This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 80 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2016 by Turtleback Books .

THIEN PHAM is a comic book and visual artist, based in the Bay Area. He is also a high school teacher. Pham illustrated Gene Luen Yang's Level Up, a YALSA Great Graphic Novel and New York Times Notable Children's Book . Sumo is his first solo work. SpongeBob creator, Stephen Hillenburg, taught marine biology at the Orange County Marine Institute, California, before he pursued a career in experimental animation and came up with the ideas and characters for one of Nickelodeon's most popular cartoons.