Here are 20 books that teach kids about the importance of names.
1. The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
2. Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
3. You Stole My Name by Dennis McGregor
4. Hello, My Name is Ruby by Philip C. Stead
5. My Name is Elizabeth! by Annika Dunklee, illustrated by Matthew Forsythe
6. My Name Is Yoon by Helen Recorvits, illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska
7. My Name is Bilal by Asma Mobin-Uddin, illustrated by Barbara Kiwak
8. Andy, That’s My Name by Tomie DePaola
9. Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, illustrated by Luisa Uribe
10. A, My Name is Alice by Jane Baye
11. How Nivi Got Her Names by Laura Deal, illustrated by Charlene Chua
12. My Name is María Isabel by Alma Flor Ada, illustrated by K. Dyble Thompson
13. My Name is Sangoel by Karen Williams and Khadra Mohammed, illustrated by Catherine Stock
14. Always Anjali by Sheetal Sheth, illustrated by Jessica Blank
15. A Porcupine Named Fluffy by Helen Lester
16. The Day of Ahmed’s Secret by Florence Parry Heide and Judith Heide Gilliland, illustrated by Ted Lewin
17. Yoko Writes Her Name by Rosemary Wells
18. Cloud and Wallfish by Anne Nesbet
19. My Name is Not Isabella by Jennifer Fosberry
20. My Name is Wakawakaloch! by Chana Stiefel
