The Day You Begin (PBS Kids Special)

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From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"PBS Kids Adapting Jacqueline Woodson's "The Day You Begin" Into TV Special"​

"Deadline is reporting that PBS Kids has greenlit The Day You Begin, an animated special from Atomic Cartoons. The special is based on a picture book writen by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by Rafael Lopez and is now in production at Atomic’s Vancouver studio. The 45 minute special follows four kindergarteners, Angelina, Rigoberto, One and Andrew on their first day of school. The special is told from each kid’s perspective to create an interconnecting narrative where they all have different experiences in the same classroom and throughout the day at school, learning what makes them unique and what connects them to others.

“The magic and excitement of the first day of school and how children start to define themselves within a community is the perfect topic for a family special on PBS Kids,” said Adriano Schmid, VP, PBS Kids Content at PBS. “We’re such fans of Jacqueline Woodson and ‘The Day You Begin’ book, and we’re thrilled to embark on this production with our partners at Atomic.”"

Read the full article here.

 

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This looks and sounds pretty cute .

 

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The special is most likely coming August 3. This isn't an official source from PBS Kids, but they are often right about stuff like this. Let's see with an official article.

 

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PBS Kids Sets Fall Animation Lineup Led by ‘The Day You Begin’

This year’s back-to-school programming slate begins August 7 with the one-hour animated special and continues with new episodes of ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,’ ‘Donkey Hodie,’ ‘Weather Hunters,’ ‘Carl the Collector,’ ‘Work It Out Wombats!,’ ‘Alma’s Way,’ ‘Rosie’s Rules’ and ‘Elinor Wonders Why.’

www.awn.com

It looks like the special comes August 7.