What's in a name? / Melissa Iwai.
Material type: TextSeries: Iwai, Melissa. Gigi & Ojiji ; | I can read bookPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780063208094
- 0063208091
- 9780063208087
- 0063208083
- Gigi & Ojiji
- What is in a name?
- Gigi (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Ojiji (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Names, Personal -- Juvenile fiction
- Japanese Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Cultural pluralism -- Juvenile fiction
- Asia -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Reader | IWAI MELISSA | Checked out | 05/18/2024 | 33111011030190 | |||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Reader | IWAI MELISSA | Available | 33111010932560 | ||||
Children's Book | Northport Library | Children's Reader | IWAI MELISSA | Available | 33111009459229 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Gigi wants to go by something besides her baby name--but her full name, Geraldine, is too long to write and Hanako, her middle name, doesn't feel quite right. Will Gigi find the perfect name
This exciting new I Can Read series is brought to you by author-illustrator Melissa Iwai, whose popular books include Soup Day and Dumplings for Lili.
Gigi and Ojiji: What's in a Name is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship, adventure, historical fiction, and science. Level 3 books are written for early independent readers. They include some challenging words and more complex themes and stories. The story contains several Japanese words and a glossary of definitions.
Praise for Gigi and Ojiji:
"Gigi crafts her Japanese American identity in this enchanting early reader. The cuteness, inclusivity, and cross-cultural problem-solving represented will have young readers coming back again and again. A must-buy." --School Library Journal (starred review)
"The text is well supported by the endearing illustrations, which capture all of Gigi's big emotions and depict her as a biracial child, with a white father and Japanese mother." --ALA Booklist (starred review)
"An affirming option in the quickly diversifying field of early-reader books." --Kirkus Reviews
A 2023 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor title
El día de los niños, el día de los libros selection 2023
ALSC Notable 2023
CBC Teacher and Librarian Favorites Award 2023
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year in the 5-9 beginning reader category (2023)
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
A CCBC 2024 Choices for the Books for Beginning Readers category!
"Gigi wants to go by something besides her baby name--but Geraldine is too long to write and Hanako, her middle name, doesn't feel quite right. Will Gigi find the perfect name?"-- Front jacket flap.
Ages 4-8.
Guided Reading Level L.