Author: Yangsook Choi
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Major Awards: N/A
Age Group: Kindergarten - 2nd
Summary: Unhei was both excited and nervous for her first day of school. Before coming to America, she remembered leaving her grandmother giving her an ink pad and a red satin pouch that had her name carved in it. Other children on the bus started making fun of the pronunciation of her name and she corrected them every time, but it made her feel uncomfortable. When she was introducing herself to her new class, she decided to say that she hasn't picked a name yet because of what happened on the bus. She tried out so many different names but nothing felt right. That made her worried nobody American would like her. The next day at school, she found a jar with pieces of paper that had names on it for her to pick. She ended up not choosing any of the names they thought of and sticking with her Korean name, deciding to explain it to them instead.
Evaluation & Comments: I absolutely loved this book and its message! It is important for children to know that their names are each uniquely special designed for themselves. We could have a discussion about those who immigrated and their different cultures. Something fun we could do in the classroom is to have a class jar, like the name jar, but instead we would have them write messages, questions, anything along those lines. Of course, it would be anonymous if they wanted it to incase they don't want anyone to know who it is if they share it out.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Major Awards: N/A
Age Group: Kindergarten - 2nd
Summary: Unhei was both excited and nervous for her first day of school. Before coming to America, she remembered leaving her grandmother giving her an ink pad and a red satin pouch that had her name carved in it. Other children on the bus started making fun of the pronunciation of her name and she corrected them every time, but it made her feel uncomfortable. When she was introducing herself to her new class, she decided to say that she hasn't picked a name yet because of what happened on the bus. She tried out so many different names but nothing felt right. That made her worried nobody American would like her. The next day at school, she found a jar with pieces of paper that had names on it for her to pick. She ended up not choosing any of the names they thought of and sticking with her Korean name, deciding to explain it to them instead.
Evaluation & Comments: I absolutely loved this book and its message! It is important for children to know that their names are each uniquely special designed for themselves. We could have a discussion about those who immigrated and their different cultures. Something fun we could do in the classroom is to have a class jar, like the name jar, but instead we would have them write messages, questions, anything along those lines. Of course, it would be anonymous if they wanted it to incase they don't want anyone to know who it is if they share it out.
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