Bubble Trouble, gracefully illustrated by Polly Dunbar, is about a girl who blows a magic bubble around her baby brother that carries him off, causing havoc until sibling love wins over rivalry. This kind of nonsense never fails to delight. - Times
Mahy and Dunbar are a stunning team, the visual dexterity of one playing with the verbal twists and turns of the other. - INIS
The jaunty alliterative rhyming and witty illustrations will delight age 3+. - Irish Examiner
Exuberant free-flowing verse, combined with zinging illustrations, make this a joy to share with the youngest child. From the first moment, when Mabel blew a bubble and wafted away baby across the town, to the last page where the baby was safely returned to his family, the words just plead to be read aloud. A sure fire favourite. - Carousel
Another Best New Illustrator is Polly Dunbar who has illustrated with appropriate bounce and luminosity, 'Bubble Trouble' Margaret Mahy's awesomely alliterative, tongue-twisting verse about a baby floating away in a bubble. - Sunday Times
The most fun to read aloud to children of any age, though has to be 'Bubble Trouble'. The rhyme is ingenious, the intent mischievous and the result a hoot. - Daily Telegraph
Hot of the press is the absolutely hilarious, tongue twisting Bubble Trouble. Seemingly every kind of language lesson imaginable can be found in this romp of a story. - Books for Keeps
I would love to be the adult who shares this book with a group of young children for the first time. Anyone who does so will have the opportunity of gaining the 'superteacher' status that is often the result of sharing with their pupils a splendid new book. - School Librarian
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