# Pedro's Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to America and Changed the World of Toys

**Author:** Rob Peñas
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 2024
**Genre:** Picture Book
**ISBN-13:** `9798855104950`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/pedros-yo-yos
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A picture-book biography of Pedro Flores, the Filipino immigrant who turned a childhood toy into the modern yo-yo and built it into an American craze. Rob Peñas and illustrator Carl Angel tell the story of an inventor often left out of toy history. Selected for the 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (grades 3-6), chosen annually by the Texas Library Association.

## Themes

- immigration
- invention
- biography

## Where this book is assigned

### Texas Bluebonnet Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)

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