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Teddy really, really, REALLY loves spaghetti. What he doesn't love is getting teased at school. When Teddy takes his favorite food to lunch, a bully calls him a not-so-nice name: TED-DY SPA-GHET-TI! Will Teddy let his new nickname prevent him from enjoying what he loves most?
4) Fiddlesticks
Author
Series
Cul-de-sac kids volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Even though rotten Ronny torments Shawn with a mean nickname, Shawn practices the Golden Rule.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
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Christine Gouda, called Tink, and her best friend Jackie are entering sixth grade, and suddenly everything seems awkward and just plain wrong--boys are behaving differently, clothes do not fit the way they should, long term friendships suddenly seem tenuous, and most of all she needs a new nickname because "Tink" just does not fit anymore.
7) Splat!
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young boy, bothered by his size, thinks that the super squirt gun he buys will transform him from "Squirt" into "Splat Master."
8) Little mouse
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Pub. Date
©2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A little girl explains how she does not always fit her nickname, little mouse, but it is perfect for when she is cuddling with her mother.
10) Princess baby
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A toddler does not like any of the nicknames her parents have for her; she wants to be called by her "real" name, Princess Baby.
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Kaley Bluster is back! This time she's struggling with a Language Arts assignment to correspond via email with overseas "cyberpals" and looking for a nickname. As usual, the assignments provide entertainment for Mr. Serrano as he grades them.
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Pub. Date
1979
Description
Thousands of city and state nicknames are listed in this reprinted third-edition of a reference that first appeared in 1965. The introduction ponders nickname sources, offering industry, nationality, slander, and sheer hyperbole as possibilities. Listings are alphabetized by state and city, and separately by nickname.
15) Bear hugs
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Celebrate the little special ones in your life with this sweet rhyming board book, filled with cute nicknames and bear hugs.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Mi cielito, my angel, my pumpkin, my bean. My kitten, my sweetheart, my darling sweet pea. What do you call the ones you love the most? Sometimes playful, sometimes silly, and always adoring, more than fifty terms of endearment from around the world are showcased in this rhyming text"--
18) Just Itzy
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Pub. Date
2015.
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Tired of being called "Itzy Bitzy," Itzy tries to catch his own lunch on the first day of spindergarten to prove he is a big spider, but a girl sitting on a tuffet, a dangerous waterspout, and other nursery rhyme characters get in his way.
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 1
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When a classmate makes fun of her name, eight-year-old Stella picks a new one for herself, but discovers that the name she abandoned suits her just fine.