Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated
companion to their #1 New York Times bestseller The
Day You Begin illuminates the power in each of us to face
challenges with confidence.
On a dreary,
stuck-inside kind of day, a brother and sister heed their
grandmother’s advice: “Use those beautiful and brilliant minds of
yours. Lift your arms, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and
believe in a thing. Somebody somewhere at some point was just as
bored you are now.” And before they know it, their imaginations
lift them up and out of their boredom. Then, on a day full of
quarrels, it’s time for a trip outside their minds again, and they
are able to leave their anger behind. This precious skill, their
grandmother tells them, harkens back to the days long before they
were born, when their ancestors showed the world the strength and
resilience of their beautiful and brilliant minds. Jacqueline
Woodson’s lyrical text and Rafael Lopez’s dazzling art celebrate
the extraordinary ability to lift ourselves up and imagine a better
world.