Books with author L. Buckley

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.

Exploring World Governments identifies and explains different types of governments. Each book examines the social, political, religious, and cultural effects within each governmental structure’s confines as well as its impact on neighboring nations and the global community. Chapters discuss typical economic arrangements within each typeof government and how economic theories and political practice are interwoven in defining how a government operates and serves its people. This title examines anarchism in world history from the writings of Greek philosophers through the Age of Enlightenment, the Spanish civil war, World Wars I and II to today. Influences such as Howard Zinn, Murray Bookchin, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Denis Diderot, Gustav Landauer are examined. Notable leaders of the movement such as Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin, Francisco Ferrer, Emma Goldman, Max Stirner, and Nestor Makhno are introduced, as are prominent authors such as Richard Sonn, Alexander Berkman, Herbert Read, and Guy Debord. Important institutions such as the International Working Men’s Association, Institute for Social Ecology, Second Socialist International, Ferrer Center and Modern School, and Situationist International are also introduced. Important events such as the Paris Commune, Haymarket Square riots, and the trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are covered. Exploring World Governments is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Inspired by a true event, two Beluga whales slip into tiny Quarry Cove in Maine, encouraged by a widowed lighthouse keeper, who has an undying affection for all animals, especially whales. The whales create a tremendous draw of tourists, who flood the main highway and pack into the village. The local police chief , bothered by a huge traffic snarl, along with disgruntled fishermen who fear for the fish, plan to rid the village of the animals. But Nettie Beal, a widowed lighthouse keeper and local postmistress defies the community defying threat of losing her job and home. Karl Bunker and Christine Alley back Nettie up, even their own family life is threatened by parents with opposing views on what to do with the whales. A jealous and spurned boyfriend of Christine's threatens to take the matter even further. But rallying support of school chums, the undaunted trio turn the tables on the whales' foes, and engineer a dramatic escape.

The Native American tradition of the give-away takes a new form in this engaging dialogue between the Whooping Crane, the Snow Goose, Old Beaver, Grandmother Turtle, the Wind, the Ancient One, and the Creator as well as others. Children of all ages will learn that giving is more than just gifting; it is denying oneself so that another may have a better way.