Cuddly Dudley - Jez Alborough

***Background*** Jez Alborough not only writes this wonderful story but illustrates it too and has done so with a wide variety of books including his wonderful rhyming series about Duck and his lovable series about Bear. ***The Story*** This story starts with a penguin called Dudley who loves to play by himself. The problem is that he has lots of brothers and sisters who love to cuddle him and he rarely gets a chance to be alone. "'Go away,' Dudley would say. 'Leave me alone.' 'We can't," came the reply. 'You're just too cuddly, Dudley.' 'I'm fed up with all your huddling and waddling and ...

Cuddly Dudley A lovely book- perfect for winter story telling. Dudley is a penguin who is so adorable that all his brothers and sisters just want to cuddle him. Dudley loves to jump, dive and splash, but mostly he loved to play without anyone else around...here we see a very contented looking Dudley floating in water surrounded by ice. However, because Dudley is such a "lovely cuddly penguin", when his siblings find him, they have to have a "huddle and a waddle and a cuddle" with him. This phrase is repeated every time we see the penguins wanting a cuddle, so children can very quickly say the words and anticipate ...