The Scoot, Scoot Bandicoot Book Series

About the author

of the Scoot, Scoot Bandicoot® Children's Book Series

Karen Treanor has been writing about animals since the age of six, when she first made the acquaintance of a chipmunk in her back yard in New England. While working in Southern Africa, she wrote several reading books based on local folk tales for the Ministry of Education in Swaziland, and a number of radio scripts for the English Language program of the Ministry of Education in Lesotho.

Since settling in Western Australia and meeting the original Bounce and Pounce bandicoots in her own backyard, Karen has been dedicated to improving public awareness of these charming little native animals of Australia, which often suffer for their superficial resemblance to rats. She thinks bandicoots would have been a more appropriate State Animal for Western Australia than numbats, "who got the job because of their flashy suits". She started Quenda Books, which publishes the "Scoot, Scoot, Bandicoot®" series for children, in 2003.

Karen’s crusade to make people more aware of bandicoots continues, as she visits libraries and schools and gives talks to children about these endearing little creatures, and also tells about the trials and tribulations of being a small publisher.

She has given presentations at many Western Australian schools and libraries and to adult organisations such as Rotary and local seniors' groups. Anyone wanting Karen to give a talk to children or adults should email her at Quenda Books.

Karen writes books for older readers, including The Angelus Ghost, Death in the Sea of Grass, A Tree in Mundaring, and the 'malice domestic' series featuring amateur sleuth Geneva Bradford, Bitter Bones and Long Bones . Several of the books are available in electronic formats from fidopublishing.com

Karen lives in Mundaring, near Perth in Western Australia, and has many visiting bandicoots, possums, bobtail lizards, parrots, magpies and currawongs as well as a very tolerant husband. She is presently at work on the next volume of short stories about life in the Perth hills, "Another Tree in Mundaring".



About the Illustrators

Katie Stewart has combined a love of drawing with her love of animals to gain a reputation as a painter of pet portraits and wildlife. She has illustrated a number of school textbooks and a cookery book, as well as children's books. She illustrated the second,third and fourth books in the Scoot, Scoot Bandicoot® series.

 These days, Katie works in the library at a local school and spends a lot of her spare time writing fantasy for all ages. She has e-published three books, 'Treespeaker' (for adults), 'Mark of the Dragon Queen' (YA) and 'The Dragon Box (for children 8 - 12 years)*. Otherwise she is kept busy with her family and an assortment of animals on their farm, north of Northam.

*More information about these books can be found on Katie's website.

Email: --- nenabrookart@yahoo.com.au
Website: --- www.katiestewart.com
Facebook: --- www.facebook.com/Treespeaker

Mary Woodward is widely known around Western Australia as the 'Frog Lady'. In the winter months she shares her love of frogs with many family and school groups, leading classes in search of her favourite animal in the local wetlands.

Pobblebonk Paper combines Mary's artwork and photographs on beautiful paper, handmade from recycled junk mail, flowers, leaves and feathers. Her popular wildlife watercolour prints and cards feature Australian birds, reptiles, mammals and frogs. "Scoot, Scoot Bandicoot" was her first foray into children's book illustrating.

Pobblebonk Paper E-mail: pobblebonk@iinet.net.au;
Mary Woodward's Tanglewood Studio website

Louise Fowler-Tutt grew up in the hills of Perth, WA. She teaches Illustration and Design at Curtin University and works on free-lancing projects. She has always enjoyed illustrating for children, and illustrated "Where's Our Dad?", the 5th book in the Scoot, Scoot, Bandicoot© series. Email: louise.fowler-tutt@live.com Web:  www.drawnonthehills.blog.com

Kelly Iveson, who illlustrated Sleepy Harley , is a graphic artist who lives in Perth's northern suburbs. She started drawing at the age of four, and used to draw her favourite characters  from television programmes. She works in a corporate law firm as a registrations senior. In her spare time she draws realistic human portraits, creates photoshop images, paints, cooks and plays beach volleyball. Sleepy Harley was her first children's book. She is presently working on a second book, a collection of animal limericks. Contact Kelly on her email, Kelly.Iveson@hotmail.com

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