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Adaptations
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The Magic Pudding
Louis McManus
(composer),
1950
single work
musical theatre
children's
Children's musical.
- The Magic Pudding 1960 single work drama children's adventure humour
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form
y
The Magic Pudding
( dir. Karl Zwicky
)
Australia
:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
,
2000
Z956577
2000
single work
film/TV
children's
fantasy
'Norman Lindsay's much-loved story is brought to life in this magical animated adaptation of the Australian children's classic. When his ship sinks off the South Pole Bill Barnacle (Hugo Weaving) discovers a magic pudding called Albert (John Cleese) who can talk change flavour on request and lasts forever so demands to be continuously eaten. The crew are divided over the pudding but Bill and his first mate Sam (Sam Neil) resolve to protect it. Meanwhile Bunyip Bluegum the Koala (Geoffrey Rush) sets out on an adventure to find his parents with his rough-and-ready travelling companions in tow. Their paths cross when Bunyip stumbles into the middle of an attempt by thieves to steal the everlasting pudding.'
Source: ABC Shop (Sighted 12/10/2011)
- The Magic Pudding Sarah de Jong (composer), 2010 single work musical theatre children's
Notes
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Adapted for marionettes by Peter Scriven with music by Hal Evans. Produced in 1960.
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Selected in December 2004 by the Australian public in an ABC poll as Australia's 99th favourite book.
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Publisher's blurb for this title is on the back cover of the digitised copy of Blinky Bill Joins the Army.
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Ranked #7 in ABC1's First Tuesday Book Club '10 Aussie Books to Read Before You Die' 2012 voting ballot.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The Magic Pudding Can Still Make Us Laugh Even After 100 Years
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 26 October 2018;'A bohemian whose work was often censored, Norman Lindsay’s book of delightfully nasty characters and superb illustrations became a beloved children’s classic.' (Introduction)
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Early Australian Fantasy : Norman Lindsay's The Magic Pudding
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 92 2016; -
Books That Changed Me : Catriona Menzies-Pike
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 March 2016; (p. 16) The Sun-Herald , 20 March 2016; (p. 12) -
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Teaching Classic Australian Children's Fiction
Anthony Shaw
,
St Lucia
:
AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource
,
2016-
15827758
2016
website
prose
This Exhibition is a collection of extensive teaching resources for classic Australian children's texts. The resources are aimed at upper primary school and lower high school teachers. The collection forms part of Anthony Shaw's Learning with Literature program.
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Visions and Values : The Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Prizing of Picture Books in the Twenty-First Century
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Canon Constitution and Canon Change in Children's Literature 2016; (p. 205-221)'The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) administers the oldest national prize for children’s literature in Australia. Each year, the CBCA confers “Book of the Year” awards to literature for young people in five categories: Older Readers, Younger Readers, Early Childhood, Picture Books and Information Books. In recent years the Picture Book category has emerged as a highly visible space within which the CBCA can contest discourses of cultural marginalization which construct Australian (‘colonial’) literature as inferior or adjunct to the major Anglophone literary traditions, and children’s literature as lesser than its adult counterpart. The CBCA has moved from asserting its authority by withholding judgment in the award’s early years towards asserting expertise via overtly politicized selections in the twenty-first century. Reading across the CBCA’s selections of picture books allows for insights into wider trends in Australian children’s literature and culture, and suggests a conscious engagement with social as well as literary values on the part of the CBCA in the twenty-first century.'
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Two Sides to the Story : For
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 June 2005; (p. 22)
— Review of The Magic Pudding : Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff 1918 single work children's fiction -
Two Sides to the Story : Against
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 June 2005; (p. 22)
— Review of The Magic Pudding : Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff 1918 single work children's fiction -
The Magic Pudding
1930
single work
review
— Appears in: All About Books , 17 October vol. 2 no. 10 1930; (p. 252)
— Review of The Magic Pudding : Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff 1918 single work children's fiction -
Recent Children's Books
1948
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal , February vol. 2 no. 8 1948; (p. 425, 427-430)
— Review of The Tale of Gregory Grasshopper 1942 single work picture book ; Marmaduke the Possum 1942 single work children's fiction ; Adventure Down Under 1947 single work children's fiction ; The Vain Red Fox 1947 single work ; Timothy Tatters 1947 single work children's fiction ; Miranda with the Mouse 1947 single work children's fiction ; The Magic Pudding : Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff 1918 single work children's fiction -
A Well Seasoned Pudding
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 23 no. 5 2008; (p. 24)
— Review of The Magic Pudding : Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff 1918 single work children's fiction Rayma Turton reviews Norman Lindsay's The Magic Pudding in light of the ninetieth anniversary edition published by HarperCollins (2008). For Turton, Lindsay 'recognised the appeal of the anarchic and the ridiculous' which he managed to capture along with 'the Australian voices of the period' (24). -
A Pudding for All People
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 30 May 2004; (p. 21) -
Neither Slogging at Tuck Nor Living off the Land : Food in Australian Picture Books
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Something to Crow About : New Perspectives in Literature for Young People 1999; (p. 79-95) The author examines the different roles of food in literature. Six roles have been selected and examined, with examples from Australian picture books. -
Costello Feasts on Labor's 'Magic Pudding'
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 22 June 2004; (p. 4) -
A Bookseller Talks Shop
1930
single work
prose
humour
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 September vol. 2 no. 9 1930; (p. 232) -
Choosing Books for Children
1930
single work
column
— Appears in: All About Books , 5 December vol. 2 no. 12 1930; (p. 320, 322)