Book Spotlight in Sponsorship with Amy Nielander of My Name Is Not Ed Tug
The Children’s Book Review
“Edimorwhitimormiligimmus Tug is determined to teach his classmates and teacher about the important family stories behind his superlong name.”
—Publishers Weekly, Fall Children’s Announcements
About the Book
My Name Is Not Ed Tug
Written and Illustrated by Amy Nielander
Ages 4+ | 32 Pages
Publisher: West Margin Press | ISBN-13: 9781513134871
Publisher’s Book Summary: Edimorwhitimormiligimmus Tug has a very special name that is all his own. But his teacher thinks it’s too long and hard to say. One day she shortens it to. . . Ed.
But he loves his name just the way it is. So he comes up with a plan—if he can teach everyone his name, maybe they’ll love it too!
Sweet and whimsical, My Name Is Not Ed Tug empowers readers to own their identities and proudly celebrate who they are.
Names are so important. They are our parents’ first gifts to us. They have history and meaning. For some it is the name we choose that embraces the best version of ourselves. Everyone deserves to be called by their correct name. This was simply beautiful.
Lupe, Bookmarks (Winston-Salem, NC)
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About the Author-Illustrator
Amy Nielander is a designer and award-winning children’s book author and illustrator who loves to create playful stories for kids. Growing up, she had her name frequently misspelled by others. My Name Is Not Ed Tug is inspired by this experience and by her time volunteering in her children’s classrooms. Amy lives near Detroit, Michigan.
82 Comments
An important lesson presented in an entertaining way.
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I would love to add this to the grandchildrens library.
this is would be a good book for zadaya to read and understand about names. Zay’s mommy and daddy created her name so her name has special meaning. this would be a good book
My great-grandsons love books that make them laugh. They both have slightly unusual names as well, so this would be a fine book for them.
fun
This sounds like a cute book.
An interesting book.
Names are very hard today for a lot of older people. Kids don’t really have a lot of problems with strange names…….. zay would love this book
This book would be a perfect addition to my grandson’s personal library.
Parents name kids with strange names or spellings. It nice that someone is telling the kids about it and how and why that is his name. Zay’s name was made up by her mother
Thank you!
Sounds like a nice story.
People are important and hearing their own name gets their attention. When somebody remembers your name, you remember how you felt. It looks like a book which highlights diversity and respect. My grand kids would like this book and the softly drawn people illustrations.
parents pick out or create some really different names for their kids. it would be fun for zayada to read this
This book has a good lesson.
names are hard for some people to spell or pronounce and this sound like a book that help kids learn it is in important
This seems like a really cute book.
This is a learning book oh how parents name their children and why they do. Zayada has one of those names and it would be a good book to talk about in class
Sounds like a nice story for my grandson
Names …………….. parents create them or take them from family history or who knows how they come with the name /spelling. But it was important to them. So the book would be interesting for zay because her parents created her nam
A book with a good lesson.
understanding what names mean and to be proud of them zay has one of those name
This seems like a really cute book for my grandson.
Sometimes I think kids adjust to different names faster then adults do. This would be a learning tool for zay
A fun book!
What a cute cover!
a name is important to kids and this books would let them understand why
This sounds like a nice, sweet story.
names are important and zay would enjoy learning about different name and how they got their names
A fun story to be enjoyed by my grandson
this would be a good learning book for zay about names
An amusing book with a good lesson.
names are important to kids and they made sound strange but that is their names that their parents picked out………… zayada has one of those strange names so she would enjoy the book a lot
Little guy on the front cover is so relateable to kids
This book would be a good addition to my grandson’s bookcase.
names are important and zay knows it she would enjoy the book
This sounds like a sweet story.
this is a good book for kids to learn it is important to say a kids name right…. zay would like
Nice artwork
This book would make a great addition to our personal library.
names are important and zay would enjoy this book
A nicely Illustrated book.
this is book that zay will always remember about your name
A cool book with a good lesson.
An interesting book
names are important and I think this sounds like fun book for zay to learn from
This book would make a great addition to our grandson’s personal library.
Zay knows that some people say her name wrong this sounds like a good book
We like books that teach a lesson and this one does.
Name are important zay understand she has a different name. this book would be fun
A very interesting book.
this would be a great book for zay and also a gret book in the classroom
This book has a good lesson to learn.
a learning fun book on names
Would like to read this book with my grandson.
this would be intersting for Zadaya she has one of those names
A cool book with a good lesson!
zadaya has been called a lot of names so whe would enjoy and learn from this book
We like books that teach a lesson
different names are hard for people young and old to say. but this book is going to be so the kids understand and learn from it
This sounds like a sweet, whimsical story.
Names are so important for every stage of like! Love the book!