An honest #OwnVoices story about growing up with a name that is unfamiliar to the kids around you, told with humor and heart by critically acclaimed author/illustrator Thao Lam Even though it\'s only four simple, familiar letters long, nobody can ever pronounce Thao\'s name.
It is a celebration of all that\'s in a name and the power of owning your identity..
Designed with a playful emphasis on typography, and Thao\'s own childhood photos added to her signature cut-paper collage, Thao champions being true to yourself and your background, and being empathetic towards others.
The story will be instantly relatable to readers who have ever felt different.
Simple on the surface, this story inspired by Thao\'s own childhood is full of humor, heart, and important ideas of diversity, inclusion, and cultural pride.
It works, but only until she opens her lunchbox to find her mother\'s Vietnamese spring rolls, gỏi cuốn --Thao\'s favorite Now, it feels a lot more comfortable to be herself.
Maybe it\'s time to be someone else? Thao decides to try on a different name, something easy, like Jennifer.
She\'s been called Theo, Tail, even Towel But the teasing names--Tofu, Tiny, China Girl--are worse.
An honest #OwnVoices story about growing up with a name that is unfamiliar to the kids around you, told with humor and heart by critically acclaimed author/illustrator Thao Lam Even though it\'s only four simple, familiar letters long, nobody can ever pronounce Thao\'s name
