Christian Birmingham

"When Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld, the pair are inseparable -- until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see each other again, but it is the butterfly lion who ensures their friendship will never be forgotten." -- Back cover

Tells the story of how science teacher Louis Pasteur discovered microbes in 1856 while trying to solve a problem at the local sugarbeet factory.

A magical celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing from the bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Years ago there was a little boy who dreamed of rocketing to the moon, of landing on the crumbly rock and walking across the Sea of Tranquility. He borrowed library books and read how astronauts had orbited the earth and walked in space. And every night he hoped that they would find a way to land on the...