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    The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff
    The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff
    The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff
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    The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff

    By Norman Lindsay

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1972
    The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff

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    Reviews for The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff

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    • 2/5
      I just didn't enjoy it.
    • 4/5
      An enjoyable bit of nonsense and silliness from 100 years ago
    • 5/5
      A wonderful bit of Commonwealth nonsense, at times as giddily creative and deliciously dry as Lewis Carroll.
    • 3/5
      Very peculiar children's book. Rhyming dialog! Songs without music (or much reason.) A pudding (Aussie - think meat pie) that has no end, can change flavors, and has a personality and an attitude. A gentleman koala with a problem uncle. Quite peculiar.
    • 5/5
      One of the most completely enjoyable books of my childhood, written and illustrated by Norman Lindsay, whose primary career was as an Australian political cartoonist. Bunyip Bluegum is a spiffily dressed gentleman koala who goes out walking and falls in with Sam Sawnoff, a sailor, and Bill Barnacle, a penguin, who by dubious means (set out in one of the many lively poems which add a great deal to the fun of the narrative) had gained possession of a magic "cut and come again" pudding -- a pudding which can turn into any desired dish, and regrows after eating, and what is more, possesses an acerbic personality of its own. Naturally, it is pursued by pudding thieves, against whom the heroes must defend themselves, thieves eventually brought to trial in a fine parody of traditional British-style justice.
    • 2/5
      This is what I think would be called a farce. It shines light on and pokes fun at some of the uglier and funnier sides of human nature, especially those that stand out in Australian history. The idea of ownership and us-and-them, and the absurdity of authority...it's all done in a very funny and cheeky way. I did feel that I got a sense of a time and place and a voice in Australia's cultural history, which is why I read the book, but I really didn't enjoy it much. It made me very uncomfortable, and though I don't think the racism and violence in the book were really being condoned by the author - I think he may have just trying to shed some light them it as some of the absurdities of his day -I still wouldn't read this book to my kids, or recommend it to them while they're young.
    • 5/5
      Zany. A pudding that everyone wants to steal. You better not take your eyes off that pudding for one second. Even people you trust will do anything to get their hands on that pudding. A delight that was completely unknown to me before two weeks ago. A delight that I loved, despite the fact that I really wasn’t clear on the appeal of the pudding or the knavish associations of many of the characters. It isn’t important; it’s just great fun.
    • 4/5
      This book is great.It is a real classic. It has a nice story line, how bunyip blue gum goes off on an adventure and the magic pudding saves a whole lot of prisoners by getting eaten. Im sure small children would really enjoy it. By Rishi
    • 4/5
      This book has gotten a mention in a lot of other books I've read, so I decided to check it out. It is very funny, particularly the verse bits! I look forward to gifting this to my friends' offspring.

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