This is the book you need to start your school year.
A little girl is upset because her teacher and classmates not only can’t pronounce her name, they seem to think it isn’t important to say it correctly. When the little girl goes home upset, her mother tells her that her name is a song. So the girl goes back to school and sings her name, sings everyone’s name.
It is important to say names correctly. Everyone’s name.
I looooove the pronunciation key that comes with every name. We learn how to pronounce Ta’jae (TAH-jay) as well as Bob (BAWB). And if we can’t pronounce it correctly on the first try, we learn it – even sing it! – until we get it right.
You can listen to the author, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow read her book aloud here:
Guess Who Is Out of the Den?
