Summary
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 billa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922777317 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922777315 |
| Author: | Gregg Dreise |
| Publisher: | Magabala Books |
| Imprint: | Magabala Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2024 |
| Weight: | 208g |
| Dimensions: | 116mm x 384mm x 339mm |
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About The Author
Gregg Dreise
Gregg Dreise is a gifted artist, storyteller and musician, and he features the didgeridoo and guitar in his performances at schools, libraries and festivals. He is a descendant of the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi people of south-west Queensland and north-west New South Wales. He is the author and illustrator of Cunning Crow; Silly Birds; Kookoo Kookaburra; Mad Magpie and My Culture and Me. All these stories are about teaching morals. They address self-image, friendship, kindness, bullying and Indigenous culture.
Gregg is also the illustrator of the classic story Tiddalik the Frog (Pearson Publishing) and has poetry with his illustrations in the anthology A Boat of Stars; and illustrations in High 5 to the Boys and contributions towards Why I Love Australia. He has a Children s Music CD titled Sing. Dance. Walk Together.
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