In her diary, Daphne Davis doodles, draws, and documents a series of disasters on her first two days of fourth grade, most of which result from her new teacher accidentally calling her Daffy.
When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
Third grader Bridgett Butt sets out to get everything in her life back to normal somehow when her favorite teacher moves away, her best friend gets a new best friend, and her dog gets sick.
Before a little girl has a chance to name the cat that arrives unexpectedly at her house, he disappears again only to be replaced by another "pet," Steve the gorilla.
"Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name...one that's all his own. Dad is known as Big Thunder, but Little Thunder doesn't want to share a name"--Provided by publisher.
Yoon means "Shining Wisdom" in Korean and likes the way it looks when written, but her father wants her to learn to write it in English which she doesn't like, so she tries out different names for herself like Cat, Bird, and Cupcake.
When a classmate makes fun of her name, eight-year-old Stella picks a new one for herself, but discovers that the name she abandoned suits her just fine.
