The Day You begin

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  1. the day you begin written by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by Rafael Lopez
  2. summary.
  3. The jane Adams award winning book the day you begin welcomes Children of all races,
  4. cultures, sizes and differences.
  5. The author describes contrasting situations that a child may
  6. go through that are dependent on these differences.
  7. For example,
  8. a child from the asian culture who gets a wrinkled nose from her friend because of the
  9. food she's eating or the boy who doesn't get picked for any team on the playground.
  10. The story continues to list different situations one might end up in but goes on to
  11. explain that differences are a good thing and
  12. they're what make every individual so special.
  13. The day you begin allows Children to feel unique in their own skin and tells us
  14. that the day you accept your differences is the
  15. day you begin to share your own special story.
  16. The ruler
  17. throughout the story and the illustrations are hidden rulers around the setting,
  18. one in a tree at a lunch table as a door.
  19. These rulers were purposely spread throughout the
  20. book because they hold a significant purpose.
  21. The illustrator put these rulers throughout the book because
  22. they hold a compelling symbol of a form of measurement
  23. because we often measure ourselves against other people and
  24. we then forget about how amazing we are ourselves.
  25. The symbolism the rulers have in this book is quite impactful and it really
  26. makes the reader reflect back on the times that they may have compared themselves
  27. to others and lost sight of how truly incredible they are.
  28. Mhm
  29. connections when connecting this book to course materials.
  30. It is quite simple and that is because this book fits
  31. into many of the topics we've talked about regarding race,
  32. culture and gender.
  33. One relationship that stuck out to me was the relation
  34. this book has to the article raising race conscious Children.
  35. This book demonstrates almost everything from that article,
  36. from parents being nervous on how to teach Children about different races
  37. to expressing the importance of having diversity in our child's lives.
  38. This book shares the emphasis of this article and helps to make up
  39. in the departments that we've been
  40. lacking regarding particular races and cultures.
  41. Here is an example from the story um as you can see it,
  42. it's for Children who are all of different races and it says there will be
  43. times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you
  44. jane Adams book Award, based off the jane Adams website.
  45. The jane Adams Book Award winners are described as Children's books of
  46. literary and aesthetic excellence that effectively
  47. engage Children in thinking about peace,
  48. social justice, global community and equity for all people.
  49. I personally believe this book is one of the
  50. most deserving books I've read for this award.
  51. This book brings diverse communities together and promotes equality,
  52. peace and social justice.
  53. This book demonstrates that although we have all have differences,
  54. we are all the same on the inside and we should and
  55. we should love our peers and ourselves for the differences we carry
  56. these differences make us unique and and write our own story.
  57. Thank you.