The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
Multicultural/International
When Unhei moves from Korea to America, she feels insecure about her hard-to-pronounce Korean name. She decides she might want to change her name, so the students in her class help her think of new names. In the end, Unhei realizes that she likes her own name best, and even though she thought everyone would make fun of it, they all like it too.
This book has a theme of acceptance, making it a good story to use to teach acceptance and the importance of being kind. The multicultural element would help to make students in a diverse classroom feel at ease. This book would be great for a read aloud and would provide great discussion about these topics. There is also a point in the book where Unhei is unsure about how to introduce herself to her classmates since she is embarrassed about her name. This would be a good point to stop and practice making predictions.
Choi, Y. (2001). The Name Jar. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knoff.
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