Sumo Joe is the debut picture book by Mia Wenjen and illustrator Nat Iwata.
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Thank you to Reading Partners for including Sumo Joe on their list of 13 kids’ books that celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) culture and heritage. To examine any book more closely at Amazon, please click on image of book. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Follow…
Please visit Historic Newton’s Facebook page for my Sumo Joe Storytime event. The book, illustrated by Nat Iwata, follows Sumo Joe and his friends as they enjoy pretending to be sumo wrestlers. But when his little sister wants to join their boy-only game, what should Sumo Joe do? As a bonus, after Wenjen reads the…
I am thrilled to be part of an internal NBC event that included Julie Chu, Abby Marks, and Abby Chin. This was spearheaded by Caroline Delfin (Executive Assistant To The Chairman, NBC Sports Group at NBCUniversal Media, LLC) and Liz Eng (Senior Director, Content Integration at NBC Sports Group) who are part of NBCUniversal APA…
The #OwnVoices hashtag movement started in 2015 on Twitter to give readers a chance to share books about diverse groups that were written by authors that belong in the same group. For instance, a book with a Black child as the subject would be written by a Black author. from Chicago Parent 25 #OwnVoices Books…
The Tokyo Olympics are postponed for one year but we can still learn about Japanese culture. Did you know that sumo was being considered as an exhibition sport for the Tokyo Olympics? Sumo wasn’t chosen because only a few countries with a sizeable Japanese ex-pat population had sumo. Karate was chosen instead. But I think…
Thank you to Alexis and Tiffany for hosting me and Nat Iwata on their YouTube Channel, Legit Kid Lit! Legit Kid Lit a video series highlighting kidlit creators sharing stories and being silly. We had so much fun talking about Sumo Joe that it ended up as a two-part series: It was fun to learn…