Sarah Ridley has an enduring interest in history, the natural world and many other topics, which has made her work as an editor and writer of children's information books endlessly fascinating. Some of her books have been shortlisted or longlisted for information book awards, including Dear Jelly: Family Letters from the First World War and Suffragettes and the Fight for the Vote. Sarah lives in Colchester with her husband and her student daughter's guinea pigs.
1: Australian deserts, plants and rain
1: Termites, plants and bilbies
1: Skinks, grasses and sand
1: Perenties and prey
1: Thorny devils and ants
1: Spinifex grasses and spinifex hopping mice
1: Snakes, lizards and small mammals
1: Budgerigars, trees and water
1: Pink cockatoos, malleefowl and eucalyptus trees
1: Burrowing frogs and rainfall
1: Rock wallabies and rocks
1: Red kangaroos and grasses
1: Dingoes and prey
1: Australian deserts in danger
1: Glossary
1: Books to read/Index