Traces the story of a 1930s female adventurer who brought America its first panda bear, describing how she inherited a seemingly impossible expedition from her explorer husband and defied period conventions to travel up the Yangtze River and into the wilderness to bring back an adorable panda cub she named Su Lin, which means "a little bit of something cute."

Ruth Harkness was a Manhattan socialite, newly married to a wealthy adventurer. Weeks after their wedding, he decamped for China in hopes of becoming the first Westerner to capture the most mysterious animal of the day, a giant panda--an expedition on which many had failed miserably. Bill was also to fail, dying alone in China and leaving his widow adrift. In 1936, Ruth adopted her husband's dream as her own. In decadent Shanghai, white male explorers...

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, behavior, and life cycle of the giant panda

Photographs and text depict the characteristics, habitat, and behavior of giant pandas, including feeding habits and reproduction, as well as current efforts to protect and breed them in captivity

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

From the Sibert medal winning author of TEAM MOON and the bestselling GIRLS THINK OF EVERYTHING comes a riveting, timely account of panda conservation efforts in China, perfect for budding environmentalists and activists.

Briefly describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of China's giant pandas

Meet a giant panda cub and the keepers at the Wolong Conservancy in China who will do anything to help him survive in the wild--even dress up in panda costumes!