Wilsons' Reviews

 I don't know what to say about it, except that it fully deserves the praise that it has collected.  It's brilliant.  Weighty, but ...

About : Calvin Type of book : comic book. I thought it was pretty funny. It's about a 6 year old boy who can change his world with hi...

Told from the viewpoint of Art Mumby, this is about the adventures that he and his sister Myrtle have across space. Set in the Victorian er...

When princess Celie's parents leave to get her oldest bother from wizarding school they leave everything in her and her two older sibl...

I was recently looking for something "mostly harmless" for my children to watch on netflix, when this caught my eye.  Now, I gr...

This book is delightfully silly, truly amusing, and a breath of fresh air in a world which increasingly descends to the crass and vulg...

My Side Of The Mountain is about Sam Gribley, a 12 year old boy who decides to run away from his cramped home in New York, and learns to sur...

The Roar by Emma Clayton The blurb: Post apocalyptic distopia, "mutant" psychics, Etc. Etc. What it starts to look like: E...

I was surprised at how much I liked this book.  I'm normally just frustrated with books which include magic which may not be magic at...

I liked this book because even though at a couple of points I felt that it was somewhat unrealistic I thought that it did a go...

This book - and this entire series - is a lovely portrait of life in the late 1800's - I am struck, each time I read it, with how much d...

I first met this book, as so many who have read it did, in a class - I am happy to say it didn't ruin the experience for me. It is one ...

Another favorite from my childhood, this has been easier than some of the others (Andy Buckram's Tin Men) to find for my children to enj...

This is a book - actually a series of books - about a Jewish family living in New York City in the early 1900's, right around the time o...

I would say the book Pride and Prejudice is about etiquette and how it affects people in their daily lives as much it is about Elisabeth B...

This is the first in a series of books that I have found perfect for beginning readers. Repetition in just the right doses; an amusing stor...

As a perennial sucker for stories about superheroes or people with special magic or talents, I found this a delightful book about children w...

I admit to havi ng a sometimes morbid fascination with LDS movies - I will often watch them, even if I am reasonably sure they are useless...

The Ordinary Princess is a wonderful book and I highly recommend it. As a baby, Amy's last christening gift was being Ordinary. In the a...

As a long-time reader of fantasy novels, and as a homeschooling mother with a busy household to run, I have long turned to children's no...