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'In this charming and humorous morality tale, Maliyan, a proud eagle meets a 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 are very disappointed, warning Maliyan that it’s hard to soar like an eagle when you are surrounded by turkeys. Maliyan sees the error of his ways and together with the other animals, works to clean up the mess wrought by too many silly birds. But some birds will always be silly…' (Publication summary)
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Gregg Dreise - The Shaping of a Legacy
Allison Paterson
(interviewer),
2022
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 37 no. 3 2022; (p. 20-21) -
Author Takes Literary Award for Silly Birds
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 4 November no. 613 2015; (p. 28) 'A Book that combine humour, great illustrations and a parable about how it is hard to soar like an eagle when you are surrounded by turkeys has won the Indigenous category at the annual Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards...' -
Picture Books
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , October 2014; (p. 68-69)
— Review of On a Small Island 2014 single work picture book ; Silly Birds 2014 single work children's fiction ; Two Tales of Twins from Ancient Greece and Rome 2014 selected work picture book -
Review : Silly Birds
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 29 no. 4 2014; (p. 28)
— Review of Silly Birds 2014 single work children's fiction
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Review : Silly Birds
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 29 no. 4 2014; (p. 28)
— Review of Silly Birds 2014 single work children's fiction -
Picture Books
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , October 2014; (p. 68-69)
— Review of On a Small Island 2014 single work picture book ; Silly Birds 2014 single work children's fiction ; Two Tales of Twins from Ancient Greece and Rome 2014 selected work picture book -
Author Takes Literary Award for Silly Birds
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 4 November no. 613 2015; (p. 28) 'A Book that combine humour, great illustrations and a parable about how it is hard to soar like an eagle when you are surrounded by turkeys has won the Indigenous category at the annual Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards...' -
Gregg Dreise - The Shaping of a Legacy
Allison Paterson
(interviewer),
2022
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 37 no. 3 2022; (p. 20-21)
Awards
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