My Name is Not Alexander

I read this book at the same time/immediately after I read My Name is Not Isabella. One thing that bugs me about this one, in the Isabella book, the subtitle is “Just how big can a little girl dream?” So, are boys not allowed to dream?! Here the subtitle is “Just how big can a little kid dream?” This......more

I absolutely loved this book because Alexander imagining and pretending that he is a certain famous person that he has learned about. At different times he is Theodore Roosevelt or Thomas Edison or even Jackie Robinson. It shows how much history he has already learned and that he is applying those d......more

In My Name Is Not Alexander, a young boy goes throughout his day, refusing to be called by his own name, Alexander, but rather choosing, each time, a new (historical) hero to be called after. Each time his father calls him the name he last used, he chooses a new name–that of a specific hero. The sto......more

His name is not Alexander because every time his dad asks him to do something, the boy says he is someone else. For example, he wants to be called Teddy because he wants to explore. He wants to be called Fred because he is in a dancing mood. The clever dad is flexible, humoring his son, getting thin......more

A really fun book to read to a young child with some excellent history lessons subtely thrown in for good measure!......more