Product Overview
Seoras y seores, put your hands together for the fantastic, spectacular, one of a kind . . . Nio!
Fwap! Slish! Bloop! Krunch! He takes down his competition in a single move!
No opponent is too big a challenge for the cunning skills of Nio??popsicle eater, toy lover, somersault expert, and world champion lucha libre competitor!
Nio Wrestles the World is in English with Spanish vocabulary, and is a fun, colorful story about a boy wrestling with imaginary monsters (including an Olmec Head and La Llorona) and adversaries like his younger sisters. This is a joyful picture book about imagination, play, and siblings.
Award-winning author and illustrator Yuyi Morales is the author of Caldecott Honor and Pura Belpr (Illustrator) Medal-winning Viva Frida, Pura Belpr (Illustration) Medal and Pura Belpr (Narrative) Honor book Los Gatos Black on Halloween, stunning bilingual bedtime story Little Night/Nochecita, Rudas: Nio's Horrendous Hermanitas, and other picture books for young readers. She also illustrated Thunder Boy Jr., written by Sherman Alexie.
A Neal Porter Book
Pura Belpr Illustrator Award Winner
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
ALSC Notable Children's Book
A Mamiverse.com Top 50 Latino Children's Books You Should Know
The saturated palette, dynamic composition, and copious spike-ballooned sound effects add ebullient visual noise. Beneath the furious fun, though, beats a tender heart. ??The Horn Book, starred review
Kids with multicultural classmates will recognize (or learn Nio's many Spanish exclamations. A closing note explains the lucha libre culture. ??Booklist
