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21) My dog, Cat
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English
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Ten-year-old Abbie, bullied at school for being small, wants to get a big black dog, but two months of living with a little Yorkshire terrier changes his mind about a number of things.
23) Las dos Olivias
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Español
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Hay una nueva niña en la clase de Olivia y su nombre es ... ¡Olivia! Poco después, todos en la escuela confunden a las dos Olivias. ¿Qué hará Olivia?
Upset by the arrival of a new student who has the same first name, Olivia changes her own name to Pam but is unable to adjust, in a lighthearted tale that imparts themes of sharing and friendship.
24) A perfect name
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English
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Mama and Papa Potamus try out many different names for their newborn daughter before finding just the right one in time for her naming ceremony.
25) Crisantemo
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Español
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Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.
30) Just like Mike
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English
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When Michael Brown's mother remarries and Michael's last name changes to Jordan, the kids at his new school expect him to be like his namesake on the basketball court, but unfortunately this Michael is terrible at sports.
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From the Publisher: Young Rene's teacher is calling role one morning, and Rene is dismayed to hear someone else answer to his name. It's not only that he thought he was the only person with that name, but also that the new student who answers is a girl. That afternoon his classmates tease, "Rene has a girl's name." After discussing it with Mama and Papa, Rene decides, "My name is so beautiful that a girl copied it from me, " not the other way around....
32) The other Emily
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English
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Emily believes her name belongs to her alone, but on the first day of school she discovers she is not the only Emily in the world.
35) Heart of a tiger
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English
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As the Name Day celebration approaches, a young kitten tries to deserve a noble name, by following the path of the beautiful Bengal tiger.
36) ORP
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English
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Orville Rudmeyer Pygenski, Jr.'s, decision to form an "I Hate My Name Club" has some surprising results.
37) Virtual Cody
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English
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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.
40) The uncivil war
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English
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Even with her father as principal, Asa Andersen is certain that sixth grade will be perfect, until a new boy in school starts making fun of her name and the baby her mother is expecting is born prematurely.