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 and Blessed Bones. Several of the books are available from www.fidopublishing.com in electronic formats.
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 both in Australia and overseas. She illustrated the second, third and fourth books in the Scoot, Scoot Bandicoot® series.
These days, Katie works as a freelance book cover designer and illustrator and spends a lot of her spare time writing fantasy for all ages. She has e-published four books, 'Treespeaker' (for adults) and its sequel, ‘Song of the Jikhoshi’, 'Mark of the Dragon Queen' (YA) and 'The Dragon Box (for children 8 - 12 years). More information about these books can be found on Katie's website.
Otherwise she is kept busy with her family and an assortment of animals on their farm, north of Northam.
Email: --- nenabrookart@yahoo.com.au
Website: --- www.katiewstewart.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;
Louise Fowler-Tuttgrew up in the hills of Perth, WA. She is an Illustration Lecturer for the Design Department at Curtin University and works from her studio on freelancing 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
Kelly Iveson is a Perth based artist specializing in portraits. She started drawing at the age of four. She works in the public sector as a cartographer, but in her spare time draws and paints realistic human portraits and murals, travels, and plays beach volleyball. Sleepy Harley was her first children's book. Kelly has also illustrated Animalimericks, a collection of animal poems by Nancy Sibtain for Quenda Books. Kelly’s email is
Kelly.Iveson@hotmail.com
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Our children's books feature the lovable marsupial the bandicoot, also known as the isoodon obesulus.
The Scoot, Scoot Bandicoot® book series is available as individual books or a set.