Quenda Books about bandicoots for children

The Scoot, Scoot Bandicoot ® Book Series for Children







Welcome to the Quenda Books website, where you'll find stories and information about bandicoots.

Quenda Books is an independent publisher located in the Perth Hills, a region noted for its wildflowers, wine, walking trails and wildlife, including the southern brown bandicoot. Known as a 'quenda' in the Nyungar language, the southern brown bandicoot is a small Western Australian marsupial.


Quenda Books publishes the "Scoot, Scoot Bandicoot" ® book series by Karen Treanor. The series' purpose is to entertain and educate children, and to increase awareness and appreciation of bandicoots among the general public.


Please visit the bandicoot diary pages for entertaining short stories about bandicoots and other animals. For more resources on Australian wildlife and children's books, visit our link partners.

There are several photographs of bandicoots on our photo page, including Stumpy, the orphan baby bandicoot Karen raised to maturity. Stumpy is gone, but her baby bandicoots have grown up and now live near the Quenda Books office.

Karen attends many fairs and fetes around Perth with her books, and also gives talks to children and adult groups about the trials and tribulations of being a small publisher.  Email Quenda Books. for information.

Our Newest Release

"Animalimericks"


 

Written by Nancy P Sibtain, the clever compiler of cryptic crosswords for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, this book of limericks about native Australian animals is colourfully illustrated by Kelly Iveson, who did the pictures for Sleepy Harley.  Suitable for reading to the very young, and for slightly older children to read for themselves, this large format book will become a children’s classic.



 


Angelus Ghost mystery bookQuenda Books also publishes full length novels for older readers.

The Angelus Ghost, a romantic mystery with a dash of history, is in its third printing. The Angelus Ghost makes an excellent  gift for "ladies of quality" from 15 to 95.  Set in the West of Ireland in 1905, the story features a heroine smart enough not to go into a spooky cellar without a light and a derringer!




Be sure to read the synopsis by clicking on The Angelus Ghost link above.

 


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A Tree in Mundaring , a book of short stories that provides a light-hearted look at life in the Perth Hills, is in its third printing.  Anyone who has ever had possums in the roof space, bandicoots in the pantry or spiders in the bath will appreciate these amusing tales..

Be sure to read the synopsis and a review by clicking on A Tree in Mundaring link above.

Coming in April 2012 "Another Tree in Mundaring."

 


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Death in the Sea of Grass

Homesick? Heimwee? We've got the antidote.

Nostalgia buffs, homesick old Africa hands and fans of the Golden Age of murder will enjoy this book, set in southern Africa in 1935. Stolen diamonds, mysterious Nazis, a refugee artist and a modern but powerful queen keep the story moving at a leopard's dash from start to finish.

 




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Bitter Bones 

Come and meet Geneva Bradford and her friends and family, including Toby the big brown cat.  

If you like a mystery with humour and interesting characters, but without gratuitous gore, come to Byford Massachusetts and see what's been turning up in the garden.

Read short stories featuring Geneva Bradford at www.newmysteryreader.com

Long Bones

In this second book in the Geneva Bradford series, Geneva is worried by a stranger who's taking an interest in her family.

When he turns up in somebody else's tomb, Geneva and her children are on the suspect list, especially when it seems they might have something to gain by the stranger's death.

Visit the Quenda Books stand at these events:

Second Sunday of the month: Mundaring Rotary Markets, Nichol street Mundaring, 9 am to 3 pm
Third Saturday of the Month; Toodyay Antique Court Markets, 9 am to 2:30 pm   (except January) 
Third Sunday of the Month, Guildford Heritage Markets, Cnr James St and Meadow Rd, 9 am to 3 pm (Feb - Nov).
Last Sunday of the Month: Bassendean Street Market, Old Perth Road, Bassendean, 9 am to 2 pm
Karen presents talks at schools and libraries for Children’s Book Week and other times by arrangement. She also talks to book clubs and social groups. For information or to book a talk, email quendabooks@iinet.net.au

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Quenda Books
P O Box 263, Darlington,
Western Australia, 6070
phone/fax number is (618) 9295 1847
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