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
"Sleepy Harley"
If your children enjoyed "Scoot, Scoot Bandicoot"series but found the
reading level a bit beyond them, "Sleepy Harley" might be just the book you've
been looking for. It's suitable for children aged three to seven.
Harley is a little cat who has been left outside accidentally. He is
very tired and wants to find a place to sleep, but nowhere is just right.
Follow Harley through Bayswater as he searches for a place to
take a nap.
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. |
Visit the Quenda Books stand at these events:
First Sunday of the month: Canning Bridge markets, Kishorn Rd, Applecross, 9am to 3pm (Starting March 2012)
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 (summer hours 8am to 1pm)
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 five book set.
