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4.59 AVERAGE
4.59 AVERAGE
A great many kids and adults will find solace in the text. The writing and illustrations are stunning. Every once in a while, a book comes around like this one. It is simply magical. I don't often purchase bound copies of my F&Gs, but I knew I needed to pre-order this one after I read it. It is a great book for teachers to read on the first day. The emotional impact is powerful. Everyone has felt excluded at some time or another, and this book digs deeply into that emotion and pushes readers to analyze that feeling and push through it to find strength and resolve. I am having a difficult time conveying the power of this book. I promise you will love it.
Ms. Woodson’s The Day You Begin has been on my radar since this past spring and it did not disappoint! I teach first graders and when I finished the story with them I felt like we didn’t just enjoy a story, but we became better humans and a stronger class community! We have a student who just moved here from Peru last year and he saw himself in Rigoberto in the pages. That experience is priceless in itself! I highly recommend this story to build relationships with your class as a whole and then pass it to a colleague to do the same! Our copy has been in four other classrooms already and hope to get all my colleagues in building to do the same!
This is gorgeous in the way all Jacqueline Woodson’s stuff is gorgeous: so real and relatable and genuine, but also so gentle. The art is beautiful too.
A beautiful story about being true to yourself. I loved the illustrations. Monarch 2020 nominee.
What a delightful, beautiful picture book. Better for 5-7 year olds, I think. My 6 1/2 year and I read it and she was able to grasp the feelings of being scared and lonely to try new things. The illustrations were absolutely gorgeous and the words were quite poetic.
This is everything you expect a Jacqueline Woodson book to be and more.
Several students in this book are starting their first day at new schools and they realize they are ‘different’ from their peers. For example, Rigoberto is a new student from Venezuela, and classmates are having trouble understanding his accent. Other students bring “odd” food that peers do not understand. The book tells students that there will be times when you feel alone and isolated, but you have to remain brave. Once you begin to open up and speak about your story and who you are, friends will come and you’ll blend into your new home.
There are two themes in this book, the first being that diversity is not something to be ashamed of, and to remain yourself and others will get to know/understand you as a person. The second theme is how you should be aware of feelings of sadness, loneliness, etc. – these are emotions we need to talk with children more about and help them understand; it is okay to feel this way, but you also should talk to an adult if you feel like this a lot.
“There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you” – what a great opening line to a book! I appreciate that this book touches upon what it is like to feel alone/depressed. We often forget that mental health issues affect young children and that children need to be comfortable bringing their health concerns to adults. I thought the use of color in this book was really nice as well, and the illustrations as a whole did a great job of depicting the feelings being described in the book.
There are two themes in this book, the first being that diversity is not something to be ashamed of, and to remain yourself and others will get to know/understand you as a person. The second theme is how you should be aware of feelings of sadness, loneliness, etc. – these are emotions we need to talk with children more about and help them understand; it is okay to feel this way, but you also should talk to an adult if you feel like this a lot.
“There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you” – what a great opening line to a book! I appreciate that this book touches upon what it is like to feel alone/depressed. We often forget that mental health issues affect young children and that children need to be comfortable bringing their health concerns to adults. I thought the use of color in this book was really nice as well, and the illustrations as a whole did a great job of depicting the feelings being described in the book.
Este es el libro que no sabía que necesitaba. La narración tiene un punto lírico, encaja muy bien con los dibujos y su mensaje es muy necesario, incluso para los adultos. No he dejado de recomendarlo desde que lo leí.