Bindi (Kirli Saunders (OAM))
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.