| The Year of the Panda Contributor(s): Schlein, Miriam (Author), Mak, Kam (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0064403661 ISBN-13: 9780064403665 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1992 Annotation: Set in rural China, this stirring tale involves middle-grade readers in a boy's quest to save an orphaned panda. Miriam Schlein, recipient of six NSTA/CBS Outstanding Science Book for Children citations, captures the timely, complex issue of people and animals sharing the same world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - General - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 89071307 |
| Lexile Measure: 520 |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 5.15" W x 7.65" (0.17 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 6996 Reading Level: 3.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Daxiong mao is rare and mysterious, like a god, living in the midst of the mountains. Strange things are happening on Lu Yi's farm. First, some men from the Chinese government ask Lu Yi's father to sell the property that has belonged to the family for generations. Then a giant panda appears in a neighbor's field, A rare occurrence, given the farm's distance from the high-mountain bamboo forests that pandas inhabit.Lu Yi has a feeling that the two mysteries are somehow connected. And before long, an orphaned baby panda he finds in the' woods provides an answer. As the boy nurses the helpless animal back to health, he begins an adventure that may, well change his entire future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mak, Kam: - Kam Mak grew up in New York City's Chinatown. He earned his bachelor of fine arts degree from the School of Visual Arts, and since then he has illustrated book jackets for numerous publishers and taught painting at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He has also illustrated The Moon of the Monarch Butterflies by Jean Craighead George, The Year of the Panda by Miriam Schlein, and The Dragon Prince by Laurence Yep. Kam Mak lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, son, and daughter. Schlein, Miriam: -Miriam Schlein is the acclaimed author of numerous books for children, including the classic stories of motherly love The Way Mothers Are and Just like Me. |