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.
Quenda 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.
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."
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.
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. |
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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
Our Books
Our children's books feature the lovable marsupial the bandicoot, also known as the isoodon obesulus.
Bandicoot Books
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The Scoot, Scoot Bandicoot® book series is available as individual books or a set.
