Very Best Baby Name Book - Softcover

Lansky, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684037637 ISBN 13: 9780684037639

Publisher: Meadowbrook, 2005

Synopsis

The very best baby name book just got better!  Now with more than 60,000 popular and unusual names for boys and girls, this book provides expectant parents with abundant information on names, including origins, meanings, variations, fascinating facts, and famous namesakes.  The following helpful features make finding the perfect name for your baby fun and easy:

— "Baby Name Guru" Bruce Lansky provides advice on how to choose a name for your baby and how to customize a popular name  

— Popular names from around the world, including thousands of French, English, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, German, Scottish, Welsh, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Scandanavian, Polish, Native American, Hawaiian, African, and Hindi names 

— Icons to identify names used for both boys and girls

— Over 5,000 names African-American families often choose for their children

— Over 5,000 names that Hispanic families commonly use

— More than 300 fun lists to help you brainstorm names, including a list of names celebrities are choosing for their children

— Stereotypes of commonly used names

— Plans for a name-the-baby shower by Becky Long, author of Themed Baby Showers

The most useful, helpful, and fun collection of names on the market!

About this title

About the Author

Bruce Lansky has edited a number of poetry anthologies (including Rolling in the Aisles, Kids Pick the Funniest Poems, If Kids Ruled the School, A Bad Case of the Giggles, Miles of Smiles, and No More Homework! No More Tests!), and 3 silly songbook anthologies. Lansky created the popular GigglePoetry.com website for children and the PoetryTeachers.com website for teachers. He also created the Girls to the Rescue series, the New Fangled Fairy Tales series, and the Can You Solve the Mysteries series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Meadowbrook
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0684037637
• ISBN 13: 9780684037639
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 480