Add free shipping to your order with these great books
Silly Birds - Gregg Dreise

Silly Birds

By: Gregg Dreise

Hardcover | 1 June 2014

Sorry, we are not able to source the book you are looking for right now.

We did a search for other books with a similar title, however there were no matches. You can try selecting from a similar category, click on the author's name, or use the search box above to find your book.

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

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.

About the Author

Gregg Dreise is an author and illustrator and is a descendent of the Kamilaroi tribe, from south-west Queensland and north-west New South Wales. Gregg was born and raised in St George, Queensland, and was lucky enough to be raised in a family that loved sport, music and poetry. He is currently a teacher on the sunshine coast.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Stories for Foundation & Early Primary Years

Sorry Sorry - Anne; Pitt, Mardi Kerr

Hardcover

RRP $29.99

$28.50

Two Mates - Melanie Prewett

Paperback

RRP $19.99

$18.95

Spinifex Mouse - Norma MacDonald

RRP $19.99

$18.95

Alfie's Search for Destiny - David Hardy

RRP $19.99

$18.95

First Nations Stories & Storytelling for Children

Dark Emu : Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture - Bruce Pascoe
The Lost Girl - Ambelin Kwaymullina

Paperback

RRP $17.99

$17.25

Sorry Sorry - Anne; Pitt, Mardi Kerr

Hardcover

RRP $29.99

$28.50

My Girragundji : 20th Anniversary Edition - Meme McDonald
Two Mates - Melanie Prewett

Paperback

RRP $19.99

$18.95

Spinifex Mouse - Norma MacDonald

RRP $19.99

$18.95

Ruby Moonlight - Ali Cobby Eckermann

RRP $27.99

$26.50

The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert - Jukuna Mona Chuguna

RRP $18.99

$18.25

Willy-willy Wagtail : Tales from the Bush Mob: Book 1 - Helen Milroy
Wraith - Shane Smithers

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$21.90

Girls Can Fly - Sally Morgan

Hardcover

RRP $19.99

$18.95

Alfie's Search for Destiny - David Hardy

RRP $19.99

$18.95

Calypso Summer - Jared Thomas

RRP $22.99

$21.90

The Mark of the Wagarl - Lorna Little

RRP $19.99

$18.95

NAIDOC Week Stories for Children

Dark Emu : Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture - Bruce Pascoe
The Lost Girl - Ambelin Kwaymullina

Paperback

RRP $17.99

$17.25

Sorry Sorry - Anne; Pitt, Mardi Kerr

Hardcover

RRP $29.99

$28.50

My Girragundji : 20th Anniversary Edition - Meme McDonald
My Country - Ezekiel Kwaymullina

Board Book

RRP $16.99

$16.25

Bush Bash! - Sally Morgan

Paperback

RRP $17.99

$17.25

Two Mates - Melanie Prewett

Paperback

RRP $19.99

$18.95

Spinifex Mouse - Norma MacDonald

RRP $19.99

$18.95

Ruby Moonlight - Ali Cobby Eckermann

RRP $27.99

$26.50

Freedom Ride - Sue Lawson

Paperback

RRP $19.99

$18.95

Indigenous Australia for Kids for Dummies : For Dummies - Larissa Behrendt
The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert - Jukuna Mona Chuguna

RRP $18.99

$18.25

Willy-willy Wagtail : Tales from the Bush Mob: Book 1 - Helen Milroy
Wraith - Shane Smithers

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$21.90

In Your Dreams - Sally Morgan

RRP $16.99

$16.25

Girls Can Fly - Sally Morgan

Hardcover

RRP $19.99

$18.95

Alfie's Search for Destiny - David Hardy

RRP $19.99

$18.95

Calypso Summer - Jared Thomas

RRP $22.99

$21.90

The Mark of the Wagarl - Lorna Little

RRP $19.99

$18.95