personal names

A young boy has a hard time learning to cope with having the same name as the famous NBA basketball star, Michael Jordan.

Ten-year-old Abbie, bullied at school for being small, wants to get a big black dog, but two months of living with a little Yorkshire terrier changes his mind about a number of things.

When her embarrassing middle name is revealed at school, scientist Franny experiments with time in order to return to the past.

When Nick learns that a kindergarten classmate and his own father not only look alike but have the same name, he wonders if they could possibly be the same person.

Crisantemo loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

Tells how the little girl met her yellow puppy, and how he got his name.

Presents thousands of baby name suggestions arranged in categories--including celebrities, saints, the Bible, mythology, literary characters, soap opera characters, athletes, gems, flowers, hurricanes, and names from foreign countries--and in alphabetized girls' and boys' lists with origins, meanings, and variations.

After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be.