviews

A fabulously funny feline tale!!!
I bought this book for my 3 year-old son as a birthday present and from the first time we read it, it has become one of our firm favourites! It's told in rhyme and the words flow smoothly and quickly from one page to the next bringing the story to life with wonderful images of a prowling, mischievous cat who ends up in hot water because of his thieving ways. The pictures that go along with it are vibrant and apt, taking the reader along with every weird and wonderful item Slinky Malinki steals and then drags back to his house on the hill. My son was giggling half way through already and didn't stop until the end of this magical tale.

A rhyming, funny and exciting story about a rapscallion cat!
This book grabbed my 22month old daughter's attention from the first reading. She will ask to have this book read to her over and over again. Linky (as she calls him) is captivating from the first page. My daughter especially loves the part of the story when the dogs on the block go 'Ro Ro Ro Ro' - Lynley Dodd seems to have a knack at making animal noises come alive on paper. My daughter also recommends Hairy McLary from Donaldsons Dairy! A very funny book and a bit of a tongue twister.

Slinky Malinki is a "stalking, lurking, adventurous cat"
Slinky Malinki is a fabulous book, full of rollicking rhyme which captures the imagination and well describes the escapades of a "stalking, lurking, adventurous cat", whose midnight wanderings go horribly wrong one evening. Fun to read and fun to listen to.