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Why in the World: Why Do People Fight?

Anita Ganeri, Author

Renia Metallinou, Illustrator

Series: Why in the World

Imprint: Franklin Watts

Publication date: November 28, 2024

Category: War & conflict

ISBN: 9781445187365

Series: Why in the World

Imprint: Franklin Watts

Publication date: February 8, 2024

Category: War & conflict

ISBN: 9781445187372

The ‘Why in the World’ series introduces citizenship topics in a sensitive way with heartfelt illustrations, helping to connect children’s own experiences to larger issues in the world

We all get angry sometimes. Sometimes, this anger can lead to fights with friends or family. Sometimes fights can happen between adults, they can also happen between countries. This book looks at why people fight, whether at home, in the playground or on battlefields around the world. It looks at ways we can also try to find peace.

Full of empathy and emotion, the books in this series are an excellent first look at local and global challenges. The notes included for parents and teachers offer a springboard for healthy discussion at home and in the classroom.

Anita Ganeri

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.