Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Pudding

Release date is 2007-11-26

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"The Magic Pudding" by Norman Lindsay is a children's book written and illustrated in 1918. This Australian comic fantasy follows Bunyip Bluegum, a traveling koala, who encounters two companions and their extraordinary possession: Albert, a bad-tempered, talking pudding that magically reforms after being eaten. Together, they form the Noble Society of Pudding Owners and must constantly outwit a pair of persistent Pudding Thieves determined to steal their remarkable dessert. Filled with songs, clever schemes, and chaotic adventures across Australia, this classic tale mixes humans with anthropomorphic animals in a whimsical defense of an impossible prize. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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