Cover of Billy in Bunbury

Billy in Bunbury

by Royal Baking Powder Company

Chapter 1 of 2 Billy in Bunbury

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Running time
21 min
Language
English
Read by
Patti Cunningham

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About this recording

This 1924 poem/recipe book, designed as promotional material for the Royal Baking Powder Company, is set in the Oz community of Bunbury. Little Billy, who won't eat, is taken to the delicious kingdom Bunbury by King Hun Bun to help whet his appetite. Meanwhile, the King leaves the boy's mother with a recipe book for treats, made easy by the use of Price's Baking Powder.

Written by Ruth Plumly Thompson, though neither her name, nor the illustrator’s (Gertrude Kay) appears on the book. (Summary by P. Cunningham)