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 bookabout a magical drum, an emerald forest, and the little frog who dares to make her own music.

The biggest mistake Pokkos 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 wolfand soon the entire forest is following her. Will Pokko hear her fathers 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.