There are countless books for kids with first names in their
titlesâ€”from Harold and the Purple Crayon to Madeline to Fancy
Nancy to Oliviaâ€”but there arenâ€™t very many books for
children about names, with scenarios revolving around such name
issues as how they relate to identity, popularity, etc IÂ have
foundÂ a few books aimed at preschoolers that do address some of
these questions, most of them Â almost inevitably endingâ€”no
matter what the problem– with the child accepting and loving his
or her own name, sometimes by finding the right nickname. Â And
several of the booksÂ have the added attraction ofÂ containing
big bunches of appealing (or silly) names. So here they are, for
your name nerd in the making: The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
(Alfred A. Knopf, 2001) ThisÂ is the gentle tale of a little
Korean girl newly arrived with her family in America, beginning
her first day of school.Â When her classmates find her Korean
name, Unhei, difficult to spell and pronounce, she wonders if
she should have her ow