Writing History: Ancient Egypt

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: Who were the ancient Egyptians?2: Ancient Egyptians at home3: WRITING HISTORY: A scribe’s letter4: Pharaohs and wars5: WRITING HISTORY: Interview with a pharaoh6: Gods and beliefs7: WRITING HISTORY: Day in the life8: Death and the afterlife9: WRITING HISTORY: Newspaper report10: Glossary and Further Information11: Index