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When we get set in our routines, it’s easy to forget that, every single day, we are having shared experiences with people all over the world. Just like us, someone in a land far away is also going to school or work, hugging or dancing, making new friends or mourning the loss of old ones. In the wonderfully perspective-broadening Today is the Day, this wondrous jumble of everyday experiences is illuminated and celebrated in Chelsea Lin Wallace’s moving, contemplative story and Adam Rex’s lovely and kinetic art.

Within that commonality, there is also the uniqueness of what each day means to us: Is it momentous, joyous, difficult or perhaps kind of boring? And, Wallace’s story asks, what about the Day itself? “It wakes with a rise, just a mess of colors at first, where it is welcomed, grumbled at, or ignored.” No matter its reception, though, “it has faces and places, emotions and moments in hours and minutes and seconds.” 

But despite its importance to, well, everyone everywhere, the Day has a crisis of confidence: “When the Day learns it is only one of 27,000 days in their lifetimes, it wonders if it’s even important at all.” An encounter with a mayfly, for whom a day is a complete life cycle, offers the Day a new perspective and will prompt readers to consider the relative magnitude of a moment, a day, a life among all of Earth’s creatures. 

Rex’s illustrations—rife with fine details, warmly vibrant colors and expressive faces—add depth and delight to Today is the Day’s invitation to ponder the passage of time. An upbeat and informative back matter titled “What Happens in a Day?” offers fascinating facts and activity prompts perfect for group activities or individual contemplation of daily goings-on, whether birthdays, earthquakes, human heartbeats or sparkly new stars. 

Fans of Wallace’s Ode to a Bad Day will especially appreciate this big picture take on “a day of firsts and lasts, of missteps and misfortunes, of milestones and miracles, and of everything in between.”