Cuddly Dudley - Softcover

Jez Alborough

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406310743 ISBN 13: 9781406310740

Publisher: Walker Childrens Paperbacks, 2007

Synopsis

Dudley is so lovely and cuddly that his brothers and sisters just can't leave him alone - even when he wants some time to himself. So, Dudley sets off alone across the tundra, until he discovers that maybe being with friends - and being incredibly cuddly - isn't so bad after all.

About this title

About the Author

Jez Alborough is a hugely popular, award-winning author and illustrator of books for children, well-known for his stories about Bobo the chimp, star of Hug (9780744582734), Tall (9781406301731) and Yes (9781406304565), as well as his tales about Eddy and the Bear, which inspired a BAFTA-winning animated TV series. He lives in Richmond, Surrey.

From Publishers Weekly

Although Alborough's illustrations are animated and action-filled, his story of Cuddly Dudley--unlike his clever Where's My Teddy? --seems both hackneyed and predictable. Since this "adorable" penguin's family can't "resist having a huddle and a waddle and a cuddle with him," poor Dudley leaves home to find a spot where he can play without being disturbed. When his siblings follow his "waddleprints" to the cabin, Cuddly Dudley turns away each relative with cartoon-style irascibility; enter a man in a furry parka who chases the put-upon penguin "all around the house and out into the snow," shouting "Give me a cuddle!" When Dudley finally escapes and wends his way home, he and his brothers and sisters have "the best huddling, waddling, cuddling session that they'd ever had. Until . . . "--at the turn of the last page, the Eskimo man arrives and races after them all. With its one-dimensional characters and mass-market style, this penguin tale proves too cutesy for words--and, no doubt, for many tastes. Children's BOMC selection. Ages 3-up.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Walker Childrens Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1406310743
• ISBN 13: 9781406310740
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32