The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson, Illustrated by Rafael López
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Ages: 4-8

A 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.

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