
So Slinky Malinki, with mischievous glee, creeps out from the shadows to climb up the tree.Lynley Dodd is an award-winning author/illustrator who lives in New Zealand.

With its reindeer, ribbons, baubles and bells, it's too tempting a treat for Slinky not to investigate. Festive preparations are being made in Slinky Malinki's house and the rapscallion, mischievous cat is most curious about the Christmas tree. Trinkets and tinsel with baubles and bows, a mouse with a hat and a very red nose.' So begins Lynley Dodd's cracking Christmas tale told in her usual rollicking, rhythmic rhyme. Out came the tree, dressed up in finery, splendid to see.

Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers is a hilarious rhyming story by Lynley Dodd. Print Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers
