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y separately published work icon Robert Irwin Dinosaur Hunter series - author   children's fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Robert Irwin Dinosaur Hunter
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y separately published work icon The Discovery Robert Irwin , Chris Kunz , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2013 Z1908655 2013 single work children's fiction adventure children's 'Discover a world of prehistoric adventure and dinosaurs with Robert Irwin!

After discovering a dinosaur fossil in outback Queensland, Robert stumbles upon a way to travel back to the Australian age of dinosaurs, 95 million years ago! But dodging a dinosaur stampede isn't Robert's biggest problem. If he can survive the day, how will Robert find his way home?' (Publisher's blurb)
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y separately published work icon Ambush at Cisco Swamp Robert Irwin , Jack Wells , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2013 Z1908658 2013 single work children's fiction children's adventure 'The Irwins are in Texas, doing some crocodilian research on the American Alligator. Robert knows that the ancient deinosuchus roamed around these parts, and when his fossil transports him back in time, he gets to see firsthand the prehistoric predator take on an albertasaurus, and win!' (Publisher's blurb)
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y separately published work icon Armoured Defence Robert Irwin , Jack Wells , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2013 Z1908661 2013 single work children's fiction children's adventure 'Robert and his best friend Riley are visiting the Canadian badlands in Alberta with Riley's Uncle Nate. The badlands are home to over 35 different species of dinosaur fossils.

Robert and Riley get pulled back in time to Alberta, Canada during the Late Cretaceous period, to find a heavily armoured euoplocephalus trapped in vines. The rescue doesn't go according to plan when a ferocious gorgosaurus arrives on the scene, looking for a snack!' (Publisher's blurb)
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y separately published work icon The Dinosaur Feather Robert Irwin , Jack Wells , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2013 Z1908664 2013 single work children's fiction children's adventure 'While spending time with the Cassowaries at Australia Zoo, Robert can't help but think of the feathered dinosaurs. How close are the ostrich and cassowary to their dinosaur ancestors? Zip back to prehistoric China, where feathered dinosaurs, such as the Yutyrannus huali,roamed the land.

And Robert gets to see one of his favourite 'saurs, the Micropahycephalosaurs. He's small in stature but sure is big in personality!' (Publisher's blurb)
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y separately published work icon Call of the Wild Robert Irwin , David Harding , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2013 Z1908667 2013 single work children's fiction children's adventure

Robert is out camping in the outback with his family and Riley. The boys can hear dingoes howling to one another, and they imagine what it might have been like to hear muttaburrasaurus calling to one another. The fossil takes him back to the mid-Cretaceous in the dead of night, where they experience firsthand the unusual call of the wild.' (Publication summary)
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y separately published work icon Dino Champions Jack Wells , Robert Irwin , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2013 7598576 2013 single work children's fiction children's

'Robert is taking part in an athletics carnival. After an exhausting training session, he starts thinking about the biggest, fastest and strongest creatures in the dinosaur kingdom. With his best friend Riley, the two friends travel back in time to check out the gold medal champions of prehistoric times. ' (Publication summary)
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y separately published work icon Dinosaur Cove Robert Irwin , Jack Wells , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2013 Z1934842 2013 single work children's fiction children's 'Robert and Riley are visiting Dinosaur Cove in Victoria, the site where paleontologists discovered Leaellynasaura amicagraphica, a dinosaur that called into question whether dinosaurs were cold or warm blooded. When Robert and Riley get transported back in time, they realise that Victoria really was close to Antarctica in prehistoric times - it's freezing!' (Publisher's blurb)
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y separately published work icon Eruption! Robert Irwin , Jack Wells , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2013 Z1934851 2013 single work children's fiction children's 'While bushwalking in New Zealand, Mount Ruapehu, a volcano lets off some steam. In the country of the tuatara, it gets Robert thinking, how and why did the dinosaurs die out? He gets a chance to find out as he is transported back to the Late Cretaceous, where climate change is taking its toll on the remaining dinosaurs.' (Publisher's blurb)

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Works about this Work

Review : Robert Irwin Dinosaur Hunter Marian McGuinness , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , April 2013;
— Review of Robert Irwin Dinosaur Hunter Robert Irwin , 2013 series - author children's fiction
Seen Her Show, Got the T-Shirt, Now Read His Book Linda Morris , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 March 2013; (p. 14)
Irwin Kids Set to Go Gangbusters Tristan Swanwick , Anooska Tucker-Evans , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 February 2013; (p. 17)
Review : Robert Irwin Dinosaur Hunter Marian McGuinness , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , April 2013;
— Review of Robert Irwin Dinosaur Hunter Robert Irwin , 2013 series - author children's fiction
Irwin Kids Set to Go Gangbusters Tristan Swanwick , Anooska Tucker-Evans , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 February 2013; (p. 17)
Seen Her Show, Got the T-Shirt, Now Read His Book Linda Morris , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 March 2013; (p. 14)
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