After recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound, teenage spy Alex Rider embarks on a new mission to stop a group of eco-terrorists from sabotaging the launch of the first outer space hotel.

On a small island way out in the middle of a silver lake there once lived a sad young man. He was sad because he had grown up into a giant of a man, very b ig, very strong and very frightening. Because of this, no one liked to go near him. So his only friends were the wild creatures that lived all around him. Then one day, he saves a girl from drowning, a girl in a wide-brimmed straw hat. Little does he know how she is going to change his life forever. Michael Morpurgo draws on traditional storytelling to weave a tale of extraordinary relevance to our own world today. A story of compassion, and love, and a simple belief in the healing powers of nature.

Alex Rider is forced to turn to MI6 for help when a journalist threatens to expose his life as a teenage spy. However, the simple mission he's offered, investigating the director of a GM research centre, turns deadly, and Alex finds himself caught in a deadly game as he rushes to stop the destruction of an entire East African country. Suggested level: secondary.

Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play "I Spy" with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters. On board pages.

Childrens

The little rabbits can''t waste any time this morning - Grey Rabbit is coming to dinner and there''s lots to do. Will they have time to clean the house, do the shopping and make a special surprise before he arrives?'

Although much quieter than the farm animals that moo, cluck or oink, a gentle ladybug is instrumental in foiling a plan to steal the farm's prize-winning cow. By the author of The Gruffalo.

One dark and stormy night Mrs Bear is putting Sam to bed, ready now, Sam? she asks, Oh no says Sam I'm waiting. So she reads him a story, but he still isn't ready, and he isn't ready after making a nest or having a warm glass of milk. What can he be waiting for, his good night kiss of course!

Little Genius is here to tell you all about the incredible machine inside your head - your brain! Have you ever wondered what your brain would feel like if you could touch it, how it remembers things, and what it gets up to while you're fast asleep? Wouldn't you like to know which bit of your brain does what and how to keep your brain safe and healthy? Well, Little Genius has all the answers . . .

Let it SNOW! William longs for it to snow. Maybe if he makes a wish on Grandpa's snow globe it will really happen. But disaster strikes when William drops the globe and breaks it! How can he say sorry to Grandpa, and will his wish ever come true? A sparkling story of magical winter wishes.