White wall with a natural wood shelf, a succulent, a stack of books, and the book The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson on top. The cover is a green colour with a door that looks like a ruler, and a little girl peaking her head out.
Overhead view of a page from the book The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson. The page has a little girl putting her head outside of a door, the door looks like a ruler and the page says "There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you."
Cream waffle knit quilt background with pampas grass on the left corner, with the book The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson. The cover is green with a door that looks like a ruler to the left, and a girl peaking her head out.
White wall with a natural wood shelf, a succulent, a stack of books, and the book The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson on top. The cover is a green colour with a door that looks like a ruler, and a little girl peaking her head out.
Overhead view of a page from the book The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson. The page has a little girl putting her head outside of a door, the door looks like a ruler and the page says "There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you."
Cream waffle knit quilt background with pampas grass on the left corner, with the book The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson. The cover is green with a door that looks like a ruler to the left, and a girl peaking her head out.

The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson

$19.00
By Ingram
Minus Plus

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.

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.

Written by: Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrated by: Rafael Lopez

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