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Award-winning children's book author, K. W. Wilson was born and raised Lockport, NY and is the youngest of three children.
He is a 2004 graduate of Lockport Senior High School and went on to Canisus College for a BS in Accounting followed by an MBA in Forensic Accounting and currently works full time as a Controller for a firm in Buffalo, NY.
He penned 'It All Starts With You!' from 2012 - 2013 and published it with HayMarBooks.
"It All Starts with You!' won Honorable Mention in the 2013 New England Book Festival and was awarded the Bill of Responsibilities Award from Responsibility.com.
Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite
It All Starts with You is a children's story about the first day of school, written by K. W. Wilson and illustrated by Josh Flanigan. The first day of school can be frightening for many kids, especially if they feel different from the others. Sometimes kids strike out at others in that fear, and this can cause pain to the victim while not really doing much at all for the frightened kid who lashed out. In It All Starts With You, Mickey, who's got bright red hair and is a bit scrawny, is feeling pretty badly about himself. He pushes Lizzie, who's also feeling a bit lost and insecure because of her speech impediment. She then lashes out at a boy who's chubby and the chain of meanness continues. No one is happy, and everyone is still feeling pretty scared and alone, until they realize that there's a different way to deal with others.
K. W. Wilson's children's story is a great book for kids who are about to go to school and are feeling a bit frightened. The story is engaging and easy to read, with not-too-obvious repetitions and illustrations that make the story come alive. Josh Flanigan's artwork is fabulous -- there's a comic book touch to his drawings that is appealing and fun. I think kids will enjoy reading this book so much that they may not realize how well they're reading and how much better they feel about themselves and about going to school. It's an enjoyable book for parents and grandparents as well.
