6/29/2023 0 Comments The day you begin picture book![]() This very inviting art extends a friendly hand just as the kids in the story do. ![]() On many pages, López also includes a looming measuring stick, which seems to represent the way kids feel they measure up or not. The art depicts and celebrates kids of different races. by Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael Lpez Related Edition: Spanish-Language Grade PK-2 Genre Poetry Realistic Fiction Picture Book Cultural Experience. The illustrations by Rafael López fit the text perfectly and are just as welcoming. The Day You Begin is great for the first day of school for grades K-5 because it is about entering. The book shows how overcoming that feeling is so brave. ![]() It explores different situations where different characters feel like the other in places. A teacher pronounces a boy's name "so soft and beautifully that your name and homeland sound like flowers blooming the first bright notes of a song." A girl admires "a jar filled with tiny shells so fragile, they look like they'll turn to dust in your own untraveled hands." Yet the text is never out of reach, and the situations are carefully chosen to be ones kids will relate to - for instance, not getting picked for a team or hesitating to share in class. The Day You Begin is a picture book about being different from others. ![]() The Day You Begin, by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by Rafael Lopez. This sensitive and emotionally astute book about kids feeling like outsiders addresses kids directly, like welcome advice from a trusted elder, encouraging kids to "share your stories." In The Day You Begin, the prose is poetic but accessible. This is a quote from the book Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. ![]()
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