Slinky Malinki Open the Door

I didn't get to read the story because the pages were all stuck together badly damaged

I work in child care, and this book was just sitting in the library of the classroom when I inherited it. I picked up that book one day and fell in love with it! Anytime the class was getting out of hand, I would sit down and start reading this book. Guarranteed by two lines into it, the entire class was seated and quiet - and it was a 20-child, 2 1/2 year old classroom. Most of the kids could have 'read' the book to me, and I didn't actually read the book before very long because I had it memorized. I haven't yet had my own children, but I already am starting to invest in books, and this was at the top of the list!

Our four-year old daughter recently received this book (and Hairy Maclary, also by Dodd) for her birthday. We all love it. It is fun to read, has lovely rhythm and the illustrations are great. She has requested it everyday since and I'm still not tired of it. Highly recommended.

I see it in the bookshop regularly! Slinky Malinki and his friend Stickybeak Sid (a rainbow lorikeet) get up to all manner of mischief when alone in the house: Slinky malinki and stickbeak Sid were a troublesome pair; do you know what they did? Alone in the house one mischievous day, they opened a door and they started to play.I have not met a child yet who doesn't respond to the beautiful rhythm of the language and the sense of fun in the Lynley Dodd books.There is just the right amount of repetition in the rhymes to create a sense of anticipation. The illustrations are lovely, and Slinky really does have a mischievous glint in his eye! He is NOT drawn as a "human" - he is all-cat, but wow, those expressions, depicted through eyes, paws and the hair standing on end!

We love Slinky Malinky and Stickybeak Syd. They are funny and we love to read about them. We almost know the whole book.The First Grade at Hobart School

With all the lame-brained children's stories I am confronted with as a parent, I was utterly delighted to find Slinky Malinki. My three-year-old loves the rhyming and the characters' names. I love the repetition (which is an excellent learning device for pre-schoolers) and the adorable illustrations. I would HIGHLY recommend this little book to any child aged 3-6, although since it is out of print, you may have to get it at the library.