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Anita Ganeri

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.

Contact details:

Email: anitaganeri@tesco.net

Web address: www.anitaganeri.co.uk (in development)

Age group preferences:

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5 to 7

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7 to 11

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11 to 14

Other work includes:

Besides books, Anita has written  and edited for several magazines, including Junior Education, and reviewed for Books for Keeps. She also offers schools visits and workshops for librarians and trainee teachers, focusing on non-fiction writing across the curriculum.

Books by Anita Ganeri:

Horrible Geography Perishing Poles by Anita Ganeri

 

Horrible Geography series

Scholastic Children’s Books

• Odious Oceans •Violent Volcanoes • Raging Rivers • Desperate Deserts • Freaky Peaks • Bloomin’ Rainforests • Perishing Poles • Earth-shattering Earthquakes • Cracking Coasts • Monster Lakes • Intrepid Explorers •

A horrible look at geography with all the gritty bits left in for 8-12 year olds.

 

Buddhist Stories by Anita Ganeri

 

Storyteller series

Evans Brothers

• Christian • Islamic • Hindu • Sikh • Jewish • Buddhist •

Stories from the world religions for 7-11 years olds (KS2).

 

Sacred Texts The Qur'an and Islam by Anita Gareri

 

Sacred Texts series

Evans Brothers

• The Qur’an and Islam • The Tipitaka and Buddhism • The Ramayana and Hinduism • The Guru Granth Sahib and Sikhism •

 A closer look at the sacred texts of the world religions for 7-11 year olds (KS2).

 

Indian Subcontinents by Anita Gaeri

 

Flashpoints series

Franklin Watts

• Indian Subcontinent • Central America •

An approachable analysis of the political situation in some of the world’s trouble spots for 11-14 year olds (KS3).

 

A Pets Life Guinea Pigs by Anita Ganeri

 

A Pet’s Life series

Heinemann Library

• Dogs • Cats • Guinea Pigs • Rabbits • Goldfish • Hamsters •

A first look at pet care and looking after living things for 5- 7 year olds (KS1).

 

Plant Life Cycles by Anita Ganeri

Nature’s Patterns series

Heinemann Library

• Food Chains • Day and Night • Hibernation • Animal Life Cycles • Plant Life Cycles • Human Life Cycles • Season to Season •

A first look at recurring patterns in nature for 5-7 year olds (KS1).