December 2, 2024- Valley Stream, New York – 8 Year old, New York -based author Jomo Jesus Thomas Suriel recently became a multiple Gold Winner in the Mom’s Choice Book Awards for his children’s picture books The Angry Vacuum and The Emotions Volcano. The books are part of his pioneering emotional intelligence children’s books series featuring the heroine siblings, Sid the Super Happy Kid and Laura the Emotions Explorer that are illustrated by his father, Jomo Gamal Thomas. The two child hero characters focus on helping kids manage emotional and mental health for young children and neuro divergent learners. Jomo Jesus is a staunch education advocate for mental health and emotional literacy for children and kids on the autism spectrum. In 2024, he has donated over 300 copies of his books to promote emotional literacy and children’s mental health awareness. He strives to make a difference and plans to donate another thousand books to kids and parents of neurodivergent children. The Angry Vacuum and The Emotions Volcano have topped the Amazon bestseller charts in the Children’s Reference Education category shortly after their releases.
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Jomo Jesus has been writing professionally and published since he was four years old with his children’s books Super Happy Kid Defeats the Angries, Super Happy Kid Escapes Angryland. He also donates his books for free to help and encourage emotional literacy as he wants to help more kids learn to manage emotions and harness the power of emotional intelligence. In addition to winning two Mom’s Choice Awards, he has also won multiple Literary Titan Awards and Reader’s Favorite Five Star Award as well as excellent reviews on GoodReads and NetGalley. He is up for nomination in the NAACP Image Awards for Children’s Literature. His next upcoming book is The Critical Critters with Sid and Laura delving into positive psychology, positive self-talk, mindfulness, resiliency, self-regulation, empathy and zones of emotional behavior.
Jomo Jesus is homeschooled at the Clifton Academy by Sandra Clifton. He also takes college classes at Straighterline. He enjoys learning new languages such as Hebrew and Mandarin at Outschool. He is fluent in Spanish and English. Jomo Jesus envisions developing the animated series of Sid the Super Happy Kid and Laura the Emotions Explorer and also a feature film based on the sibling heroines helping children solve mental health challenges. Jomo Jesus is also a contributor to the emotional intelligence part of My First Jewish Bible For Kids: Completely Illustrated and The New Testament Bible for Kids books and the animated cartoon series My Bible For Kid Stories streaming free on YouTube.
Books by Jomo Jesus Thomas Suriel available below:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=jomo+jesus+thomas+suriel&crid=1Q8RHWW5GIVLN
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