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When Ai Lin starts school, her classmates can't say her name. The children make attempts, but they cannot pronounce it properly. They ask Ai Lin if they can just call her by another name. It's not that important, right? But Ai Lin knows the significance of her Chinese name. No, it can't be changed. Her name is part of her identity and heritage. When Ai Lin shares her family history, her classmates come to understand that a name can be a person's story, special and unique. By making the effort to properly pronounce someone's name, we send the welcoming message that everyone is worthy of respect and dignity.…mehr

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When Ai Lin starts school, her classmates can't say her name. The children make attempts, but they cannot pronounce it properly. They ask Ai Lin if they can just call her by another name. It's not that important, right? But Ai Lin knows the significance of her Chinese name. No, it can't be changed. Her name is part of her identity and heritage. When Ai Lin shares her family history, her classmates come to understand that a name can be a person's story, special and unique. By making the effort to properly pronounce someone's name, we send the welcoming message that everyone is worthy of respect and dignity.
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Autorenporträt
Maria Wen Adcock is a first-generation Chinese American writer, and It's Chinese New Year, Curious George was her first children's book. She is the founder of the award-winning blog BiculturalMama.com and has appeared in Bloomberg News, Huffington Post, The Dr. Oz Show, and Newsday. Maria is a board member of Multicultural Kid Blogs, an organization supporting diverse parenting bloggers, and co-host of the annual event Multicultural Children's Book Day. She lives on Long Island in New York.