The name game : a look behind the labels
(2009)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/929.97/JACKSON,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : Viking, [2009]
©2009
©2009
DESCRIPTION
64 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780670011971 (hardcover), 0670011975 (hardcover), 9780670062935 (hardcover), 0670062936 (hardcover), 0670011975
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Name games -- Firsts, lasts, and middles -- Pet names -- Traveling toponyms -- Blowing in the wind -- Art of naming companies -- Searching for "Grace Lee" -- Name exchange -- Destiny calling -- Nicknames: getting personal -- Picture this...tips for remembering names -- Did you know? -- Explore more! -- There's a name for it
This illustrated investigation looks at how people get their names in various cultures and at what some of those names mean. It also discusses unusual names, nicknames, the names of pets, companies, and hurricanes, and much more
Ages 8 up
NC 1150
NC1150L
A Junior Library Guild selection