Silly birds / Gregg Dreise, author and illustrator
- Bib ID:
- 6392323
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dreise, Gregg, author, illustrator
- Description:
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- Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2014
- ©2014
- 28 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781922142993 (paperback)
- Summary:
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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.
- Notes:
- For primary school age.
- Awards:
- Speech Pathology Book of the year award, indigenous children, winner, 2015.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
- Subject:
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- Children's stories -- Pictorial works
- Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
- Listening -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
- Birds -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
- Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Listening -- Juvenile fiction
- Birds -- Juvenile fiction
- Children's stories
- Australian
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2014
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