Eve Sutton & Lynley Dodd

Eve Sutton(1906~1992)

Children's Writer. Born 1906; died 1992. Active 1926-1992 in England, Britain, Europe was born in England in 1906. She and her family moved to New Zealand in 1949.  Her career took off when a cousin suggested they write a children's picture book together. That cousin was Lynley Dodd and the book, My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes is now a classic.

 

Lynley Dodd(1941~ )

Lynley Dodd work has sold over two million copies world-wide. Born and educated in New Zealand, Lynley is a graduate of the Elam School of Art in Auckland.

Since winning the prestigious Esther Glen Award with Eve Sutton in 1975 for My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes, Lynley has written 24 picture books. Four of these have won the New Zealand Picture Book of the Year Award, and many more have made the Award shortlist.

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy was published in 1983 and to date, Hairy Maclary has his own theatre company (Maclary Theatre Productions), a video, and there is extensive merchandising, including soft toys.

Lynley has won numerous prizes for her work, received the Margaret Mahy Award in 1999 and in 2002 was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours for services to children's literature.

Lynley lives in Tauranga with her husband, Tony and their beautiful Burmese cat, Suu Kyi.  

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Lynley Dodd is New Zealand's bestselling children's author/artist. Her rhyming picture books featuring the irresistible Hairy Maclary, Slinky Malinki and friends are firm favourites, especially for reading aloud, all over the world.  

Picture Books

• My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes (1974) (with Eve Sutton)
• The Nickle Nackle Tree (1976)
• Titimus Trim (1979)
• The Smallest Turtle (1982)
• The Apple Tree (1985)
• Wake Up, Bear (1986)
• A Dragon in a Wagon (1988)
• Caterwal Caper (1988)
• Find Me a Tiger (1991)
• The Minister's Cat ABC (1992)

My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes is a very popular New Zealand children's book, which has also attained popularity in the United Kingdom and Canada. It was written by and Lynley Dodd, who are both New Zealand-born cousins-by-law. According to Dodd, the book is based upon the "Dodd family cat, Wooskit, who, like all cats, liked to hide in boxes, supermarket bags, cupboards and hidey-holes of all kinds."

The book itself consists of descriptions of other cats from other countries, all followed by the phrase "but my cat likes to hide in boxes."

After the book's publication, Eve Sutton went on to write books for older children. Lynley Dodd, however, continued to write for younger children—which eventually led to her famous Hairy Maclary series of children's books.