That's Not My Name!
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A debut picture book about loving your name, finding your voice, and standing up for yourself from the critically acclaimed illustrator of Bilal Cooks Daal and I Am Perfectly Designed.
Mirha is so excited for her first day of school! She can't wait to learn, play, and make new friends. But when her classmates mispronounce her name, she goes home wondering if she should find a new one. Maybe then she'd be able to find a monogrammed keychain at the gas station or order a hot chocolate at the cafe more easily.
Mama helps Mirha to see how special her name is, and she returns to school the next day determined to help her classmates say it correctly--even if it takes a hundred tries.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A child's first day of school is marred by classmates and teachers mispronouncing her name in Syed's solo debut. Mirha, who cues as of South Asian heritage, has been "waiting for months" to start school, but after she clearly introduces herself to the class, she's perplexed by her classmates' incorrect variations on her name, which appear in word bubbles across a spread. On the playground, white-presenting Hayden asks "if he could call her Maya. He said that would be easier for everyone to say." Though Mirha thinks about changing her name, her mother lovingly persuades her otherwise, offering its meaning and saying, "If people can remember names like Beethoven and Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo, they can remember Mirha!" Saturated illustrations spotlight a candy-colored classroom environment, and classmates of varied abilities and skin tones, while accessible text offers a useful script that even invites readers to introduce themselves. Ages 3–5.
