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Choosing your baby's name is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. Fortunately, The Everything Baby Names Book, 3rd Edition is here to help! Featuring 50,000 of today's best names, the scoop on how your child's name can affect his sense of self, and how to choose a name that can honor your heritage and your child, this guide is the ultimate resource for making this momentous choice. The new edition features:
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The Innovation Press
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Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with...
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Finding the perfect name for your baby is one of life's most memorable moments. A name is a gift to give to your child for his or her entire lifetime which is why it is so important to carefully consider all the options before making your choice. With a universe of names to choose from, it might seem like a monumental task but Baby Names will help you make this delightful decision less daunting by offering a most comprehensive list of names to chose...
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Workman Publishing
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[2014]
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English
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"A guide for parents who know that the perfect name lasts a lifetime--it suits not just a cuddly newborn but grows with a child from babyhood through adulthood. 1,107 baby names that stand the test of time makes a strong case for each name selected and features the name's definition, history, variations and nicknames, and its 'meaning' in the larger cultural sense. Includes a primer on the basic rules of baby naming including sounds, rhythm, ethnic...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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English
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In The sweetest sound, Alan Berliner (the filmmaker from New York) is tired of being mistaken for people who might share his name and decideds to rid himself of the dreaded same name syndrome. His solution: invite all the Alan Berliners in the world over to his house for dinner. In the end Berliner leaves us with a greater sense of the power and magic embedded in a name, and how all of our identities are inescapably shaped by what we call ourselves....
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Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.
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What's in a name? For one little girl, her very long name tells the vibrant story of where she came from - and who she may one day be. Spanish language edition! If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza Jos? Pura Candela has way too many names: six! Just think of how hard it is to fit them all on the back of a little photo. How did such a small person wind up with such a large name? Alma turns to Daddy for an answer and learns of Sofia, the grandmother...
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