Three Names of Me
Illustrator
Lin Wang
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Publication Year
2006
ISBN
9780807579039
Pages
40 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A girl adopted from China explains that her three names--one her birth mother whispered in her ear, one the babysitters at her orphanage called her, and one her American parents gave her--are each an important part of who she is. Includes scrapbooking ideas for other girls adopted from China.
Grade Level
3-5, 6-8
Lexile Measure
530L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; Adoption; Interracial; Bicultural; adopted child; adoptive family; international adoption; interracial/transracial adoption; interracial family; bicultural child
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Chinese / White
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2007 Ages 5 to 9
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, Supplement, 2007
Keywords
scrapbooking; babysitter; birth mother; names; connection to birthland; China; identity
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Cummings, Mary, "Three Names of Me" (2006). Diverse Families. 214.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/214