![]() ![]() ![]() “There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you. “There will be times when the world feels like a place that you’re standing all the way outside of…And all that stands beside you is your own brave self…”Īcclaimed author and National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López come together to bring readers the supremely beautiful and notable picture book The Day You Begin. And that sometimes, when we reach out and begin to share our stories, others will be happy to meet us halfway. 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. It’s not easy to take those first steps into a pl ace where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it. Maybe it’s how you look or talk, or where you’re from maybe it’s what you eat, or something just as random. There are many reasons to feel different. ![]() There will be times when you walk into a room National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré 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. ![]() Publication: Augby Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Young Readers Group Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada. Review: The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson, illus. ![]()
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