你开始的那一天

Jacqueline Woodson’s lyrical language takes us into a world in which being different from the other people you meet, being the only one with your skin, your clothes, your hair, your language and your experiences can be both frightening and lonely, but ultimately is something to be celebrated; that once you are able to share your story, your words, your song, “the world opens itself up” and you can find the places “where every new friend has something a little like you – and something else so fabulously not like you at all.”

RafaelLópez的炫目插图填充了各个页面的颜色和生命和运动，​​毫不费力地反映了故事的积极完成。儿童共享的课堂充满了颜色，发光灯，盛开的鲜花和飙升的漩涡，但同时可以同时捕捉孤独和隔离谁，这是一个努力感受到他们所属的人 - 而一群儿童喊叫在辉煌的绿色，黄色和橙色叶子的冠层下挥杆并在蔓延的一侧，在图像的另一端，一个男孩手表，靠在灰色的天空下褪色的秋季树。

这是一本认可和承认更艰难的日子和更困难的情绪，但最终发现其年轻人内的原因是对我们共同分享的未来对未来的乐观和希望。这是一本书，讲述了讲故事的可能性。