Natural World

by Anita Ganeri, Paul Johnson (Illustrator), Anita Ganeri

Examines such aspects of the natural world as earth formations, weather, seas and rivers, plants, and animals

48 pages, Library Binding

First published December 1, 1989

About the author

Anita Ganeri is a highly experienced author of children’s information books, specialising in religion, India/Asia, multiculturalism, geography, biography and natural history. She became a freelance writer after working at Walker Books (as foreign rights manager) and Usborne Publishing (as an editor). Since then, she has written over 300 titles, including the best-selling Horrible Geography series for Scholastic. The series won the Geographical Association Silver Award in 1999 and was cited as being ‘an innovation that all geographers will applaud’. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society where she conducts most of her research for the books.

Reviews

[Claire O · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was pretty good. I like how I learned a variety of interesting facts.

[Anica · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mom didn't like the Q&A format. The illustrations are well done, but I would rather see real photos.