Examines the life of the giant panda bear, describing its social behavior, life cycle, food habits, and habitat, as well as presenting folklore surrounding these creatures.
Teaches children about panda bears, describing what panda's look like, what they eat, how they act, and why there are so few panda's left in China, and recounts the story of Mei Lan, a panda cub born at the Atlanta Zoo in 2007.
Presents the adventures of a giant panda cub and the keepers at the Wolong Conservancy in China who will do anything to help him survive in the wild--even dress up in panda costumes.
"The survival of the giant panda depends on the survival of its only food: bamboo. Habitat loss from the destruction of bamboo forests in south central China where they live made the giant panda a vulnerable species. This book tells how habitat conservation and the creation of borrowing-and-breeding programs with zoos around the world kept the beloved bear from extinction"--Amazon.
Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce children to pandas, describing their distribution, habitat, behavior, physical characteristics, hunting habits, and other related topics.
Magically transported to southwest China to find the final object needed to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Jack and Annie take a side trip to the world's largest giant panda reserve.