What's in a Name?

What's in a Name?
Author: Susan Osborn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 741
Release: 1999-11
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0671025554

For each name Osborn provides a history, number, astrological sign, color, stone, element, and herb.

The Unforgettable What's His Name

The Unforgettable What's His Name
Author: Paul Jennings
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2016-10-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1952535522

Now you see him, now you don't - an action-packed adventure about a boy who just wants to blend in, from a bestselling author/illustrator team. Even before all this happened I had never been like the other kids. I tried not to be seen. If I climbed a tree or hid among the bins, no one could find me. 'Where's What's His Name?' they'd say. Then, one weekend, I got what I wanted. First, I blended in with things. But on the second day I changed. I mean, really changed. The hilarious story of a boy with an unusual problem, from children's book legend Paul Jennings. Includes fantastic look-and-find colour illustrations.

Belle and Moozie and Whatshisname

Belle and Moozie and Whatshisname
Author: Gayle Strasser
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2022-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1647011647

New babies can be fun and exciting! Belle and Moozie find out that there will be a new baby in their family. They are so excited when they learn that the baby will be a boy, and they come up with many unusual names to call him. They wait and wait for the baby to arrive, and finally, the day comes when they get to meet "Whatshisname"!

Hello...What's YOUR Name?

Hello...What's YOUR Name?
Author: Kim Wood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2020-05-12
Genre:
ISBN:

Sammy and his friends are at it again! This time they are playing a game called "Hello...What's YOUR Name?" You can play along, too! You might have to wait a bit for your turn, though, because Sammy is having a little trouble figuring out the rules of the game. Select new names at the end of the book to continue playing on your own or with friends - even after story time is over.

Cassell's Dictionary of Slang

Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
Author: Jonathon Green
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 1600
Release: 2005
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780304366361

With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results

Poems to Make Your Friends Laugh

Poems to Make Your Friends Laugh
Author: Susie Gibbs
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780192762917

Featuring a fantastic array of traditional and modern poems, all guaranteed to make your friends laugh! With fresh, stylish illustrations from newcomer Jess Mikhail, this is a collection which will have enormous appeal to anyone who likes a really good chuckle!Susie Gibbs is the best-selling anthologist and editor behind many of Macmillan's most successful collections.Follow-up to Poems to Freak Out Your Teachers and Poems to Annoy Your Parents

Weird Girl and What's His Name

Weird Girl and What's His Name
Author: Meagan Brothers
Publisher: Mitten Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2015
Genre: Bildungsromans
ISBN: 9781941110270

In the podunk town of Hawthorne, North Carolina, high school geeks Lula and Rory share everything-- sci-fi and fantasy fandom, an obsession with old X-Files episodes, and the feeling that they'll never quite fit in.

Greta and the Ghost Hunters

Greta and the Ghost Hunters
Author: Sam Copeland
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2022-01-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0241446392

The hilarious tale of a family coming to terms with its ghosts - literally. Greta Woebegone did not believe in ghosts until the day she was knocked over by a car and almost died. Then everything changed... Now Greta can not only see the spirits that haunt her ancestral home, she can talk to them too - from her grumpy Grandpa Woebegone and Percy the poo-pushing plague victim to the sinister spook in the cellar. Can Greta help the ghosts avoid being exorcised (a fate worse than undeath)? Can the ghosts help Greta stop her beloved Grandma being put in a home? And can they all help each other overcome the pain in their past that's holding them back from the future? From the acclaimed author of Charlie Changes Into a Chicken comes a touching and side-splitting new story guaranteed to delight readers of nine and up. 'Hilarious, fast-paced and full of heart' - Sunday Express 'Funny, engaging and utterly heartfelt' - LD Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency