Panda kindergarten
School is in session! But this is no ordinary kindergarten class. Meet sixteen young giant panda cubs at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda at the Wolong Nature Preserve. The cubs are raised together from infancy in a protected setting, where they grow strong. Under the w...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Collins,
c2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | School is in session! But this is no ordinary kindergarten class. Meet sixteen young giant panda cubs at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda at the Wolong Nature Preserve. The cubs are raised together from infancy in a protected setting, where they grow strong. Under the watchful eyes of the scientists and workers, the cubs learn skills that will help prepare them to be released into the wild. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Audience: | "Ages 4-8"--Jacket. |
| ISBN: | 9780060578503 (trade bdg.) 0060578505 (trade bdg.) 9780060578510 (lib. bdg.) 0060578513 (lib. bdg.) |
| Author Notes: | Ryder is an award-winning author whose books offer a unique blend of poetry and science. Her Just for a Day series invites children into the world of wild animals, ranging from a sea otter to Tyrannosaurus rex. Ryder's book, The Snail's Spell, won a New York Academy of Sciences Book Award. She has been named three times in the annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children by a joint committee of the Children's Book Council and the National Science Teachers Association. (Bowker Author Biography) |
