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

by Norman Lindsay

"The Magic Pudding" by Norman Lindsay is a children's book written and illustrated in 1918. This Australian comic fantasy follows Bunyip Bluegum, a koala who joins two companions possessing a magical, perpetually regenerating pudding named Albert. Together, they must defend their temperamental talking dessert from cunning Pudding Thieves who devise increasingly elaborate schemes to steal it. Their adventures lead them through encounters with eccentric characters, chaotic courtroom proceedings, and repeated battles to protect their prized possession in this classic tale of friendship and absurdity.