Binding: Hardcover
Description: Gigi wants to go by something besides her baby name but her full name Geraldine is too long to write and Hanako her middle name doesn t feel quite right. Will Gigi find the perfect name? This exciting new I Can Read series is brought to you by author - illustrator Melissa Iwai whose popular books include Soup Day and Dumplings for Lili. Gigi and Ojiji: What's in a Name? is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship adventure historical fiction and science. Level 3 books are written for early independent readers. They include some challenging words and more complex themes and stories. The story contains several Japanese words and a glossary of definitions. Praise for Gigi and Ojiji:" Gigi crafts her Japanese American identity in this enchanting early reader. The cuteness inclusivity and cross - cultural problem - solving represented will have young readers coming back again and again. A must - buy." School Library Journal (starred review)" The text is well supported by the endearing illustrations which capture all of Gigi's big emotions and depict her as a biracial child with a white father and Japanese mother." AL a Booklist (starred review)" An affirming option in the quickly diversifying field of early - reader books." Kirkus Reviews A 2023 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor title El d a de los ni os el d a de los libros selection 2023 ALSC Notable 2023 CBC Teacher and Librarian Favorites Award 2023 A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year in the 5 - 9 beginning reader category (2023) A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best A CCBC 2024 Choices for the Books for Beginning Readers category!
Title: Gigi And Ojiji: What's In A Name?
Author(s): Iwai Melissa, Melissa Iwai
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063208094
Pages: 32 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/3/2023
Series: I Can Read Level 3