Sally Spray is an author of children's non-fiction books. She studied Early Years Education, then an MA in Children's Literature, and worked as a teacher before becoming an art director in children's publishing. Sally lives in the Cotswold countryside, and enjoys daily chats with her chickens, daughters and sometimes her husband, the illustrator Mark Ruffle. Her mission is to find out loads of interesting, really hard to understand stuff and pass it on to her readers as simply and concisely as possible.

• 1: Why do we need buildings?2: What were the first buildings?3: What are the most famous buildings in the world?4: What are buildings made of?5: Why don’t tall buildings fall over?6: Are there buildings in extreme climates?7: Are there buildings underwater, in the trees and underground?8: What shapes can buildings be?9: How do we make buildings environmentally friendly?10: Who designs buildings?11: Can animals build?12: What will buildings look like in the future?13: Many more questions!14: Further information15: Glossary16: Game cards17: Index

Sally Spray is an author of children's non-fiction books. She studied Early Years Education, then an MA in Children's Literature, and worked as a teacher before becoming an art director in children's publishing. Sally lives in the Cotswold countryside, and enjoys daily chats with her chickens, daughters and sometimes her husband, the illustrator Mark Ruffle. Her mission is to find out loads of interesting, really hard to understand stuff and pass it on to her readers as simply and concisely as possible.

• 1: Why do we need buildings?2: What were the first buildings?3: What are the most famous buildings in the world?4: What are buildings made of?5: Why don’t tall buildings fall over?6: Are there buildings in extreme climates?7: Are there buildings underwater, in the trees and underground?8: What shapes can buildings be?9: How do we make buildings environmentally friendly?10: Who designs buildings?11: Can animals build?12: What will buildings look like in the future?13: Many more questions!14: Further information15: Glossary16: Game cards17: Index