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It's a Knockout

Pin down one of these books as characters wrestle with smooth moves and strong wins.

Canton Public Library

15 items

  • SumoKitty tries his best to teach an eager, but undisciplined, puppy the feline ways of catching mice.
    Picture BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2022] — J PICTURE BOOK BIE
  • No opponent is too big a challenge for the cunning skills of Nino, the popsicle eater, toy lover, somersault expert and world champion lucha libre competitor.
    Picture BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2013 — J PICTURE BOOK MOR
  • Russell tries to avoid his family of big, brawny and boisterous wrestlers and their enthusiastic hugs, handshakes and hair tousling during a boisterous family reunion.
    Picture BookNew York : Aladdin, 2018 — J PICTURE BOOK JOH
  • Meat-eating and vegetarian dinosaurs compete at the wrestling jamboree, demonstrating such styles as sumo, Greco-Roman and lucha libre.
    Picture BookMinneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2013] — J PICTURE BOOK WHE
  • Friends Max and Kenji love wrestling, but Max favors lucha libre and Kenji favors sumo. Though the two brawl over which variation is best, they eventually come together to stage the first sumo libre match for the neighborhood.
    Picture BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024 — J PICTURE BOOK CEP
  • Every Friday night is Wrestlefest at a family's home, where Dangeous Daddoo takes on the Tag Team Twins in a battle to bedtime.
    Picture BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2020 — J PICTURE BOOK FOX
  • Pizza and Taco sign-up for the wrestling team at school. Hoping to join the club, they choose their wrestling names and create signature moves.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Random House, [2024] — KIDS GRAPHIC NOVEL PIZZA AND TACO
  • Wrestling star El Toro finds support and motivation from coach Kooky Dooky on a practice day when he feels less than inspired.
    Easy ReaderBoston : Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021] — J READER RAU
  • Wrestling star El Toro teams up with his fighting partner, La Oink Oink, when a post-match mess at the stadium becomes a bit too intimidating to clean up alone.
    Easy ReaderBoston : Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021] — J READER RAU
  • Nikko convinces his mother that he is not just jumping on his bed, but fighting luchadors, and masked wrestlers one at a time.
    Picture BookEl Paso, TX : Cinco Puntos Press, [2015] — J PICTURE BOOK GAR
  • A stray kitty gets a job in a sumo stable, chasing mice in exchange for food. But when eating like a sumo wrestler slows our feline hero down, he realizes he must train like a wrestler, too.
    Picture BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2019] — J PICTURE BOOK BIE
  • Sumo Joe and his friends pretend to be sumo wrestlers, but when his little sister who takes Aikido wants to join them, Sumo Joe must choose between his friends and his sister.
    Picture BookNew York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2019] — J PICTURE BOOK WEN
  • Jeff wants to be a good wrestler, but will his bad temper get in the way?
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Stone Arch Books, c2009 — JFICTION MADDOX
  • Abby and her stepbrother Doc, must persuade Abraham Lincoln to play his part in history, after one too many comments about history being boring cause him to go on strike.
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2018 — JFICTION SHEINKIN
  • After dealing with a lot of hurt this year, MJ feels a sense of hope returning to her life when she finds out her new neighbor is a former luchador and runs a wrestling school.
    BookNew York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — JFICTION WALLACE