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Helen Milroy Helen Milroy i(A129743 works by)
Born: Established: Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Palku / Palyku
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Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Backyard Bugs Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2021 20736544 2021 single work picture book children's

'From beautiful butterflies to kaleidoscopic Christmas beetles, First Nations author and illustrator Helen Milroy returns to the backyard with a picture book designed to teach kids (and their handlers) all about the scurrying, scuttling, scooting, buzzing, zooming splendour of insects.'

Source : publisher's blurb

2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Indigenous Children
2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Birth to 3 Years
y separately published work icon Backyard Bugs Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2021 20736544 2021 single work picture book children's

'From beautiful butterflies to kaleidoscopic Christmas beetles, First Nations author and illustrator Helen Milroy returns to the backyard with a picture book designed to teach kids (and their handlers) all about the scurrying, scuttling, scooting, buzzing, zooming splendour of insects.'

Source : publisher's blurb

2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Indigenous Children
2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Birth to 3 Years
y separately published work icon Willy-willy Wagtail Broome : Magabala Books , 2020 18673805 2020 single work children's fiction children's

'Willy-willy Wagtail is the first book in the series and goes back to before Bush Mob get together and nobody understands each other - and there are lots of fights. One day there is a terrible bush fire and Willy Wagtail, Gusto (the wind) and Crow get all the Bush Mob to work together to save the community.

'For the first time, everyone understands each other and Dingo takes charge and leads all the animals to safety. Dingo is now Boss Dog and is head of the Bush Council, with Willy Wagtail and Crow - the Bush Mob is formed.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Indigenous Children
2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Eight to 10 Years
2020 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Premier's Prize for Writing for Children
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