Environmental Conservation & Protection of Plants & Wildlife, Exotic Animals, Bears & Giant Pandas, Mammals - Bears
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Overview
Everyone loves the cuddly-looking panda, but fewer than 1000 now live in only six areas of central China. What kind of animal is this living teddy bear?Spectacular color photography and informative text invite readers to take a close-up look at the life cycle and behavior of one of the world's most famous animals. Discover what conservationists are doing to help protect this unique, lovable creature.
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and reproduction of the panda, one of the rarest animals on earth, and discusses efforts to save it from extinction.
Editorials
Kirkus Reviews
This introduction to the panda, a slim and glossary entry in the Animal Close-Ups series, is greatly enhanced by appealing full- color photos on every page. The brief text describes the panda at home in the "cloud country" of China. Close-up photographs show the panda's adaptive features, such as its muscular jaw with strong bamboo-grinding molars, and the long bone in its front paw, which the panda uses to grasp bamboo stalks. Readers glimpse a 350-pound panda, who eats 20-80 pounds of bamboo leaves and stems daily, and lives in a remote territory, alone except for the brief period each spring when it mates. Other sections describe efforts to study and save pandas in the wild and raise them in captivity, and introduce cousins of the panda including the red panda, moon bear, and Malay bear. An economical introduction to an always popular animal. (further reading) (Nonfiction. 8-10)Book Details
Published
July 1, 1999
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pages
27
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780881067378