Chrysanthemum is a picture book about a little girl mouse with the name, Chrysanthemum. Her parents loved this name so much and believed it fit her perfectly. She took this to heart, and she wore her name with pride! But, at her first day at school, her classmates bully her about her name. This teasing almost got to her, but through her kind and encouraging teacher, she learned to love her name again.

This is such a nostalgic childhood book to me! My mom is a first grade teacher and I just remember reading this in her room when I was younger. I think this book shares a really good message of name acceptance and just being true to yourself. It's super cute and well done, even for an older book. I would have this book in my classroom, and I would give it to first graders.

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Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum!

I have a new appreciation for this book as a parent - I feel the same way about my sweet Phoebe as Chrysanthemum's parents do. She is absolutely perfect.

And so is this book.

I've also come to realize that my sweet, absolutely perfect daughter is obsessed with villains, and she told me she needed to look at the page of nightmare Victoria picking Chrysanthemum's petals for ten minutes.

I have a feeling we will be reading this again for bedtime very soon... ( )

AR: 3.3

Independent Reading Level: Kindergarten
Awards/Honors: None ( )