Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers is a hilarious rhyming story by Lynley Dodd' Christmas was coming Out came the tree dressed up in finery splendid to see Trinkets & tinsel with baubles & bows a mouse with a hat & a very red nose ' So begins Lynley Dodd's cracking Christmas tale told in her usual rollicking rhythmic rhyme Festive preparations are being made in Slinky Malinki's house & the rapscallion mischievous cat is most curious about the Christmas tree With its reindeer ribbons baubles & bells it's too tempting a treat for Slinky not to investigate So Slinky Malinki with mischievous glee creeps out from the shadows to climb up the tree Lynley Dodd is an award-winning authorillustrator who lives in New Zealand She is enormously popular for her rhyming stories of the unforgettable HAIRY MACLARY & his friends She worked as a teacher before beginning to write her own books in 1974 Read all the Hairy Maclary & Friends books by Lynley Dodd! Hairy Maclary's Bone; Hairy Maclary Scattercat; Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper; Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet; Slinky Malinki; Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness; Slinky Malinki Open the Door; Sniff-Snuff-Snap!; Schnitzel Von Krumm Forget-Me-Not; Slinky Malinki Catflaps; Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers; Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks; Scarface Claw; Schnitzel Von Krumm Dog's Never Climb Tress; Hairy Maclary Sit; Hairy Maclary & Zachary Quack; Magnet Fun with Hairy Maclary; Hairy Maclary Shoo; Hairy Maclary & Friends Little Library; Slinky Malinki Open the Door; Slinky Malinki Early Bird; Where is Hairy Maclary?; Sticker Fun with Hairy Maclary; My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes