Silly Birds

$24.95

written and illustrated by Gregg Dreise 

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

Age range 5 to 8

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.

This book is part of the Mad Magpie series 

Hard Cover 

age range : 5-8 years 

Delays

We cannot guarantee delivery times or estimates. Please keep in mind that the shipping time frames shown at the checkout should be taken with a pinch of salt{bush} + another pinch of patience! Please check the Australia Post website for further delays on delivery time frames - but again, take it with a grain of salt{bush}. 

Why? It's a combination of the highest volume of packages ever being sent, staff having to isolate, covid cases shutting warehouses. 
The good news? We're absolutely still processing orders within normal time frames our end and we are always here to help with any issues or questions you may have.


Australia

We send via Australia Post. Free standard shipping is offered for all Australian orders only over $99.  Under $99 there is a flat rate of $9.99 per parcel. We also offer a $18.95 Express Post option. Please note, at certain promotion times, including Express Post upgrade, free shipping may not apply. 

We will not cover the cost of postage for parcels sent back to us delivered in error due to the incorrect address given or not collected from your LPO in time. Please double check your address, including suburb and postcode. We are not responsible for packages that go astray due to wrong postal addresses given. A re-delivery fee will be charged. 

International

We ship worldwide.

Free Shipping Promotion over $99 does not apply for International orders.

0.0 - 500g    -   $23.00

500g - 2kg   -   $40.00

2kg - 3kg    -    $55.00

3kg - 5kg    -    $79.95

Although a large country, Australia is very far from the rest of the world and we have tried to keep our shipping costs down. We are not responsible for packages that go astray due to wrong postal addresses given. We cannot guarantee delivery within a set time frame due to various postal systems. Delivery time frames can vary from 10 days to 3 weeks, depending upon location. Please note that Kakadu Plum Co. is not responsible for any duties or taxes charged by your country of shipping. Deliveries may be subject to random custom checks. 

Click + Collect 

We now offer Click + Collect for local Melbourne customers. Orders are available for pick up at 17/95 White Street, Mordialloc, Vic 3195. 

If this is an option you would like to select, please leave a note stating Click + Collect and our team will be in touch via email when the order is ready for collection. 

Pre order

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Heat Policy For Chocolate

Kakadu Plum Co. does not cover or accept any responsibility for heat damage as a result from freight. We suggest you order and pay for Express Post shipping if ordering during conditions of 28c or higher. We take special care in packaging chocolate during hot conditions, but unless selected, we ship via Standard Parcel Post. 

other questions? 

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Customer Reviews

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Julie Drum
Fast and perfect

I ordered a picture story book-Mad Magpie- to read to students online for Indigenous Literacy Day….hoping with fingers crossed that it would arrive on time even though it was very short notice! It arrived a day before….with a little sachet of Kakadu Plum powder attached as a delightful bonus!!! Couldn’t be happier with the delivery, the service and the whole experience!

Thanks for the review Julie . We get a few customers who make the error with the 1 star instead of a 5 ... :)

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Coral Giffin
Silly Birds book

This beautiful hardcover is on its way to England in a box of aussie goodies. I am an Aunty Books to a little boy named Oliver who lives there. That entails writing and reading cards, notes, stories and books that are different, new, or another perspective.
Kakadu Plum your goods are awesome.
Return shopper who will return again and again

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