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[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking of this book I had when I was little.
It was titled Chrysanthemum and was about a little mouse who had the name Chrysanthemum and when she went to school for the first time everyone made fun of her because of her strange name. "She's named after a flower. Let's smell her." Then a dance teacher comes to the school named Delphinium and all the girls love her and since she too is named after a flower they stop making fun of Chrysanthemum.

My aunt and uncle got it for my cousin Rhiannon when she was little and then she gave it to me...my name's not different but I just loved the story.

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[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

I loved that book so much, when i was about 7 my cousin was pregnant and asked me what i thought they should name it, i said if it was a girl they should name is Chrysanthemum.
it's still a guilty pleasure name for me!

[arbus.livejournal.com]

that sounds like such a sweet story :)

[museofmyself.livejournal.com]

My daughter and I love that book! Especially since she's named after a flower, too (back before everyone and their brother started naming their kid Lily). :)

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I loved that book, because the Chrysanthemum is the flower for my birth month.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I loved that book!

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

Well, in the story since the teacher is named Delphinium she convinces the other girls to stop making fun of Chrysanthemum just because of her name...like they stopped judging her because they saw that "the name didn't make the person" type deal...

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Aw, I remember that book! It was really cute.

I remember that there was another book that our librarian read us in fifth grade about a girl named Velvet, I think. Everyone thought that it was really weird until they found out that her father picked the name because the mountains outside looked like velvet the morning that she was born. The reason was better than how I made it sound, but I still found it a poor reason to name a child Velvet.

[yellowsummers.livejournal.com]

My friend Lily has that, from back before Lily was so popular. I really liked it when I was little :)

[neroli.livejournal.com]

I had a copy of that book! Don't you love Kevin Henkes' illustrations too? :)

[nothingbuthp.livejournal.com]

Oh I love Chrysanthemum!

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

I love the illustrations.
When I was little that was probably my favorite part.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I loved that book, but I'd never use the name Chrysanthemum.

But I love Rhiannon (I'm an obsessive Stevie Nicks fan), and I might use it as a middle name.

[pixietangerine.livejournal.com]

it's a guilty pleasure name for me, too! the book is adorable.

and i really like rhiannon.

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

Yeah she's named after the Fleetwood Mac song.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

That's immediately what I thought!