Books with author Cecily Anne Paterson

Abby Smart is planning to have the most awesome year ever. She's the leader of the Smart Girls Club and after winning the talent quest, her dream to be a musical singer looks like it might come true.And then Stella turns up, fluttering her mascara eyelashes.She’s way too cool for little old Kangaroo Valley. Worst of all, she’s making Abby’s friends like ridiculous things such as makeup and new music! Abby’s plans to have a great year are being turned into dog food. Will Abby follow her friends, or follow her dreams? Because she can’t have both. After all, Smart Girls don’t wear mascara!

Maddie tries to be nice to everyone. Even weird, chicken-obsessed Tahlia.BUT she’d way prefer to hang out with the cool K-girls at school. The only problem is that they don’t seem interested in her, at least not until Year 6 camp. That’s when Maddie has a decision to make: how far will she go to be popular?Will she be able to live with the guilt when she finally has everything she’s been hoping for?Follow Maddie’s hilarious antics with chickens, secrets and undies in the latest adventure at Kangaroo Valley Public School.

"You'll be fine, right?" Unlike her drama-queen twin sister Coco, Charlie Franks is always fine. At least she is until she has to start a new school, finds out she can't ride her new horse at the show jumping competitions, and gets told that her Mum has something totally weird wrong with her. Baylor, the next best horse rider at school is making her life miserable, and no-one seems to understand why Charlie might be angry. Charlie's not A-OK. Not at all. And she can't see how things are ever going to get better. 'Charlie Franks is A-OK' is the sequel to 'Love and Muddy Puddles' and the second book in the Coco and Charlie Franks series.

"When I was smaller I thought that at some point in my life I'd reach the top of the mountain. You know, the place where you're finally happy. The night I got a standing ovation in the school play was the night I got to the top. The trouble was, no one ever told me that I'd have to hike back down." Finally, everything is going right for 13 year-old Jazmine Crawford. After years of being invisible, she's making friends, talking to her mum and hanging out with Liam. But what happens when everyone around her changes? Will getting back in touch with her grandma help her cope or just make things worse? And who's going to finally give arrogant Angela what she deserves? Invincible is the much-anticipated sequel to Invisible, a semi-finalist in the 2014 Amazon Book of the Year Award.

Abby Smart is planning to have the most awesome year ever. She's the leader of the Smart Girls Club and after winning the talent quest, her dream to be a musical singer looks like it might come true.And then Stella turns up, fluttering her mascara eyelashes.She's way too cool for little old Kangaroo Valley. Worst of all, she's making Abby's friends like ridiculous things such as makeup and new music! Abby's plans to have a great year are being turned into dog food. Will Abby follow her friends, or follow her dreams? Because she can't have both. After all, Smart Girls don't wear mascara!

Students in grades 8 through 10 will get all the mental math practice they need with the fast-paced, engaging exercises in this series. Each workbook provides a structured daily program of practice and consolidation for an entire year. Students answer 20 questions per day, many within the context of real-world situations. Each grade-level workbook supports basal math programs and key concepts needed for success on standardized tests. Separate teacher guide provides suggestions for implementing the daily mental math program, assessment ideas, formulas to know, answer key, and more.

When you don't know where you belong, who are you really?Jazmine's deaf. And she's getting tired. Tired of trying hard to fit in and pretending to be like everyone else.When Jaz goes to deaf camp, a new world opens up to her: a world where she finally seems to have a place.But when you leave one world and enter another, what happens to the friends and family you leave behind? And why is one of her new deaf friends suddenly pushed out of the group?Which world will Jazmine choose to live in? Can she straddle both? And how will she figure out the best way of being Jazmine?Jazmine's deaf. And she's getting tired. Tired of trying hard to fit in and pretending to be like everyone else.When Jaz goes to deaf camp, a new world opens up to her: a world where she finally seems to have a place.But when you leave one world and enter another, what happens to the friends and family you leave behind? And why is one of her new deaf friends suddenly pushed out of the group?Which world will Jazmine choose to live in? Can she straddle both? And how will she figure out the best way of being Jazmine?

Students in grades 8 through 10 will get all the mental math practice they need with the fast-paced, engaging exercises in this series. Each workbook provides a structured daily program of practice and consolidation for an entire year. Students answer 20 questions per day, many within the context of real-world situations. Each grade-level workbook supports basal math programs and key concepts needed for success on standardized tests. Separate teacher guide provides suggestions for implementing the daily mental math program, assessment ideas, formulas to know, answer key, and more.

Students in grades 8 through 10 will get all the mental math practice they need with the fast-paced, engaging exercises in this series. Each workbook provides a structured daily program of practice and consolidation for an entire year. Students answer 20 questions per day, many within the context of real-world situations. Each grade-level workbook supports basal math programs and key concepts needed for success on standardized tests. Separate teacher guide provides suggestions for implementing the daily mental math program, assessment ideas, formulas to know, answer key, and more.