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Billy in Bunbury

by Royal Baking Powder Company

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)

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Total running time: 0:20:58
Read by Patti Cunningham

In addition to the reader, this audio book was produced by:
Dedicated Proof-Listener: Elli
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Ruth Golding

mp3 and ogg files

• 1 – Billy in Bunbury – 00:09:12
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.79MB]
• 2 – The Recipes – 00:11:46
  [mp3@64kbps - 5.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 11.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 7.62MB]

Cataloged on November 15, 2009