Nakagawa, Hirotaka.

Sumo Boy / by Hirotaka Nakagawa ; illustrated by Yoshifumi Hasegawa. - English ed., 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2006, c2002. - [34] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Originally published in Japanese. Tokyo : Kodansha, 2002.

School Library Journal Publisher's Weekly Bulletin (Center for Children's books)

Describes the customs of Japanese sumo wrestling through a story of Sumo Boy, who hears a little girl's cry for help miles away and rushes to her rescue.

1.6 Follett Library Resources K-3

9780786836352 (trade bdg. : alk. paper) 0786836350 (trade bdg. : alk. paper) 1415672423 (BWI bdg.)

2005055104


Sumo--Juvenile fiction.
Heroes--Juvenile fiction.
Sumo--Fiction.
Heroes--Fiction.
Sumo--Fiction.
Heroes and heroines--Fiction.


Japan--Juvenile fiction.
Japan--Fiction.
Japan--Fiction.

PZ7.N13995 / Su 2006

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