Introducing Antarctica

Introducing Continents

by Anita Ganeri

The titles in this series introduce readers to the continents through age-appropriate maps, bright photographs and simple text.

Genres: Nonfiction

32 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2013

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

[Maureen · Rating 3 out of 5]

All seven continents are covered in the Heinemann/Capstone series, aimed at beginning reader-researchers. A dozen topics about Antarctica are addressed, quite simply, and with copious photographs. A glossary, quiz, suggested internet sites, and list of sources add to research value. Though the author is a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society, the extent of source citations seems to come from three nonfiction books by Capstone's publishing house. Even beginning researchers should expect more credibility.