After moving to New York to pursue her art, she has written and illustrated many books for young readers. The teacher could read this in the beginning of the year as a simple reminder for the student that its okay to be different and for the rest of the class as how to act. Title: The Name Jar Author/Illustrator: Yangsook Choi Age Group: 4-8 Synopsis: When Unhei moves to America she finds that her name is just one more thing. She started drawing at age 4 and loved telling her grandma scary stories. This book is perfect for teachers to use in a classroom where there may be a student who is culturally different. Children want so badly to fit in but they don't understand that most of their peers will accept them because of their personality not how their name sounds. The Name Jar Yangsook Choi Random House Children's Books, Juvenile Fiction - 40 pages 42 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's. The central concept of this book is the idea of culturally different names and how children see that as a bad thing, but its really not. The plot is brought to life by Choi's use of vivid imagery, and her characters are well-rounded and sympathetic. Readers may relate to Unhei's problems and anxieties since the novel is delivered from her point of view.

Author: Yangsook Choi: Publisher: New York. Especially parts that show Unhei using her Korean name stamp, the images give a good idea what that looks like and how the writing look. The Name Jar is a compelling book because to Choi's language and narrative skills. Yangsook Choi - Unhei arrive de Core aux Etats-Unis et se fait renommer par ses camades de classe. The words and pictures work together to tell the story and the pictures show somethings the words don't. The relationship of pictures to words in this book is complementary. A heartwarming story about the new girl in school, and how she learns to appreciate her. They say things like 'you-hey' and 'goodbye you-hey'. There is rhyming and made up words when the kids try to say Unhei.

But the text does a good job of giving a definition to these words. Since this is the story of a Korean girl there is Korean words, for example Unhei, Kimchi, and Chinku.

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