names, personal

"A new creature is added to the deep-sea tank, but what will they call this flapjack octopus? Includes an author's note on Adorabilis and its name"--Provided by publisher.

Penny instantly loves the doll her grandmother sends her, but finding the perfect name for her is a challenge.

Contains 5,000 common surnames in the United States. Entries include the name's origins and variations, prominent people who bear the name, and genealogies that have been published on the name.

Presents an illustrated adaptation of the familiar song about a boy named John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt who meets someone else who has the exact same name.

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

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

"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"--.

Chrysanthemum likes her name until other children tease her on the first day of school. Then music teacher Mrs. Twinkle helps Chrysanthemum.

Relates the tale of Rumpelstiltskin's childhood and youth, explaining why his name is so important, how he is able to spin straw into gold, and why a first-born child is his reward for helping the miller's daughter-turned-queen.

When her embarrassing middle name is revealed at school, mad scientist Franny K. Stein experiments with time in order to return to the past and give herself a more dignified name.