Mum tries to give her son, Jake, a cuddle at the school gates in the morning, but he runs off. When Jake gets collected at night he is not feeling so sure of himself and asks for his cuddle. But a lot can happen to a cuddle in a day, and Mum doesn't have it any more! Jake has to ask a witch, a wizard, a princess and a very scary dragon where his cuddle has got to.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Angela McAllister lives in Hampshire and is the author of many picture books for young readers. Sue Hellard lives in London and she too has illustrated many books for young readers from picture books to older read alone fiction. James Mayhew is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books.