Four starred reviews! br A Today Show Best Book of the Year br An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 From E.B. White Read Aloud honor artist Matthew Forsythe comes an "e xtraordinary" (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 ..

Five starred reviews! br Named Best Picture Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and Shelf Awareness br "Marvelous mouse-sized mischief for all ages." --Booklist (starred review) From the creator of the acclaimed and beloved Pokko and the Drum comes an emotionally resonant, "richly imagined" (The Horn Book , starred review)? picture book about trust, worry, and loyalty between a father and daughter. Mina and her father live in a hollowed-out tree stump on the edge of a pond on the edge of a forest. Nothing ever bothers Mina, until one day, her father brings home a suspicious surprise from the woods. Should Mina trust her father--or listen to her o ..

El artista Matthew Forsythe, premio de honor del E.B. White Read Aloud, entrega un libro sobre un tambor m gico, un bosque esmeralda y una ranita que se atreve a hacer su propia m sica. El mayor error de los padres de Pokko fue darle el tambor. Cuando Pokko sale con su tambor a lo profundo del bosque, hay tanta pero tanta quietud que Pokko decide tocar. Y antes de darse cuenta, se le une una banda de animales--primero el mapache, luego el conejo, despu s el lobo--y pronto todo el bosque sigue a Pokko. Escuchar la voz de su padre cuando la llame para que regrese a casa? Pokko y el tambor es un cuento sobre el arte, la persistencia y una familia de ranas que ..

El artista Matthew Forsythe, premio de honor del E.B. White Read Aloud, entrega un libro sobre un tambor m gico, un bosque esmeralda y una ranita que se atreve a hacer su propia m sica. El mayor error de los padres de Pokko fue darle el tambor. Cuando Pokko sale con su tambor a lo profundo del bosque, hay tanta pero tanta quietud que Pokko decide tocar. Y antes de darse cuenta, se le une una banda de animales--primero el mapache, luego el conejo, despu s el lobo--y pronto todo el bosque sigue a Pokko. Escuchar la voz de su padre cuando la llame para que regrese a casa? Pokko y el tambor es un cuento sobre el arte, la persistencia y una familia de ranas que ..

From the author of Ojingogo , another tale of enchantment and adventure Jinchalo is Korean for "Really?" and that question (formulated variously as "What is and what isn't?" "What is real?" and "What is imagined?") is at the heart of this book. A companion to Matthew Forsythe's vastly successful Ojingogo , Jinchalo stars the same little girl as its heroine. When the mischievous shape-shifter Jinchalo hatches from a mysterious egg, he starts our heroine adventuring anew. Magical troubles drag the pair out of the safety of her home, through the small village where she resides, up, up, and away. In the course of their flight, they visit a robot garden, follow a ..