“There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you.”
Walking into a new place where you don’t know anyone, and no one knows you, isn’t easy. You might be nervous because of how you look or what you eat or something else entirely. Somehow, you do it anyway.
The Day You Begin, written by National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by Rafael Lopez, invites children to find the courage to make friends, even when they feel nervous or lonely, and serves as a reminder that they’re not alone in their feelings. A perfect children’s book to read leading up to the first day of school.
