BINDI WILDLIFE ADVENTURES

Set of the first 8 books in the series

featuring BINDI IRWIN

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New set of 8 softcover books published 2010. Not a box set. Each book has 92 pages with Animal Fact Files at the back, so you can learn more about the animals featured in the books. For confident Primary School-age readers, each chapter is 6 - 10 pages.

Join Bindi Irwin, Australia's favourite wildlife warrior, on some exciting wildlife adventures that will transport you all around the world.

Bindi says: I love to read - so I thought that these books might be another way to share with kids my love for wildlife! Every kid can make a difference, and I hope that these books get all kids excited about changing our world!

1. Trouble At The Zoo by Chris Kunz. Bindi’s birthday party at Australia Zoo is going to be HUGE. Karaoke, animal rides, dancing competitions - it's all happening. But when a spoilt ten-year-old boy decides he wants to take home one of the zoo’s precious water dragons as a pet, Bindi, Robert and a green-winged macaw come to the rescue.
   

2. Game Over! by Jess Black. Bindi and her friend Hannah are on a horse riding trek in South Africa when they discover that the supposed breeding sanctuary for the endangered giant sable antelope is actually a top-secret game reserve for rich tourists with big guns. But the girls get found out spying, and may not get a change to tell anyone what's going on.
   

3. Bushfire! by Jess Black. While on an early morning bushwalk, Bindi and her best friend Rosie notice smoke on the horizon. On a super-hot and windy day, this can mean only one thing. Bushfire! The girls spend an exhausting day helping out at the Australia Zoo - Australian Wildlife Hospital caring for victims of the fire.
   

4. Camouflage by Chris Kunz. Bindi and her mum, Terri, and younger brother Robert have been invited to Singapore to help celebrate the opening of a new reptile park. But the kids realise they will have to blend into their surroundings to help find Komodo dragon that has disappeared from her enclosure a day before the reptile park is due to open.

5. A Whale of a Time by Chris Kunz. Bindi takes a pair of troublesome English twins out for a whale-watching trip of a lifetime. But when one of the twins spots an emergency flare, they race to the scene of a boating accident, only to notice an oil spill, which may jeopardise marine life for hundreds of kilometres!

6. Roar! by Jess Black. Bindi, Robert and Terri Irwin are on their way to Sumatra to collect three gorgeous tiger cubs to take back with them to Australia Zoo. Soon after they are introduced to the mischievous trio, Bindi and her new friend Madi get involved in tracking down a nefarious gang of tiger poachers.

7. Croc Capers by Chris Kunz. The Irwins are on their annual crocodile-tagging trip in the Cape York Peninsula, the home of the extraordinary Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve. When Bindi and Robert chance upon a campsite set up by a father and daughter behaving like two fish out of water, they set about discovering the real reason behind their trip to the reserve.

8. Surfing with the Turtles by Jess Black. Bindi and her American friend, Kelly, are on a surfing tour in Mexico and the United States. Totally gnarly! Getting to surf with green sea turtles is a complete thrill. But one of their fellow surfers is acting suspiciously, and Bindi realises that he's got more than beautiful waves on his mind. Be careful of the wipe-out, dude!

The inspiration and co-creator of the Bindi Wildlife Adventures series, Bindi Irwin has achieved a remarkable amount in her eleven years. As the daughter of Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, she has been involved with caring for wildlife and conservation since she was tiny. She has hosted the Emmy-award-winning TV program Bindi: The Jungle Girl series, she sings, she dances, she acts in movies, all while helping her mum run Australia Zoo. She loves echidnas and eating mangoes.

A bit more about Bindi

Bindi Sue Irwin (born 24 July 1998 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia) is the daughter of Terri Irwin and Steve Irwin. She is a child celebrity, who has tried her hand at acting, singing, dancing, and rapping. She follows the same conservationist philosophy as her parents. Her first name comes from the name of her father's favourite female crocodile at the Australia Zoo, and her middle name Sue is from the family's dog Sui. Bindi is an Australian Aboriginal word that means little girl according to her father.

Bindi's television career started when she was 2. She appeared regularly in her father's television shows, including The Crocodile Hunter Diaries, and she also appeared in the 2002 Wiggles film, Wiggly Safari. Bindi was the presenter of a 26-part wildlife documentary kids show called Bindi the Jungle Girl. Her father Steve was in many of the early shows before his death in 2006, when production was temporarily put on hold.

Bindi hosted a special about her father called My Daddy the Crocodile Hunter. She also starred in Bindi Kidfitness, a child fitness DVD in which she sang and danced. She made a hip-hop album called Trouble In The Jungle. She is currently learning how to play the piano. She is homeschooled and creative writing is her favourite subject, maths is her least favourite. Bindi commits 10% of her income to Wildlife Warriors, the charity founded by her family in 2002. She starred as Kirra in Free Willy 4: Escape from Pirate's Cove which was released in 2010.

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Bindi Wildlife Adventures Books 1 to 8 - 8 new softcover chapter books