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The name jar / Yangsook Choi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Knopf, c2001.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 037580613X (trade)
  • 0375906134 (lib. bdg.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [E] 21
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.C446263 Nam 2001
Summary: After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be.
List(s) this item appears in: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook My Body Choi, Yangsook Available 33111004253015
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook My Body Choi, Yangsook Available 33111004253072
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The new kid in school needs a new name! Or does she?

Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her. So instead of introducing herself on the first day of school, she tells the class that she will choose a name by the following week. Her new classmates are fascinated by this no-name girl and decide to help out by filling a glass jar with names for her to pick from. But while Unhei practices being a Suzy, Laura, or Amanda, one of her classmates comes to her neighborhood and discovers her real name and its special meaning. On the day of her name choosing, the name jar has mysteriously disappeared. Encouraged by her new friends, Unhei chooses her own Korean name and helps everyone pronounce it-- Yoon-Hey .

After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be.

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