When Mama tells Baby that she’s made a lovely lunch for him, she doesn’t know that the animals are listening at the window. And they are much hungrier than Baby. While Mama bangs on her drums — boom-biddy-boom-biddy-boom-boom-boom — the yellow cat, the brown dog, the red rooster, the black-faced sheep, and the brown-and-white cow each eats a tidbit thrown on the floor by Baby. Good Baby gets a banana for dessert and, this time, he eats it all up. Boom-biddy-boom-biddy-yum-yum-yum! "Children will love joining in the story as the animals enter one by one to gobble up the baby’s lunch."   "An amusing picture book for younger readers, ideal to read aloud or for children to read by themselves, as the words have a lovely rhythm and cadence. The full-page illustrations are bright and cheerful with lots of details to look at and talk about."   "Full on onomatopoeia, that children will love to join in with’"   "A great read-aloud-and-join-in story."   "Full on onomatopoeia, that children will love to join in with’ " "a charming reminder of a wonderful story"   "An amusing picture book for younger readers, ideal to read aloud or for children to read by themselves, as the words have a lovely rhythm and cadence. The full-page illustrations are bright and cheerful with lots of details to look at and talk about." "Children will love joining in the story as the animals enter one by one to gobble up the baby’ s lunch." The best-selling and much-admired children's author Margaret Mahy (1936–2012) wrote more than 200 books for children and is considered one of the outstanding children's writers of the 20th century. She was given the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the highest international recognition granted to children's authors, and twice won the Carnegie Medal. Also the author of Dashing Dog, Down the Back of the Chair, Bubble Trouble, and The Man from the Land of Fandango, she died in 2012. Best-selling children's book illustrator Margaret Chamberlain is the illustrator of Has Anyone Seen Jack?, Look Out He's Behind You, Tales from Grimm, My Two Grannies, and My Two Grandads. She lives in Dorset, U.K.