Books with author Susan Greene

Castlemaine, 1880. Verity Sparks is on holiday with her friends, but the fun soon comes to an end when someone is kidnapped. Verity tries to investigate, but her psychic gift creates more mysteries than it solves. Why was a red glove left at the crime scene? And who is the ghostly woman following her? Can Verity use her courage and skills to solve the crime before it’s too late? Verity Sparks and the Scarlet Hand is a historical junior fiction novel by award-winning Australian author Susan Green. The first story in this detective adventure series for younger readers, The Truth About Verity Sparks, was Honour Book in the 2012 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards.Read more of Verity’s investigations into the paranormal in Verity Sparks, Lost and Found (Book 2) or at http://veritysparks.com/

This 72-page workbook is perfect for children who are still memorizing addition and subtraction math facts, and who are also working on learning to add and subtract larger numbers.Each of the six sections in this book reviews a group of addition and subtraction math facts. Those facts are then used in the more advanced math lesson. For example: After the Magic 9 math facts 9+8, 7+9, 9+6, and 5+9, are reviewed, students can learn how to add 19+8 or 95+79. Since your students are learning to regroup with facts they have already memorized, they will be able to add and subtract larger numbers without counting on fingers.Included in this workbook:Reproducible practice pages. Word math problems. Guide to Teaching the Lessons. Record-keeping pages. Assessment pages. Answer pages.

Bullying is an ever-present reality that all children experience at some point in their lives, and often it has consequences that spread far beyond childhood. Left unaddressed, excessive teasing and bullying can damage a child's self-esteem and contribute to feelings of depression and anxiety. Now that bullying has moved from face-to-face encounters to the world of the Internet, it is more important than ever to arm kids with skills that can help protect them from the bullies they are certain to encounter. The activities in this book will help your children learn effective strategies to use when faced with teasing, name-calling, cyber-bullying, gossiping, and other forms of bullying and harassment. Don't Pick On Me is filled with ten-minute activities and exercises you and your child can do together to learn how to effectively and safely stand up to a bully. These skills will build self-confidence and self-esteem--assets that will serve your child well through the teenage years and into adulthood.

Castlemaine, 1880. Verity is on holiday with Papa and her friends, but the fun soon comes to an end. A terrible crime has been committed. When Verity tries to investigate, her gift creates more mysteries than it solves. Why was a red glove left at the crime scene? Who is the ghostly woman following Verity? Is she connected to the kidnapping? Terrible secrets are being revealed. With her friends in danger, Verity needs all her courage and skill to solve the crime. But is that enough?

Diggitty is excited that it's Christmas Eve and her owner Susan's grandkids are coming to visit. However, it's snowing outside and before they can play, Diggitty must help her mom feed the farm animals.When Susan and Diggitty go out to do their chores, they discover a lamb is missing. The snow is very deep and Diggitty is worried about the baby. Then she hears something in the distance. Diggitty leaps through the snow toward the noise. Could it be she has found the lost lamb?

What happens when a little girl falls in love with hummingbirds?Magic!Amanda learns to love hummingbirds and to train them to follow her feeder in this fanciful tale. It is sure to fulfill a wishful yearning in us all to live in a moment of delight.Hummingbirds weigh about 2 ounces, at least the common ones do in this story. They flock to feeders, especially the ones they know well. They are quite bright, these little swift fliers, and will fly into your house for the food if you are not careful to shut the door or window.This story is fantasy, and on any given day it could have been reality.Join us for a magical read!

What happens when a little girl falls in love with hummingbirds?Magic!Amanda learns to love hummingbirds and to train them to follow her feeder in this fanciful tale. It is sure to fulfill a wishful yearning in us all to live in a moment of delight.Hummingbirds weigh about 2 ounces, at least the common ones do in this story. They flock to feeders, especially the ones they know well. They are quite bright, these little swift fliers, and will fly into your house for the food if you are not careful to shut the door or window.This story is fantasy, and on any given day it could have been reality.Join us for a magical read!