Choi, Yangsook. The Name Jar. Toronto: Random House Canada, 2001.It's Unhei's first day of school in a new country. When noone can pronounce her Korean name properly, she decides to adopt an American name. Her classmates all contribute suggestions to the name jar on her desk and wait for her to choose one. But with the help of a name stamp given to Unhei by her grandmother, and the friendship of a boy in her new school, Unhei's given name becomes her chosen name as well. The bright and somewhat stylized paintings deftly capture the various aspects of Unhei's life - school, home, and the Korean market. The end-papers are a beautiful collage of English names written on paper scraps intermingled with red Korean names stamped on the deep yellow background.
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