A lovely and sweet books for children with interesting parts about differences and cooperation.
Very nice illustrations.
Strongly recommended.
Many thanks to Museyon Inc and Netgalley

4.5★“They are best friends and are alike in many ways. But they are also different.Poco is a boy.Moco is a girl.”And lest you be in any doubt about how to tastefully show the difference between a boy and a girl, here is the illustration. (There is a lot of artistic licence used in drawing these “lambs”, I must say, but who cares, really?)

[My Goodreads review includes an illustration of Poco standing on a small stool, peeing an arc into the toilet, while Moco is sitting on a toilet seat.]

The illustrations show that they like different foods, different toys and different games, but that they help each other build things and share the last doughnut, a food they both enjoy. At the end we learn that they want to do different things when they grow up.

[My Goodreads review includes an illustration of one as a chef and one as an astronaut.]

Before you judge too quickly which is which, count the loops between the curls on their heads. The artist has very carefully made sure that each lamb has its own hairstyle.It’s not too much of a spoiler to say that girls don’t have to expect to stay in the kitchen!

This is a way to prepare little ones to understand that people like different foods and different games. Later, when they see someone at school with an “unusual” lunch or playing a different kind of ball game at recess, they may realise that this is a normal part of “playing well with others”. 

Very simple, very cute, and the illustrations allow kids to search for the lambs in the busy pictures and discuss the differences and similarities in the others. Plenty of opportunity for discussing real people in real neighbourhoods or playgroups or schools.Thanks to NetGalley and Museyon Inc. for the preview copy from which I’ve pinched the pictures. Well done.

This is a cute way to show twins that they don't have to be a like. That each can be their own person. In the picture, below, we see that the girl is an astronaut, and the boy sheep is a chef.

This very early picture book follows them throughout the day, and says although they are twins, and share many things, such as a love of doughnuts, they are still their own person, and very different from each other.

I like how the children do not fall into gender roles, other than the way they use the toilet. Cute book for twins to let them know they can strike out on their own, and be their own selves.


Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

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I wanted to love this book more but the more aware I become of the harm Cisnormativity does to non binary folx, I feel that books like these fail to show such children they exist in literature.

This fun and interactive book uses "fold-outs, cut-outs, and other special features" to engage young readers. These two sheep are twins and have many things in common, but also have their differences. One is a boy, one a girl, one is messy while the other is neat, etc. The page showing that one is chubby and the other is thin has illustrations of the twins standing in their socks and underwear, with wool only covering their heads. Other pages show them playing hide and seek, climbing trees, and playing in the bathtub. The spread of the tower they make with building blocks has the reader turn the book sideways to appreciate how tall the tower is.

This might work better as a book in a family home or public library rather than in a school setting. This is due to the pages that tell the gender of the twins. The illustrations show Poco standing on a stool in front of the toilet, with an arc of dotted lines to signify that he is using the bathroom. Moco is shown seated on the toilet. Some families are very sensitive about the privacy of bathroom activities and might be upset about these illustrations, even though no body parts are shown. Teachers and librarians know their community and can make the decision that will best serve their students.

It is a colorful and entertaining book. The flaps and other features add an element of play to the reading, and the activities of the two little sheep are very familiar to children. The point that twins do not have exactly the same preferences or talents is shown in various ways, while readers can also see how they may be alike.

A good read for preschool and early elementary children.

A short and lovely look at twins. I like how it shows that they are the same, but at the same time they are different. How they don’t have to look exactly alike, or like the same things, to help each other out. A nice book on a topic covered by few existing titles.

Poco and Moco are Twins is a sweet little book geared towards a younger audience. This book has delightful illustrations and the wording is simple enough for young readers to understand. I like how the book shows that two people can be very alike, but also very different....yet still love each other and get along beautifully. This book would be great for boy/girl twins or male/female siblings, as well as same gender twins or siblings. I'd say Poco and Moco are Twins is ideally good for ages 3-6, but some younger (and older) children would enjoy it as well. Jun Ichihara is a great author and comes highly recommended from me!