Britain and the British

by Anita Ganeri

This six-book series offers a unique view of the people and places on the diverse European continent. Each title provides basic facts about the featured country, covering a wide range of topics, including social history, nature, technology, geography, art, and music. Captivating illustrations and photographs take readers on a virtual European tour.

34 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2004

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.