Encouraged by her new friends, Unhei chooses her own Korean name and helps everyone pronounce it-Yoon-Hey.

On the day of her name choosing, the name jar has mysteriously disappeared. But while Unhei practices being a Suzy, Laura, or Amanda, one of her classmates comes to her neighborhood and discovers her real name and its special meaning. Her new classmates are fascinated by this no-name girl and decide to help out by filling a glass jar with names for her to pick from. So instead of introducing herself on the first day of school, she tells the class that she will choose a name by the following week. Annotation: The new kid in school needs a new name! Or does she?īeing the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her.She divides her time between New York and Seoul. She received an MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. The local children in a shelter, the mountain children in the Himalayas, the Bedouin children in the Arabian desert, the orphans in flooded Cambodia, and the North Korean defector children are among her greatest teachers. So instead of introducing herself on the first day of school, she decides to choose an American name from a glass jar. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders.

When she is not creating, she loves to meet and play with children in her community and around the world. Buy the Paperback Book The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi at Indigo.ca, Canadas largest bookstore. Her books have been acclaimed as 'Best of the Best' by the Chicago Public Library, included on the American Library Association Notable Book list, selected by PBS Reading Rainbow, and have received the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award.

After moving to New York to pursue her art, she has written and illustrated many books for young readers. She started drawing at age 4 and loved telling her grandma scary stories. The local children in a shelter, the mountain children in the Himalayas, the Bedouin children in the Arabian desert, the orphans in flooded Cambodia, and the North Korean d Yangsook Choi grew up in Korea. When she is not creating, she loves to meet and play with children in her community and around the world.

The name jar book