Too Much Tony
Too Much Tony

Too Much Tony

By Jenny Wang

$19.95

Publication Date: September 22, 2026

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Join us for a special storytime on Sunday, October 11 at 10:30am as author Dr. Jenny Wang shares her debut picture book, Too Much Tony, about a boy who has been told all his life that he is “TOO MUCH!”

Ages 4 to 8, Grades P to 3

Tony has been told his whole life that he is TOO MUCH: Too curious. Too loud. Too messy. Too full of big feelings and even bigger ideas.

He tries to shrink himself to fit in, but that leaves him feeling lonely and unseen. To cope, he retreats into his imagination, until a chance meeting changes everything. For the first time, Tony realizes that being "TOO MUCH" may not be so bad after all. Through a new friendship, Tony learns to use his own big energy to connect with other kids and help them feel seen. Together, Tony and his friends make the world a little less lonely for everyone.

This tender, empowering picture book is a reminder that self-acceptance is an act of courage, and everyone deserves to feel they belong. Rooted in the psychological insight and everyday parenting truth that “children don’t need to be fixed, they need to be understood,” Too Much Tony is a warm, affirming book about friendship, neurodiversity, and the healing power of being ourselves.

About the Author

Dr. Jenny T. Wang is a Taiwanese American clinical psychologist, speaker and author at the intersection of Asian American identity, mental health, and intergenerational trauma. She received her doctorate from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and completed her postdoctoral training at the Duke University Medical Center. She is the founder of the influential Instagram account Asians for Mental Health (@asiansformentalhealth). The author of the best-selling book Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans (Grand Central Balance, 2022), the first book written by an Asian American mental health professional specifically for the AAPI community, Dr. Jenny’s writing and work have been featured in the New York Times and on Good Morning America, The Today Show, NBC, NPR, and more.

Angela Pan Wong is a Taiwanese American illustrator and designer based in Austin, TX. After years of working as a user experience designer, she returned to illustration as a way to reconnect with visual storytelling and her lifelong love of children’s books. Her works, made primarily in gouache, colored pencil, and digital media, are part of a broader studio practice that includes painting, ceramics, and textiles. Drawing from her experiences as a child of immigrants and now a parent, Angela explores intergenerational relationships shaped by family and memory.

Format: Hardcover Picture Book

Pages: 20

Publisher: Third State Books

Publication Date: September 22, 2026

ISBN: 9798890130501

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