A little over two years ago, I shared our family’s favourite books.
The top twelve. The shining lights in our library.
The list hasn’t changed much since then. It’s just grown. We’d now have to add The Worst Princess, The Magic Faraway Tree series and Bears in the Night, just to name a few.
But I don’t think I could bring myself to remove many from the list. And Rudie Nudie would definitely keep its place.
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Rudie Nudie / Emma Quay
(ABC Books, 2011)
I will never get sick of this book. Ever.
Rudie Nudie is a rollicking, rhyming, rhythmical read that is also, fittingly, alliterative on the first page. The stars of the book, young siblings, celebrate the end of bathtime with a series of Rudie Nudie shenanigans.
They run. They jump. They somersault. They dance. They head outside and do Rudie Nudie runs in the backyard.
I love the incorporation of nursery rhymes and dance moves. I love the constant squeezes and cuddles (Rudie Nudie is a great resource for anyone compiling a thesaurus entry for ‘hug’). I love the use of ‘jarmies’ at the end, marking the book as unmistakably Australian.
And I loooove the illustrations.
Of course, more than anything else, I love the Rudie Nudieness. My kids love to get nekked and run around – whether or not they’ve just had a bath! – and Emma Quay has perfectly captured that cheekiness exhibited by toddlers who love to get their gear off.
Highly recommended for all lovers of wonderful writing, quirky stories, beautiful illustrations and Rudie Nudieness. You can purchase Rudie Nudie from Booktopia here, or from Book Depository here.
Have you read Rudie Nudie? What did you think?
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We first borrowed this from the library and have since bought it. My daughter knows it by heart. Her dad or I read a line and she finishes it. It’s a lovely book.
I love testing titles from the library! We didn’t test this one – the title was enough for my mum to purchase it.
This book has often caught my attention on book shelves but we’ve still never read it. Now I’m compelled to pick it up next time thanks to your recommendation. I love a quirky one!
I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
I’ve been wanting to pick this up for a little while – my toddler daughter thinks rudie nudieness is the height of hilarity and I think she’d love this book!
I hope she enjoys it!
We haven’t read Rudie Nudie but man, do my boys still love getting their kit off. Just you know, hanging free…
FREEDOM! Glorious freedom!
I really miss kids books. Now that my kids are older they are reading novels, the rhyming has long gone, though,it doesn’t take much to get us all quoting “Hairy McClaerey From Donaldsons Dairy” 🙂
Bottomley was always my favourite. Hard to go past a Dalmatian.
This is one of my very favourites! It’s one of my go-to gift books for very little kids. My tornadoes think it’s hilarious as they do every thing the kids in the book do. They even look like them too?!
Me too! Instant winner for everyone. And now they have it in all the formats, the board book is perfect for newbies.
Sounds gorgeous :). I’ve got a couple of rudie nudies too!