The Great Panda Tale

by Laura Buller

Join Louise and the rest of the zoo crew as they eagerly await the arrival of a new baby panda. Get to know the zoo's current pandas and find out what they eat and how they grow. With longer sentences, increased vocabulary, information boxes, and a simple index, readers beginning to read alone will enjoy reading The Great Panda Tale.

Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies.

Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Genres: Science, Childrens

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 3, 2014

About the author

Laura Buller is an accomplished and knowledgeable author who has experience of both levelled reading schemes and children's nonfiction publishing.

Reviews

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

We thought maybe this was about the pandas at the zoo in Atlanta, who we visited last year before their return to China, but a google image search of the ticket booth is of Prague Zoo and the panda names weren’t a match.

Great read though.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Join Louise at the zoo while they expect a baby panda.

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute book filled with appealing photographs and definite kid appeal.

The story is about a panda cub being born in a zoo, and I was saddened by the fact that the cub seemed to be primarily raised by zoo staff, with little contact between mother and baby. This used to be par for the course in zoos, but the trend seems to be moving toward allowing parent animals to care for their young and only intervening if the young animal isn't thriving.

[Cemeread · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good core choice for children reading some on their own. Photographs of the pandas enhance this story as well as information boxes and defined vocabulary. The nonfiction book goes from meeting the pandas to pregnancy and birth of the pandas, right to when the public sees them for the first time. Find giant panda facts on the page before the index.

[Diya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the pictures and I like the cliff hangar when Zen Mai was having 2 babies. However, this book didn't really explain in detail how Zen Mai felt when everyone was watching her.

[Twotwo]

At 3.7

[Mel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Miss 4 loved it. I enjoyed learning about pandas with her. ‘They’re so cute!’ Her words