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The Day You Begin
by

Jacqueline Woodson (Goodreads Author),

Rafael López (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

Paul Hankins's review

Aug 08, 2018

it was amazing

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I love this picture book that celebrates the importance of the singular (and connecting) story within us and within us all. Everything comes together in perfect synthesis in this picture book (visual and verse work together so very nicely). This is the one classroom teachers will be celebrating as beginning-of-the-year read-alouds for years to come (beginning with this one).

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