Children's Fiction Imagination & Play
The Change Your Name Store
- Publisher
- Sky Pony
- Initial publish date
- May 2014
- Category
- Imagination & Play, General, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Recommended Age
- 3 to 6
- Recommended Grade
- p to k
- Recommended Reading age
- 3 to 6
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781628736083
- Publish Date
- May 2014
- List Price
- $22.95
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Description
An exciting story of self-discovery from Leanne Shirtliffe (of the humor blog IronicMom), with fun, colorful illustrations takes children on a journey to find their true identity and to celebrate who they are—name and all.
Who am I? It’s a question a lot of children seem to ask themselves, at which point being “them” simply isn’t enough. They want to be someone better. Many kids want to change their names. This is what happened to Wilma Lee Wu.
One day, Wilma decides she no longer likes her name, and she sets off for the Change Your Name Store to find a new one. Once at the store, the possibilities seem endless. Mrs. Zeena McFooz, the storekeeper, says that Wilma can try out any new name she wants with one catch: she must “go for a ride” to discover what it means to be that name.
Will being Babette Bijou from France be better than Wilma Lee Wu? What about Dominga Delfino from Belize?
About the authors
Leanne Shirtliffe is an award-winning humor writer. She writes for the Huffington Post, Nickelodeon's humor site NickMom.com, and authored the book Don't Lick the Mini Van (Skyhorse 2013). When she's not stopping her children from licking frozen flagpoles, Leanne teaches English to teenagers. You can read more about her misadventures at IronicMom.com. She currently lives in Calgary, Alberta.
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Tina and Carson Kügler both grew up in Milwaukee, influenced by Mary Nohl’s garden of fantastical creatures. They blossomed into professional artists and created three rather loud creatures of their own. After years of dreaming about how to turn Mary’s wonderland into a book, Tina and Carson combined traditional and digital collage elements to capture the spirit of Mary’s art. The Küglers currently reside in Los Angeles, where Carson is a storyboard supervisor for Nickelodeon Animation and Tina is a full-time children’s book illustrator.
