2015, Beehive Awards, Nominee2014, Buckaroo Book Award, Nominee2015, Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee2016, Grand Canyon Reader Award, Nominee2015, Georgia Children's Book Award, Nominee
Xander planned a panda party. Yes, a dandy whoop-de-do
But Xander was the only panda. Just one panda at the zoo.
The zoo's paucity of pandas doesn't impede Xander's party planning for long. He decides to invite all the bears. But Koala protests. She's not a bear--she's a marsupial Does that mean she can't come? Xander rethinks his decision to invite only bears, and "Calling all bears" evolves into "Calling all creatures." The Newbery Medal author Linda Sue Park introduces animal taxonomy in a wonderfully engaging way, and the celebrated artist Matt Phelan's charming ink and watercolor paintings are the icing on the cake. A read-aloud whoop-de-do
Hardcover.
About the Author
Linda Sue Park won the Newbery Medal for A Single Shard. She lives with her husband in Rochester, New York. Visit her website at www.lspark.com.
Illustrator Matt Phelan's books include Alice Schertle's Very Hairy Bear and Jeanne Birdsall's Flora's Very Windy Day. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Visit his website at www.mattphelan.com.
