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Wide-eyed Hannah is convinced that her mother doesn't know her own daughter's name, since she seems to call her every possible appellation except Hannah. When Mommy wakes Hannah in the morning, she asks: "Is that my little chickadee?" Hannah, envisioning herself with a bird's beak, insists, "I'm not a chickadee. I'm Hannah." As the day progresses, Mommy employs an assortment of pet names, and each time a distraught-looking Hannah corrects her. Throughout, Shachat's somewhat childlike acrylic paintings depict the girl in the guise of the objects or creatures cited--pumpkin, devil, alligator, monster, monkey and mouse. Children may be a bit unsettled by the book's title, and their discomfort will only be increased by the fact that Hannah is clearly not amused by her mother's attempts to be affectionate. At bedtime, of course, mother assures daughter that she is well aware that Hannah is her "very own happy little, funny little girl." Ages 2-8.

这是一本会让幼儿非常喜欢的图画书，书中的妈妈在不同的情境下，以各种有趣的动物名称叫汉娜，汉娜则以重复性的语句：“我不是……。我是汉娜。”生气的回应，相当能照顾到小读者希望被大人了解和自我认同的需要。尽管汉娜一直在生闷气，但书末妈妈将汉娜抱在怀里，依旧温柔的说：“我知道，你是汉娜。你就是我那个快乐又有趣的小宝贝儿。”汉娜可是一脸幸福满足的模样呢！