Title: Name Jar https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/27340/the-name-jar-by-yangsook-choi-illustrated-by-the-author/9780440417996/

Author: Yangsook Choi

Illustrator: Yangsook Choi

Publication date: 2001

ISBN number: 9780440417996

Genre: Fiction

Approximate interest level: Grade K-4

Approximate text level: Grade 2-4

Narrative annotation: This books is about a girl name Unhei who just moved to the United States from Korea. She is nervous about what her classmates thinks about her name and tells her classmates she is going to pick one later. To help her pick her name, her classmates fill out a glass jar filled with names.

Selected purpose: This books helps show students social identity and the importance of being yourself. This opens active discussion on identity and the diverse makeup of students in the classroom.