Kookoo Kookaburra

Gregg Dreise

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Magabala Books
01 December 2024

Picture storybooks

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*Winner, 2016 Australian Book Industry Awards, Reader's Choice award
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*Shortlisted, 2016 Australian Book Industry Awards, Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year
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*Shortlisted, 2016 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards, Indigenous Children's Category
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Kindness is like a boomerang

if you throw it often, it comes back often.

Kookoo the Kookaburra is the second heartwarming morality tale - set within the cultural context of the Dreamtime

by Queensland teacher Gregg Dreise. In the same vein as his first book Silly Birds (Magabala Books 2014) Dreise tells the story of Kookoo, a kind and well-loved kookaburra who is famous for entertaining the other bush creatures with his funny stories. Everyone knows Kookoo has a special gift because he can tell funny stories about the other animals without hurting their feelings. However, when Kookoo runs out of kind stories he turns to teasing and making fun of his friends' differences. Refusing to listen to the sage advice of his uncle, Kookoo gradually alienates all his friends until he finds himself alone and ignored by the other animals. When he finally listens to the sounds of his own laughter echoing around the bush and realises it has become an unhappy sound, Kookoo is forced to remember his uncle's words and change his ways

kindness is like a boomerang

if you throw it often, it comes back often.

By: Gregg Dreise
Imprint: Magabala Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 250mm,
ISBN: 9781922777188
ISBN 10: 1922777188
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 01 December 2024
Recommended Age: From 3 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming