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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Will Grayson, Will Grayson	David Levithan,John Green	One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in n…	OL11822691W
Penny and her doll	Kevin Henkes	Penny instantly loves the doll her grandmother sends her, but finding the perfect name for her is a challenge.	OL16175903W
Rump	Liesl Shurtliff	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 mi…	OL16571910W
My Name is Elizabeth	Annika Dunklee	Elizabeth doesn't like it when people call her "Lizzy" or "Beth". She loves her proper name, and reluctantly puts up with the nicknames, until she finds a way to change things once and for all.	OL16793545W
But Names Will Never Hurt Me	Bernard Waber	How Alison Wonderland got her name and how she learned to live with it.	OL1815406W
The day of Ahmed's secret	Florence Parry Heide,Ted Lewin,Judith Heide Gilliland	A young Egyptian boy describes the city of Cairo as he goes about his daily work and waits for the evening to share a special surprise with his family.	OL1826318W
My Dog, Cat	Marty Crisp	Ten-year-old Abbie, bullied at school for being small, wants to get a big black dog, but two months of living with a little Yorkshire terrier changes his mind about a number of things.	OL1893896W
Josephina hates her name	Diana Engel	After Grandma explains that she named Josephina after her talented, daring older sister, Josephina starts to appreciate her unusual name.	OL1894713W
Thunder Boy Jr	Yuyi Morales,Sherman Alexie	"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"--	OL19669210W
Let George do it!	George Foreman	Five brothers named George, along with Mrs. George, get ready for Big George's birthday party.	OL2389916W
Name Jar	Yangsook Choi	After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be.	OL2662910W
My Name is Yoon	Helen Recorvits	Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country.	OL2715522W
When Jo Louis won the title	Belinda Rochelle	Jo's grandfather helps her feel better about herself when he tells her the story about why she is named for the heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis.	OL3253304W
Heart of a tiger	Marsha Diane Arnold	As the Name Day celebration approaches, a young kitten tries to deserve a noble name, by following the path of the beautiful Bengal tiger.	OL468049W
Chrysanthemum	Kevin Henkes	Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.	OL469283W
Tiger's trouble with Donut Head	Pansie Hart Flood	When seven-year-old Tiger Turcotte ends up in after-school detention with his arch-enemy Donna Overton, they both learn a lot.	OL5705895W
Nutty names	Mark Ziegler,Ryan Haugen	Read-It! Joke Books – Supercharged!-The only thing kids find funnier than a good joke is ... more good jokes! These supercharged joke books contain at least fifty side-splitting jokes.	OL5715983W
City of names	Kevin Brockmeier	After receiving a strange book at school, ten-year-old Howie Quackenbush discovers that he can transport himself to various places around his town and also learns something vitally important about hi…	OL5718593W
So many Henrys	Letta Schatz	Henry traveled around the world and discovered a different way to say his name in each language.	OL7212526W
A porcupine named Fluffy	Helen Lester,Lester, Helen.,Helen Lester	A porcupine named Fluffy is happier with his name after he meets a similarly misnamed rhinoceros.	OL78592W