Andy (that's my name) by DePaola, Tomie 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2015)

BTSB #: 266265 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Personal names - Fiction

Summary: Andy's friends construct different words from his name: "an" words, "and" words, and "andy" words.

Chrysanthemum by Henkes, Kevin 

BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow, 2020)

BTSB #: 437952 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.3 LG RC: 4.2 K-2 Lexile: 570 F&P: M

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Personal names - Fiction School stories

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

Fran that time forgot [Franny K. Stein, mad scientist Volume: #4]by Benton, Jim 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005)

BTSB #: 111698 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   
AR: 4.5 LG RC: 3.8 3-5 Lexile: 780 F&P: N

Genres: Chapter Books Humorous Fiction Science Fiction

Subjects: Science - Experiments - Fiction Time travel - Fiction Personal names - Fiction Humorous fiction

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

Hello, my name is ... : how Adorabilis got his name by Polansky, Marisa 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018)

BTSB #: 723402 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   
AR: 3.3 LG Lexile: 570 AD

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Octopuses - Fiction Fishes - Fiction Aquariums - Fiction Personal names - Fiction

Summary: A new creature is added to the deep-sea tank, but what will they call this flapjack octopus? Includes a scientist's note on the naming of Adorabilis.

I don't know what to call my cat by Philip, Simon 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017)

BTSB #: 714488 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   


Genres: Humorous Fiction Animals

Subjects: Pets - Fiction Cats - Fiction Gorillas as pets - Fiction Gorillas - Fiction Personal names - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: 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.

I'm a baked potato! by Primavera, Elise 

BTSB Prebound(Chronicle Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 733255 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 490 AD F&P: L

Genres: Humorous Fiction Animals

Subjects: Dogs - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Personal names - Fiction Animals - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: A small dog named Baked Potato is lost and searching for his lady owner, but neither the grumpy dog nor the fox are helpful, and his strange name creates confusion--until owl explains that, whatever he is called, he is really a dog.

Millions of Maxes by Wolitzer, Meg 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 961492 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   


Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Personal names - Fiction Parks - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Humorous fiction Parent-child relationship - Fiction

Summary: His parents call him The One and Only Max. And so, he is in for a big surprise at the playground one day, when he hears "Max, time to go home!" and two other kids come running. But when he decides to help one of the other Maxes find her missing toy, he discovers that there are other ways to be special, and that he can appreciate the specialness of his new Max friends just as much as his own.

Name for baby by Boyd, Lizi 

BTSB Prebound(Random House, 2018)

BTSB #: 141034 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   
Lexile: 470 AD F&P: L

Genres: Animals Family Life

Subjects: Personal names - Fiction Mice - Fiction Animal babies - Fiction Animals - Fiction

Summary: When a baby mouse is born, her mother seeks just the right name in the gifts and advice of her neighbors.

Rump : the true story of Rumpelstiltskin by Shurtliff, Liesl 

BTSB Prebound(Knopf, 2013)

BTSB #: 816003 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.4 MG RC: 3.8 3-5 Lexile: 660 F&P: S

Genres: Fairy Tales Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Fairy tales Personal names - Fiction Magic - Fiction Gold - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: 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.

Thunder Boy Jr by Alexie, Sherman 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2016)

BTSB #: 051042 In Bindery

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   
AR: 2.5 LG RC: 1.4 K-2 Lexile: 420 AD

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Personal names - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Native Americans - North America - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Your name is a song by Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah 

BTSB Prebound(Innovation Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 879846 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 2.5 LG

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Personal names - Fiction Sadness - Fiction Encouragement - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction School stories

Summary: Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with her class.