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Eight year old Kosta lives with his family in Melbourne, Australia, and is super excited when he finds out his grandmother - yiayia Maria - is visiting from Greece. Kosta shares the news with his friends who are looking forward to meeting her. But what happens at the airport that squashes Kosta's excitement? Will his friends meet yiayia Maria and when? What does Kosta learn from yiayia's visit and what is the message she leaves behind, before returning to Greece?

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Mary Dallas was born in Greece and came to Melbourne, Australia, with her family, at the age of eleven.She struggled to adjust to her new life and was missing her world back in Larissa - her friends, her relatives and most of all, her yiayia Maria.It took time, patience and acceptance, for Mary to call Australia home and to feel a sense of belonging, in both countries.From a young age Mary wrote poetry and enjoyed literature. Although her Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree took her mind away from writing, her heart was always there.It was motherhood however that sparked Mary's desire to write her first book, ""Kosta the Greek Australian"" as part of her Diploma in Professional Children's writing, from the Australian College of Journalism.Now a yiayia Maria herself, Mary aspires to touch little hearts and open little minds, through her stories.

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