Pokko and the Drum
No romance or no physical intimacy at all.
Closed door. No anatomical or crude language.
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Four starred reviews! A Today Show Best Book of the Year 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 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.
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Mina
Same artist's deadpan animal-family humor and lush woodland art, but centered on a father-daughter worry plot rather than joyful noisemaking.
poko y su tambor
Joyride
Another story about a stubborn kid following her own path against family expectations, though aimed at teens with romance, grief, and real stakes.
Of Neptune
Keeps the whimsical-creature world-building of the frog forest but swaps picture-book simplicity for teen romance and undersea kingdom politics.
Breathe
Shares the music-as-identity thread, but here it's a rock star summer romance for teens, far steamier and more emotionally charged.
Sweet Sixteen #3
Also about celebration, noise, and being the center of your own party, told as sweet teen stories rather than a quiet forest fable.