Cuthbert's Babies

Cuthbert's Babies is a 2003 children's picture book written and illustrated by Pamela Allen.

Published by Penguin Books Australia, It is about a boy who resents the arrival of baby quadruplets and how he accepts them.

Cuthbert's Babies has been reviewed by Reading Time[1] and Good Reading magazine that wrote "Although not remarkable, this is another solid book from a favourite Australian author/illustrator.

"[2] while The New Zealand Herald called it "a hilarious tale".

[3] Miyuki Hisaoka in discussing "social roles within a family structure" noted that "Cuthbert's Babies arrives at an analogous conclusion, with Cuthbert and his mother lying on his bed reading a book together in a reprise of the opening page" and "that readers can align with Cuthbert's feeling of alienation without particularly empathizing with him".