The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael Lopez
Non Wels
Written by Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrated by Rafael Lopez
Published by Nancy Paulsen Books 2018
2020-2021 Nominee - Primary
Synopsis
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, 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 Lopez'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 stories, others will be happy to meet us halfway.