Jacqueline Woodson deeply linked to ‘The Day You Begin’

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Authors are always cautioned that they should write what they know. In the case of the inspiration for Jacqueline Woodson’s heralded book The Day You Begin, she called on her own experiences as a child and those of her own children. “The inspiration for beginning the narrative of The Day You Begin comes from [...]