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Book the day you begin
Book the day you begin




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“He made me think of my 16-year-old son Santiago, who has high-functioning autism,” he says. López says he felt connected to the characters in Woodson’s writing, such as a boy standing apart from other kids. “People would stare at me and say, ‘He speaks funny.’” “I was an immigrant and went to high school in the Midwest,” he says. “It was so easy to connect visually and emotionally to the story,” says the Mexico-born López by phone from his San Diego art studio, an industrial loft built in the ‘30s. 1 on The New York Times’ list of best-selling children’s picture books. With its message of celebrating diversity and finding a voice and acceptance, the book soared in September to No. Image from 2018 children's picture book The Day You Begin illustrated by Rafael López, courtesy of López.






Book the day you begin