Bindi (Kirli Saunders (OAM))

WINNER, 2019 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PREMIER’S BOOK AWARDS, DAISY UTEMORRAH AWARD

WINNER, 2021 AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS, SMALL PUBLISHERS' CHILDRENS BOOK OF THE YEAR

WINNER, 2021 QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARDS, CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD

WINNER, 2021 SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, EIGHT TO 10 YEARS

SHORTLISTED, 2022 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS, PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

SHORTLISTED, 2022 ADELAIDE FESTIVAL AWARDS FOR LITERATURE, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AWARD

SHORTLISTED, 2022 ENA NOËL AWARD, THE IBBY AUSTRALIA ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD FOR A YOUNG EMERGING WRITER OR ILLUSTRATOR

SHORTLISTED, 2021 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, YOUNGER READERS

SHORTLISTED, 2021 AUSTRALIAN BOOK DESIGN AWARDS, BEST DESIGNED CHILDREN'S FICTION BOOK

SHORTLISTED, 2021 READINGS CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE

LONGLISTED, 2021 COLIN RODERICK LITERARY AWARD

Meet 11-year-old Bindi. She’s not really into maths but LOVES art class and playing hockey. Her absolute FAVOURITE thing is adventuring outside with friends or her horse, Nell.

A new year starts like normal—school, family, hockey, dancing. But this year hasn’t gone to plan! There’s a big art assignment, a drought, a broken wrist AND the biggest bushfires her town has ever seen!

Bindi is a verse novel for mid-upper primary students. Written ‘for those who plant trees’, Bindi explores climate, bushfires, and healing. Written from the point of view of 11-year-old, Bindi and her friends on Gundungurra Country.