Giant Pandas
Grade 1-4-This clear, readable text explains where the giant panda may be found, its physical characteristics, habits, life cycle, and present status in the wild and in zoos. A final fact page includes dates and statistics, and mentions the two pandas on loan from China at the Washington, DC, zoo. Gibbons's art, with sketchy lines and transparent watercolor backgrounds, rather than the bolder and brighter cartoon style she often uses, amplifies the information about this "gentle giant." A solid choice.Sally Bates Goodroe, formerly at Harris County Public Library, Houston, TXCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.