As the war entered its final stages, she faced off against the most brutal of forces—Germany's Intelligence Service, the Abwehr. series is fantastic; children are hooked in by real-life action and their attention is maintained by second to second, short and snappy accounts of dramatic sports and stunts.

Virts' writing style is engaging, witty, and filled with fascinating technical details that will appeal to space enthusiasts and science geeks alike. In March 2015, Virts assumed command of the International Space Station, and spent over 200 days on it. One of many lessons learned offered by the Canadian astronaut (yes, the one who sang a creative version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”) and flew on both the American Shuttle and Russian Soyuz.It introduces the Silents, monsters whose ability to control humans through subliminal suggestion has profound philosophical implications. Children may look like they're playing with tinfoil and cardboard boxes, but really, they're piloting rockets into space and becoming the first astronauts to walk on Mars.

Diverse astronauts from around the world include NASA’S first all-woman spacewalk team and the first African American astronaut on a 6-month mission to the space station. Tom's scrapbooks are always fascinating, full of photographs, notes and snippets of history that inspire his books, and this one is no different! The Last Astronaut handles this disparity in approach by splitting itself pretty evenly down the middle.His accounts of the mental and physical challenges of space travel are both informative and entertaining. Enter the Olympus Project—a plan to colonise the moon, building on the Artemis Base, led by three of humankind’s best and brightest: Troy Bruin, Xavier Consus, and Xanthe Waters. This book delves deeply into the iconography of The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon, pointing out its thematic strength as a story and as part of Doctor Who, before considering in detail the moral dimension of the story’s controversial resolution.

One of the teens has invented a new type of drive that might just allow them to beat both governments to Mars. The book interweaves the human story of risk and decision-making and the technological account of successes and failures of onboard computing in the Apollo program. Weightlessness is like a new toy you get to unwrap every day, again and again — and it’s a great reminder, too, that you need to savor the small stuff, not just sweat it. That vast cast has been streamlined for the purposes of a novel, but it largely holds together as both narrative and realism. Whether you seek life-lessons inspired by Chris’ mantra of achieving the impossible, breathtaking photos of planet Earth captured from the International Space Station, or guidance in empowering a child to conquer their fears, Chris’ literary universe offers something for everyone.

Each title in this stylish series has five spreads with friendly characters to find behind colourful felt flaps. Parents - please ask your children's schools to take the free training and empower Dyslexic Thinking today.