Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce students to giant pandas, discussing how the are related to other bears, their wild habitat in China, and the ongoing efforts to save them from extinction.
Riley accompanies Uncle Max, Aunt Martha, and Cousin Alice to the Wolong Panda Reserve in China to study pandas, and while they are there, they also experience a landslide and see a snow leopard, red panda, and other exotic animals.
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.
"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.
"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.
