Warring factions of blue jays and cardinals call on Swordbird, the heroic bird of peace, to rescue them from the evil machinations of Turnatt, the tyrant hawk lord who plans to enslave them.

"When adopted by the eagle prince, a valley-born eaglet must learn to become a princess and also, a heroine"--

In this prequel, Ezylryb the Screech owl recounts the story of his life in the Northern Kingdoms--his rise through the ranks of the Killian Army, his brother's betrayal, and his friendship with Octavia the snake, to finally become a Guardian of Ga'Hoole.

Harper is on a mission! Rumor tells of the mysterious Ice Raven who lives among the ebony trees, singing a magical song that can melt even the hardest of hearts. Now the Wild Conductor wants to capture this mythical bird and create the greatest orchestra ever known. So Harper and her friends set off to find the mythical bird. Their journey takes them from the mysterious Night Forest where fairy tales are more than they seem to the City of Singing...

Tok, the most nimble-winged of the young ravens, is banished for a crime he did not commit, and the only way he can restore his honor and his father's name is to perform a brave and daring deed to benefit all ravenkind.

This fantastic edition to the Colin the Librarian series contains three new exciting stories. Colin at Grumples or Back to School Colin and M find themselves at Grumples Academy in the 1920s. This expensive private school with poor facilities and extremely bad teaching is run by the formidable Dr. Scrote, who is only interested in discipline. Colin in his role as a 12 year old boy becomes the friend of Harry Barking. In a series of hilarious scrapes...

Another fantastic book of stories about M, the invisible computer-generated emu. In this collection, we visit Switzerland (and have a scary cable-car encounter), time-travel to 1960s Manchester, joust with King Henry the Eighth and see some highly amusing magic. As expected, in every story in which he appears M never misses a chance to produce his own brand of comical antics.

As Maya lies in bed, thinking about her new school and friends, she suddenly hears a knocking noise! What can it be? She listens carefully…there it is again! A tapping at the window! Maya slides out of bed and tip-toes to the window, pulls open the curtains and an amazing surprise greets her! Lit up by the bright light of the large orange moon, Maya meets some new friends and with them starts a series of adventures with the woodland animals. Throughout...

This wonderful short story from Merv Lambert takes place in Videoville, an unusual town where movies are made. Not all the animals who live there are friendly, however. Take Mr. Rockhopper, for example. He can be one angry penguin! Skidder, probably the fastest penguin in the West, can be relied on to be careless, but his small friend Pudden will amaze you. And as for Skidder's sister, Trendy Wendy, she often sets the fashion for the younger members...

On a mission to find new friends one day, Ava and Alan soar over the African Grasslands. Below they saw a curious creature. It had spots like a leopard but the body of a dog. Ava and Alan fly down and meet this curious creature. In getting to know Danny, the African Wild Dog, they find out that his species is in danger from lions in the area. This takes Ava and Alan on a feather raising adventure while they try to protect the African Wild Dog pups....