Books with author Ken Wilson

Through this interactive book with a real siren, the hero so many young readers look-up to-they can now become! Readers experience the thrill of firefighting as they rush to the scene of an emergency fire with a team of other firefighters!The firehouse alarm sounds and-quick, get dressed! Check the equipment on the way as you ride the fire truck...and...we're there! Get out your hoses! Turn the water on and fight the blaze until it's out. Well done, firefighter! With five spreads of interactive features like pop-up, pull-tabs, lift-the-flap and more, Firefighter brings a day of a firefighter to life for young readers.

Will Chessy ever be safe enough to ride? Seven-year-old Amanda Wilson dreams of training her own wild pony, just as her sisters have done. Then comes the chance she has been waiting for—a muster of beautiful Welsh ponies that have run wild in the hills. Among them is Chessy, a striking stallion, and just the right size for Amanda. But small doesn't equal easy, and first Amanda must prove she has what it takes by training a stroppy mare from Pony Club. Will Chessy ever be safe enough to join Amanda on her crazy adventures? Vicki and Kelly must help Amanda to win her pony's trust in this engaging story of perseverance and reward inspired by the Wilson Sisters' early years.

The adventure continues—training a street pony into a show pony! When nine-year-old Kelly Wilson outgrows her pony, her mom surprises her with a beautiful steel-grey mare that she spotted trotting down the street, tied to the back of a truck. But there’s a catch. Cameo has never been ridden! While her sisters Vicki and Amanda are jumping higher than ever before, Kelly must face her fears on an untested pony. Will Cameo ever be ready for competitions? And will the girls’ ponies hold their own against the purebreds at the Royal Show?

The day Edgar is initiated as a wizard's apprentice he findsout that magic may be fading from existence.With very little training, he must journey with his uncle and master,Magnus, to uncover the source of the magical disturbances before it's too late. When Adelaidetook an apprentice job with a local herbalist, she never dreamed that the herbshop was merely a front for a secret magical lair. Women aren't allowed to use magic in the kingdom of Chadwick, but that hasn't stopped Addy'smaster, Hestia, from secretly performing magic anyway. Addy learns all about the different shades ofmagic, and the punishment of death that awaits any woman caught using thecraft. When The Ancient Fellowship charges Magnus and Edgar with researchingthe loss of magic, their investigation leads them to a small herbal shop whereEdgar and Adelaidediscover the vast history shared by their masters. They embark on an adventure to try and salvagethe very fabric of magic itself. Shades of Magic is a story of self discovery andlove.

When a young girl looks at her future she imagines great things. Perhaps it is becoming a movie star or a dancer. Not Gabriela Vasquez though. Gabby sees herself as a homemaker, mother, and wife. The day she let herself forget her desires was the day her life changed. Instead of becoming something great she lost the greatest gift imaginable. As she reviews her life, her choices, her struggles, she sees every step she made in the wrong direction. Consequences hurt and penance is required, but can she ever be forgiven for the sins she has committed? Will she ever forgive herself? Can she?

Tommy is a good little boy who lives in a small village. Everyone in the village heats their home with coal. When his Dad loses his job two weeks before Christmas, the family realizes that they only have enough coal to heat their home until Christmas. Tommy decides to get onto the naughty list, so he can get more coal for the family. There is only one problem: He has never been naughty before!