Books with author Jim Buckley

Part activity book, part fact book, and part journal, this book includes hundreds of challenges and spaces to record each performance. Plus there are achievement stickers kids can use as rewards for their accomplishments.YOU are amazing! How amazing? Let’s find out! Inside the pages of this book are oodles of challenges, feats, competitions, and tests of extreme awesomeness. How many pennies can you stack while blindfolded? How many animals can you name in 20 seconds? How many times can you say, “Silly Sally slurps soda slowly,” without making a mistake? Test your mind and body. Record your results. Challenge your friends. How do they measure up? Keep track of your achievments in the space provided, and compare your results against existing world records. Rewards yourself and your friends with the provided stickers and press-out rewards.

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

Part activity, part fact book, and part journal, this book includes hundreds of challenges and spaces to record each performance. Plus there are acheivement stickers kids cn use as rewards for their accomplishments.YOU are amazing! How amazing? Let’s find out! Inside the pages of this book are 350 challenges, feats, competitions, and tests of extreme awesomeness. How many pennies can you stack while blindfolded? How many animals can you name in 20 seconds? How many times can you say, “Silly Sally slurps soda slowly,” without making a mistake? Challenge yourself and your friends to any of these 350 super fun mental and physical tests of awesomeness. Keep track of your own world records in the space provided, and compare your achievements with the whacky facts and existing world records. Reward yourself and your friends with the provided stickers and press-out rewards.

In Big Wave Surfing, readers will learn about the brave athletes who dare to make the ocean their playing field. This 32-page book features real-world photographs, biographies of athletes, comprehension and extension activities, and more, to effectively engage students.The Intense Sports series features titles dedicated to exploring the world of extreme recreational activities. Students are able to learn more about the skill, physical exertion, specialized gear, and people who excel at each sport. While readers analyze the text, they ask and answer questions to demonstrate their understanding, and learn interesting facts along the way.

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

Football is number one with fans and has more "avid" fans than any other sport in America. Now Scholastic brings the NFL alive in books that capture all the pulse-pounding action of the game.Who holds the current NFL record for Rushing? How about Passing? Or Touchdowns? Read all about the records, the record-setters, and how they did it. Things may move quickly during a game, but you'd be surprised at how long some of the NFL's greatest records have stood -- and who finally broke them and how.If you've ever wondered about what makes NFL history, this is the book for you. With lots of great photos and fascinating facts, you'll be an expert before you know it.