names, personal

Cody and his classmates in the third grade are having fun reporting on the origin of their names, until Cody finds out that his parents named him after a dog.

Penny instantly loves the doll her grandmother sends her, but finding the perfect name for her is a challenge.

A porcupine named Fluffy is happier with his name after he meets a similarly misnamed rhinoceros.

Rosie the fox's excellent sense of smell is good for finding things, but she stops using it after everyone begins to call her "Nosy Rosie.".

Orville Rudmeyer Pygenski, Jr.'s, decision to form an "I Hate My Name Club" has some surprising results.

How Alison Wonderland got her name and how she learned to live with it.

Chrysanthemum loves her name until she starts going to school and the other children begin to make fun of it.

Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country.

A new boy named Matthew joins Mrs. Tuttle's class, which already has twenty-five students whose first names are Matthew and whose last names begin with every letter except Z.