2006-10-24 06:31:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie is a children's book by Australian author May Gibbs. It was first published in 1918.
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, the gumnut babies, are the protagonists of the story and are modelled on the appearance of young Eucalyptus (gum tree) nuts.
The "big bad Banksia Men" are the villains of the story and are modelled on the appearance of aged Banksia "cones", with follicles for eyes and other facial features.
Some of the adventures can be found at: http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/con-nosotros/snugglepot-and-cuddlepie.html
Cecilia May Gibbs MBE (17 January 1877–27 November 1969) was an Australian children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist. She is best-known for her gumnut babies (also known as "bush babies" or "bush fairies"), and the book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.
Gibbs was born in Sydenham, in the United Kingdom, but moved to South Australia in 1879. Not long afterwards, the family moved again, to Perth, in Western Australia. After finishing school, Gibbs spent seven years studying art in the UK. While overseas, she published her first book, About Us. In 1913 she returned to Australia, and took up residence in Neutral Bay, in Sydney, New South Wales.
1913 also marked the first public appearance of the gumnut babies, on the front cover of The Missing Button, by Ethel Turner, which Gibbs had illustrated. Gibbs' first book about the gumnut babies, appropriately entitled The Gumnut Babies, was published in 1916. It was soon followed, in 1918, by her most famous work, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Gibbs would go on to write many books on the theme of the gumnut babies. In addition to her work illustrating and writing, Gibbs also maintained two comic strips, Bib and Bub and Tiggy Touchwood.
2006-10-24 10:25:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Robyn Hegney, Armidale
2006-10-24 13:35:26 · answer #2 · answered by the older big kid who helped invent dirt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May Gibbs
2006-10-24 13:34:24 · answer #3 · answered by JulianeM 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
May Gibbs, according to the jacket of my grandmothers comics of theirs, I am 45 and still am scared of the bad banksia men.
2006-10-24 13:41:11 · answer #4 · answered by peteophile 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Australian Mary Gibbs is the author. "Snuggy-Cuddy" TMLeaf Fan had all the details!â¥
2006-10-24 22:48:07 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May Gibbs, source: google search....
2006-10-24 13:39:42 · answer #6 · answered by iamME 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋