“The exhibition is very much about Lynley’s practice,” Jackson said. Jackson, who has known Dodd for 10 years, said it was this simplicity and familiarity in the stories that spoke to readers across several generations. “A little light bulb went off and there was Hairy Maclary book two.” “The butcher had clearly been very kind and the dog was on his way but I wondered how he was going to get home without his friends getting that lot from him. “I’d just bought my week’s meat and was in my car when suddenly I saw a large dog walking away from the butcher’s with a whole load of meat and bones hanging from his mouth. “I never thought I’d do more than one Hairy Maclary book, let alone a series, but my publisher said they wanted a second,” Dodd said. Dodd, a trained sculptor and lover of all animals, was in Perth for the exhibition opening and said she never dreamed of a career in children’s books, certainly not one lasting more than 30 years with 34 publications.
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