Stella Batts Needs a New Name — Courtney Sheinmel

"Meet Stella Batts. She is eight years old and she loves to write. She loves to writes lists; like her favorite things and kids in her class. And she''s writing her autobiography (""That means it''s all about me""). Stella''s favorite color is yellow and she LOVES fudge. As a matter of fact, there is a special fudge counter at her family''s candy store because fudge is one of her favorite things to eat! But Stella has just one problem-her name. A boy from her class keeps calling her ""Smella"" after she trips on their class nature walk (""I don''t even want to say what I landed in, it was too gross, so I''m going to leave out that part.""). So Stella decides there''s really only one thing to do: she has to change her name. After all, how hard can it be to pick a new name? But it''s not as easy as it sounds. In this early chapter book series, the ups and downs of Stella''s life are charmingly chronicled."