The Day You Begin
By Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrated by Rafael López
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original showBookmarks- Celebrating Black Voices!
There will be times when you walk into a room
and no one there is quite like you.
There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're from; maybe it's what you eat, or something just as random. It's not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it.
Jacqueline Woodson's lyrical text and Rafael López’s dazzling art reminds us that we all feel like outsiders sometimes-and how brave it is that we go forth anyway. And that sometimes, when we reach out and begin to share our stories, others will be happy to meet us halfway.
By Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrated by Rafael López
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original showBookmarks- Celebrating Black Voices!
There will be times when you walk into a room
and no one there is quite like you.
There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're from; maybe it's what you eat, or something just as random. It's not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it.
Jacqueline Woodson's lyrical text and Rafael López’s dazzling art reminds us that we all feel like outsiders sometimes-and how brave it is that we go forth anyway. And that sometimes, when we reach out and begin to share our stories, others will be happy to meet us halfway.
By Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrated by Rafael López
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original showBookmarks- Celebrating Black Voices!
There will be times when you walk into a room
and no one there is quite like you.
There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're from; maybe it's what you eat, or something just as random. It's not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it.
Jacqueline Woodson's lyrical text and Rafael López’s dazzling art reminds us that we all feel like outsiders sometimes-and how brave it is that we go forth anyway. And that sometimes, when we reach out and begin to share our stories, others will be happy to meet us halfway.
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Format: Hardback picture book
Dimensions: 23.9 cm x 27.3 cm
Pages: 32
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ISBN: 9780399246531
Publisher: Penguin Group USA (Imprint: Penguin)
Release Date: 15 September 2018
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Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrator: Rafael López
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Early Childhood (4-6 yrs)
Younger Readers (6-9 years)
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DIVERSE CULTURAL VOICES
difference, connections, making friends, starting school
