The Day You Begin
Illustrator
Rafael López
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9780399246531
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
Grade Level
K-3; 3-5
Lexile Measure
AD980L
Diversity Topics
Culture/Ethnicity; Multicultural; Immigrants and refugees; multicultural community; immigrant children; immigrant family
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Awards
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 2019, Highly Commended
Cybils Award, 2018, Finalist, Fiction Picture Book
E.B. White Read Aloud Award, 2019, Finalist, Picture Book
Keywords
lonely; left out; different; food; language; hair; culture; friendship; together; elementary school
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Woodson, Jacqueline, "The Day You Begin" (2018). Diverse Families. 1924.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1924