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Silly Birds

By Gregg Dreise
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Winner of the Speech Pathology Australia Indigenous Book of the Year Award for 2015Age range 3 to 9In this humble, charming and humorous morality tale, Maliyan is a proud eagle who always looks, listens and sees things from a long way away. One day he meets... Read More
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Winner of the Speech Pathology Australia Indigenous Book of the Year Award for 2015

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Winner of the Speech Pathology Australia Indigenous Book of the Year Award for 2015

Age range 3 to 9

In this humble, charming and humorous morality tale, Maliyan is a proud eagle who always looks, listens and sees things from a long way away. One day he meets the turkey Wagun, who is a silly bird, and together these two new friends begin to do silly-bird things. The Elders and Maliyan's parents become very disappointed and soon the local billabong becomes a mess. The silly birds do not care for anyone and seem to have eaten all the food.Maliyan begins to see the error of his ways and tries to talk to Wagun and the other birds about their actions. No one listens. So Maliyan flies away and begins the journey of listening again. Maliyan soon becomes a proud leader and all the silly birds begin to follow his example. They all help clean up the messes they have made. All except one ...In this quintessential Australian fable, Silly Birds combines richly textured and striking illustrations of Australian animals with the gentle humour of an Aussie truism that it is hard to soar like an eagle when you are, in fact, surrounded by turkeys.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922777317

Publisher: Magabala Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 December 2024

Country: Australia

Imprint: Magabala Books

Illustration: colour illustrations throughout

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

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