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, 1991)

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.

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 In Bindery

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 Available

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.