The Name Jar

Very cute and important story about a Korean girl loving her name! As an Asian with a different/difficult name myself, this was way too relatable.......more

It must be so difficult to grow up in a culture not your own. This book is about a Korean family that moves to the US and this little girl is trying to figure out her name. On the bus to school boys tease her when they can’t pronounce her name and she is embarrassed. The teacher asks her name and sh......more

Such a wonderful book that raises important questions! I loved the whole idea behind it. At the same time, I loved how one of the children said, "We didn't get to pick our own name after all!" That was so hilarious! :D ************* Join me on the Facebook group, Readers Forever!, for more review......more

What happens when we move from one country (in this story, Korea) to America? How do we fit in, especially when we are considered different from the moment we step into the classroom? This was the dilemma that faced, Unhei, pronounced Yoon-hye. So… When asked what her name was by another kid in the cl......more

Yangsook Choi’s The Name Jar traces the literal journey of Unhei from her home in South Korea to her new life in the United States. Unhei faces a new land, a new language, a new school, even a new alphabet! When children on her first day of school butchered her name, Unhei starts believing that a ne......more