Mrs. Harkness and the panda
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 sh...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
c2011.
|
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | 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." |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | [29] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780375844485 (trade) 0375844481 (trade) 9780375944482 (lib. bdg.) 0375944486 (lib. bdg.) |
| Author Notes: | MELISSA SWEET is the Caldecott Honor artist of A River of Words by Jen Bryant, The Boy Who Drew Birds by Jacqueline Davies, and The Sleepy Little Alphabet by Judy Sierra, amongst many others. Her work has received numerous honors, and reviewers have described her unique mixed-media illustrations as "exuberant," "outstanding," and "a creative delight." |
