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Title: The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi ISBN: 0-440-41799-6 Publisher: Dragonfly Books Pub. Date: 14 October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The author chose Rachel as her name. What will Unhei do?
Comment: Unhei is starting school in America. Although she has a lovely Korean name that means "grace," she thinks maybe she would like a more American sounding name. Her classmates make a name jar and offers suggestions. This story is affirming of the multicultural experience. When Unhei complains about her name, saying that she doesn't want to be different, her mother counters, "You are different, Unhei....That's a good thing!" Choi superbly illustrates her own story. The characters, though simply painted, have expressive faces.
Rating: 5
Summary: Should be read in every elem.school. What does yr name mean?
Comment: Yangsook (Rachel) Choi has written AND illustrated another illuminating book. Unhei has moved from South Korea with her family to America; she has brought her clothes, bags, and a name "chop" stamp from her grandmother. Her schoolmates cannot pronounce her name on the bus, so she doesn't reveal her name to her classmates. Is it good to be different? Should she embrace her difference? In America she can still eat seaweed and kimchi; she can shop at Kim's Market and Fadil's Falafel. But maybe a name of Amanda, Miranda, Daisy, or Tamela would be better than Unhei (Yoon-hye). The kids at school put name suggestions in a jar on her desk, but on the day she will choose her name, the jar has disappeared. Who took it? What will Unhei decide to do? Did Mr. Cocotos her teacher have a hand in this? Will all the kids want to choose a new name? A must read for every elementary school.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
Comment: Excellent piece of literature that addresses the emotional impact of change. The Name Jar pulls at the core of American assimilation and a loss of individuality to appease the intolerance of differences. Unhei must adjust to a new country, culture, school, and classmates, while she finds the transition from Korea to America difficult.
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Title: Mice and Beans by Pam Munoz Ryan, Joe Cepeda ISBN: 0439183030 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Dumpy LA Rue by Elizabeth Winthrop, Betsy Lewin ISBN: 0805063854 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: My Name Is Yoon (Ezra Jack Keats New Illustraor Award, 2004) by Helen Recorvits, Gabriela Swiatkowska ISBN: 0374351147 Publisher: Frances Foster Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss, Tiphanie Beeke ISBN: 0439135257 Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech ISBN: 006027736X Publisher: Joanna Cotler Pub. Date: 24 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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