Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of children's information books. She has been a writer for 20 years, after working in-house for Usborne Publishing and Walker Books. She specialises in the natural world, religion and mythology but is always looking for new challenges. Among her many titles are the best-selling 'Horrible Geography' series for Scholastic Children's Books which won the Blue Peter Book Award for the Best Book with Facts in 2009 and the Tivy Education Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for an outstanding contribution to geographical education. Anita lives in northern England with her husband, children, dogs and cat. She enjoys reading, walking the Moors, playing tennis and dreaming of winning Wimbledon.
1: All kinds of families
2: Mums and dads
3: Together and apart
4: Blended families
5: Extended families
6: Adopted families
7: Foster families
8: Different sizes
9: Feelings
10: Busy families
11: Having fun
12: What makes a family?
13: How famlies change
14: Notes for parents and teachers
15: Glossary
16: Further information
17: Index