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It\u2019s easy to understand why kids like professional wrestling so much. It\u2019s got heroes battling villains, athleticism mixed with theatricality, and grown-ups hitting each other with folding chairs. It\u2019s the whole package (as far as kids are concerned). If your child is a huge WWE fan, or just enjoys flying off the top turnbuckle with wild abandon, here are some fantastic books about wrestling for kids of all ages.
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yes no Pre-K (3\u20135): 9781596436046 Ni\u00f1o Wrestles the World<\/i> http:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/ninowrestlestheworld\/yuyimorales by Yuyi Morales <\/p>\n

This hysterical picture book is a love letter to lucha libre \u2014 the masked Mexican wrestling tradition. A young boy named Ni\u00f1o acts out epic wrestling bouts with his toys, wearing nothing but his underwear and a red luchador mask. In his imagination, he\u2019s fighting baddies like The Weeping Woman, The Mummy of Guanajuato, and El Chamuco. Morales\u2019s energetic wordplay and over-the-top sound effects really bring Ni\u00f1o\u2019s matches to life.<\/p>\n

9780811834926 http:\/\/assets.readbrightly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sumo.jpg Sumo Mouse<\/i> http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/778847.Sumo_Mouse by David Wisniewski <\/p>\n

This fun beginning picture book from the Caldecott Medal-winning David Wisniewski is a cross between a comic book and a Japanese monster movie, all about an unassuming mouse named Yama who puts on a sumo-wrestling robot suit to battle evil cats. It\u2019s visually gorgeous and has a great time casting a sumo wrestler as a superhero, which should delight young readers. <\/p>\n

9781467702126 Dino-Wrestling<\/i> https:\/\/www.lernerbooks.com\/products\/t\/12761\/9781467702126\/dino-wrestling by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Barry Gott <\/p>\n

While dinosaurs wrestling might sound a little silly, Wheeler and Gott definitely know their sport and use their high-concept premise to introduce kids to six different kinds of popular wrestling \u2014 sumo, folk style, lucha libre, freestyle, Greco-Roman, and professional tag team. While your kids are geeking out over match-ups like Stegosaurus vs. Tyrannosaurus Rex, this rhyming picture book actually sneaks in a fair bit of factual info about their favorite sport.<\/p>\n

yes no Growing Reader (6\u20138): 9780763664237 Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown<\/i> http:\/\/www.candlewick.com\/cat.asp?browse=Title&mode=book&isbn=076366393X&pix=n by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds <\/p>\n

This chapter book spin-off of the popular Judy Moody series revolves around Judy\u2019s little brother Stink, who, in this title, discovers that he\u2019s failing Phys Ed. Desperate to find a sport that he\u2019s good at, Stink stumbles onto the weird world of world-class thumb-wrestling and adopts an alter ego (\u201cShark Hammersmash\u201d) who\u2019s determined to become a thumb-wrestling star.<\/p>\n

yes no Tween (9\u201312): 9781416939375 There’s a Girl in My Hammerlock<\/i> http:\/\/books.simonandschuster.com\/Theres-a-Girl-in-My-Hammerlock\/Jerry-Spinelli\/9781416939375 by Jerry Spinelli <\/p>\n

Spinelli, best known as the Newbery-winning author of Maniac Magee<\/em><\/a>, tackles gender roles and competitive wrestling in this compelling middle school novel. The narrator of the story, eighth-grader Maisie Potter, decides to try out for her school\u2019s wrestling team, which creates a furor in her hometown and forces her to struggle against sexism, while she fights to excel in her newly adopted sport. <\/p>\n

9781465419231 WWE 50<\/i> http:\/\/shop.wwe.com\/WWE-50-Hardcover-Book\/W06826,default,pd.html by Kevin Sullivan <\/p>\n

If your kid loves professional wrestling, this comprehensive look back at the first fifty years of the WWE should be right up their alley. This encyclopedic compendium of wrestling history covers major events, pivotal figures, and all the trials, tribulations, and spin-offs that the sport has faced over the years. If you weren\u2019t sure how to explain \u201cHulkamania\u201d to your kid, this book can help.<\/p>\n

yes no Teen (13+): 9781596438514 Andre the Giant: Life and Legend<\/i> http:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781596438514 by Box Brown <\/p>\n

This young adult graphic novel is a breathtaking way to introduce tweens and teens to one of the most compelling and popular figures in the history of professional wrestling: Andre the Giant. Brown does a remarkable job of capturing the larger-than-life appeal of Andre Roussimoff, the enormous man whose love of the spotlight carried him to fame in the WWE (and “The Princess Bride”) before his early death at the age of 47.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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