Pedro’s Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to America and Changed the World of Toys
Rob Peñas
Pedro Flores is a businessman whose biography tells the backstory of the yo-yo. A Filipino immigrant who had struggled, Pedro reimagined the yo-yos he loved as a child and helped popularize them in the United States. The story traces how a toy that can spin, roll, leap, and twirl became part of Pedro’s work, with an author’s note on Philippine history.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.
