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What's in a Name? (I Can Read! Level 3: Gigi and Ojiji)

Author: Iwai, Melissa

Follett Number: 2671UAX
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2023
Format: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-320808-7
ISBN-10: 0-06-320808-3
Dewey: -E-
Classifications: Fiction; Easy

Subjects:
Family Life Fiction
Japanese Americans Fiction
Names Fiction
Racially Mixed People Fiction
Readers (Publications)
"3, Reading alone." "Gigi wants to go by something besides her baby name--but her full name, Geraldine, is too long to write and Hanako, her middle name, doesn't feel quite right. Will Gigi find the perfect name?"--OCLC.

From the publisher:
Gigi wants to go by something besides her baby name--but her full name, Geraldine, is too long to write and Hanako, her middle name, doesn't feel quite right. Will Gigi find the perfect name? This exciting new I Can Read series is brought to you by author-illustrator Melissa Iwai, whose popular books include Soup Day and Dumplings for Lili. Gigi and Ojiji: What's in a Name? is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship, adventure, historical fiction, and science. Level 3 books are written for early independent readers. They include some challenging words and more complex themes and stories. The story contains several Japanese words and a glossary of definitions. Praise for Gigi and Ojiji: "Gigi crafts her Japanese American identity in this enchanting early reader. The cuteness, inclusivity, and cross-cultural problem-solving represented will have young readers coming back again and again. A must-buy." --School Library Journal (starred review) "The text is well supported by the endearing illustrations, which capture all of Gigi's big emotions and depict her as a biracial child, with a white father and Japanese mother." --ALA Booklist (starred review) "An affirming option in the quickly diversifying field of early-reader books." --Kirkus Reviews A 2023 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor title El dia de los ninos, el dia de los libros selection 2023 ALSC Notable 2023 CBC Teacher and Librarian Favorites Award 2023 A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year in the 5-9 beginning reader category (2023) A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best A CCBC 2024 Choices for the Books for Beginning Readers category!

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