![]() Jacqueline Woodson’s lyrical text and Rafael Lopez’s dazzling art celebrate the extraordinary ability to lift ourselves up and imagine a better world. ![]() This precious skill, their grandmother tells them, harkens back to the days long before they were born, when their ancestors showed the world the strength and resilience of their beautiful and brilliant minds. Then, on a day full of quarrels, it’s time for a trip outside their minds again, and they are able to leave their anger behind. Those things that make us feel different might sometimes make us feel like the world is a place that you’re standing all the way outside of. Somebody somewhere at some point was just as bored you are now.” And before they know it, their imaginations lift them up and out of their boredom. The Day You Begin is a great book to start the school year with as you begin to set the tone of your school’s community as one that celebrates diversity and the traits that make us each unique. Lift your arms, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and believe in a thing. ![]() On a dreary, stuck-inside kind of day, a brother and sister heed their grandmother’s advice: “Use those beautiful and brilliant minds of yours. Create an anchor chart with descriptive words based on their responses. Before you read, ask your students what makes them unique. ![]() By choosing picture books with diverse characters, students can see themselves through the pages of a book. Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López's highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bestseller The Day You Begin illuminates the power in each of us to face challenges with confidence. No matter who you are, you are distinct in some way, shape, and form. ![]()
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