Liz Gogerly is a former teacher and has been writing children's books about geography, history and PSHE for over twenty years. Biography and telling stories about real people is her speciality. In 2020 she won the SLA award for 'Heroes that Help Us From Around the World'. She publishes adult biographies under the name Liz Flavell. Liz loves music, dancing, cooking, cats and kids. The illustrator, Victor Beuren, lives in Santa Catarina, Brazil. He worked in art direction in the advertising industry for many years before becoming a full-time artist. His work, in ink, watercolour and digital media, has won international recognition, including by the Society of Illustrators. Rob Hunt is a writer and former primary school teacher. He has worked on a wide variety of children's information books, mostly specialising in geography. His other interests include history, music, film and sport.

• 1: Cities of South America2: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil3: Bogota, Columbia4: Santiago, Chile5: Caracas, Venezuela6: Quito, Ecuador7: Buenos Aires, Argentina8: Cuzco, Peru9: Montevideo, Uruguay10: Georgetown, Guyana11: La Paz, Bolivia12: More South American Cities13: Glossary14: Index

Liz Gogerly is a former teacher and has been writing children's books about geography, history and PSHE for over twenty years. Biography and telling stories about real people is her speciality. In 2020 she won the SLA award for 'Heroes that Help Us From Around the World'. She publishes adult biographies under the name Liz Flavell. Liz loves music, dancing, cooking, cats and kids. The illustrator, Victor Beuren, lives in Santa Catarina, Brazil. He worked in art direction in the advertising industry for many years before becoming a full-time artist. His work, in ink, watercolour and digital media, has won international recognition, including by the Society of Illustrators. Rob Hunt is a writer and former primary school teacher. He has worked on a wide variety of children's information books, mostly specialising in geography. His other interests include history, music, film and sport.

• 1: Cities of South America2: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil3: Bogota, Columbia4: Santiago, Chile5: Caracas, Venezuela6: Quito, Ecuador7: Buenos Aires, Argentina8: Cuzco, Peru9: Montevideo, Uruguay10: Georgetown, Guyana11: La Paz, Bolivia12: More South American Cities13: Glossary14: Index

Liz Gogerly is a former teacher and has been writing children's books about geography, history and PSHE for over twenty years. Biography and telling stories about real people is her speciality. In 2020 she won the SLA award for 'Heroes that Help Us From Around the World'. She publishes adult biographies under the name Liz Flavell. Liz loves music, dancing, cooking, cats and kids. The illustrator, Victor Beuren, lives in Santa Catarina, Brazil. He worked in art direction in the advertising industry for many years before becoming a full-time artist. His work, in ink, watercolour and digital media, has won international recognition, including by the Society of Illustrators. Rob Hunt is a writer and former primary school teacher. He has worked on a wide variety of children's information books, mostly specialising in geography. His other interests include history, music, film and sport.

• 1: Cities of South America2: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil3: Bogota, Columbia4: Santiago, Chile5: Caracas, Venezuela6: Quito, Ecuador7: Buenos Aires, Argentina8: Cuzco, Peru9: Montevideo, Uruguay10: Georgetown, Guyana11: La Paz, Bolivia12: More South American Cities13: Glossary14: Index