My Name

Releasing 8/1/2023

(Words by Supriya Kelkar, Art by Sandhya Prabhat, Macmillan/FSG, 2023) – One of Colby Sharp’s Must Read Picture Books of 2023!

See Colby’s reel about MY NAME here!

A 2024 National Council for Social Studies Notable Trade Book!

Meet the author of MY NAME

Author Trailer with Debbi Michiko Florence, Jarrett Lerner, Simran Jeet Singh, and Raakhee Mirchandani!

Animated Trailer by Sandhya Prabhat!

I have several classroom downloads for you: an 8.5″ X 11″ poster, an 11″ X 17″ poster, a names worksheet, and horizontal and vertical nametags!

(Remember to hit “fit to page” or expand the poster to fit the paper size before printing).

(Remember to hit “fit to page” or expand the poster to fit the paper size before printing).

Grace Kendall at Farrar, Straus and Giroux has acquired world rights to My Name by Supriya Kelkar (l.), illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat, about how a name comes from generations of ancestors, places, and experiences to make you you. Publication is slated for June 2023; Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary represented the author, and Alice Sutherland-Hawes of ASH Literary represented the illustrator.

Cover reveal on We Need Diverse Books

MY NAME on Colby Sharp’s 2023 Must Read Picture Books list