Books with author Buckley,

Doncia has a secret: She sees weird colours on the walls, and strange creatures like the demon that flies over their tenement at night. But before her inventor father went crazy, leaving Doncia and her mother alone, he gave her a pocketwatch, and by squeezing it she can make the weird visions disappear.When her teacher goes crazy too, the school is closed. To escape the factories Doncia and her friend Piri agree to work in the graf’s castle, where she learns to control the cleaning robots. When she becomes lost in the castle’s underground passages, an impossible flying pufferfish shows her a crumbling rift into a limitless cavern. Can she solve the riddle of her visions before the demon’s sinister purpose tears her life, the castle, and the entire duchy apart?

You want intense? How about a mountain of water as high as a building? The world’s greatest big wave surfers face that challenge and conquer whatever the ocean can throw at them! Find out how big wave surfing started, meet the top wave riders, and learn how these daring athletes conquer the world’s biggest waves! This title will allow students to explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.• Profiles of athletes• Text based questions• Bolded keywords

Created for my son Roman (14 months), I wanted to see if he could be engaged with a book to mimic the simple facial expressions presented. I wasn't left disappointed, watching as both Roman and his older siblings laughed and went through this book over and over again.Based off the idea of our game, "Go SMILEY", this book engages both you and your little one in a "Do As I Do" adventure, sure to make you smile and laugh over and over again =)REVIEWS:"HAHAHAHAHA!" Carley, age 8"Can I have this book?" Wynnie, age 5"AHH! That's so FUNNY!" Simon, age 10"Oh, that is the cutest book ever! Something to read over and over, and OVER again with little kids!!" Asia (veteran babysitter), age 16 "EEEAAAAGH! HEHE...FACE! SMILE!!" Roman, age 14 months

Photography is so much a part of life today that the average person my encounter more than 1,000 camera images a day. Cameras are now integrated with cell phones, digital images can be sent instantly to almost anywhere in the world. How is this possible? Innovation! This book helps students understand the role innovation has played in the development of the camera.

Based on a true story. When a tiny baby turtle finds himself in a cramped, cold plastic container, for sale in a pet shop, he nearly gives up the hope of ever finding his “forever home”. Day after day he goes unnoticed and passed by until one day a friendly couple enters the store. Instantly falling in love with the small creature, the couple takes him home and creates a beautiful, loving environment for the little turtle. He watches as step-by-step the pair construct a place for him that he’d only dreamed of. And step-by-step they gain his trust and a place in his heart as they become a family.

In this compelling debut of her historical mystery series, Fiona Buckley introduces Ursula Blanchard, a widowed young mother who has become lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I. Armed with a sharp eye, dangerous curiosity, and uncanny intelligence, Ursula pledges... To Shield the Queen Rumor has linked Queen Elizabeth I to her master of horse, Robin Dudley. As gossip would have it, only his ailing wife, Amy, prevents marriage between Dudley and the Queen. To quell the idle tongues at court, the Queen dispatches Ursula Blanchard to tend to the sick woman's needs. But not even Ursula can prevent the "accident" that takes Amy's life. Did she fall or was she pushed? Was Ursula a pawn of Dudley and the Queen? Suddenly Ursula finds herself at the center of the scandal, trying to protect Elizabeth as she loses her heart to a Frenchman who may be flirting with sedition against her Queen. She can trust no one, neither her lover nor her monarch, as she sets out to find the truth in a glittering court that conceals a wellspring of blood and lies.