Four starred reviews!
A Today Show Best Book of the Year
An NPR Favorite Book of 2019
A New York Magazine Best Book to Gift Little Kids 2024

From E.B. White Read Aloud honor artist Matthew Forsythe comes an "extraordinary" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) picture book about a magical drum, an emerald forest, and the little frog who dares to make her own music.

The biggest mistake Pokko's parents ever made was giving her the drum. When Pokko takes the drum deep into the forest it is so quiet, so very quiet that Pokko decides to play. And before she knows it she is joined by a band of animals --first the raccoon, then the rabbit, then the wolf--and soon the entire forest is following her. Will Pokko hear her father's voice when he calls her home?

Pokko and the Drum is a story about art, persistence, and a family of frogs living in a mushroom.

Author: Matthew Forsythe
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Published: 10/01/2019
Pages: 64
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.80w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781481480390

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 505566 / Pokko and the Drum


Award: 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Honor Book - Picture Book