![]() ![]() ![]() And that finding friends like you is nice, but friends who are completely different are also great fun. Woodson explains that the day you truly begin living is the day that you realize that even though you may be different from everyone else, once you find the courage to share your story, the world will create the space or you that you deserve. THE DAY YOU BEGIN is a fun story that packs a powerful message. From Venezuela, your teacher says so soft and beautifully that your name and homeland sound like flowers blooming the first bright notes of a song.” Exquisite, lyrical sentences like this are excellent to help kickstart young readers’ love of good literature. ![]() Woodson’s writing is so unique because she does not compromise her style of writing when writing books for new and young readers. She has an immense gift for writing stunning prose that is accessible for children. Winner of the National Book Award, three-time winner of the Newbery Honor, and and the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, author Jacqueline Woodson is undoubtedly one of the greatest writers of our time. ![]() This powerful sentence is how Jaqueline Woodson begins her beautiful children’s book THE DAY YOU BEGIN, a #1 New York Time bestseller. “There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you.” ![]()
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