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Chasing the Panda
• Michael Kiefer
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The spellbinding tale of an unlikely duo and their successful expedition to Wolong in 1936 to recover a panda bear.
(CHN166, $24.95)
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Giant Pandas in the Wild, Saving an Endangered Species
• Lu Zhi
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A portrait of the giant panda, its habitat in China and international conservation efforts. Includes excellent color photographs by George Schaller and text chronicling the lives of 20 individual pandas.
(CHN173, $35.00)
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The Last Panda
• George Schaller
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Naturalist George Schaller spent almost 5 years in the wild studying the panda in the 1980s. This book is both his description of the great panda in nature, and an eloquent plea for how to save the species.
(CHN24, $15.00)
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Pandas
• Heather Angel
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A series of gorgeous color photographs of pandas, mostly concerned with the Giant Pandas of Wolong and with a section on the red panda. Includes some information on natural history.
(CHN137, $17.95)
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Wild China
• John MacKinnon
• Nigel Hicks
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A beautiful oversize book of photographs featuring Chinese wildlife and natural history. This informative, up-to-date survey of the wildlife of China also features excellent maps and detailed explanatory text.
(CHN19, $39.95)
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The Year of the Panda
• Miriam Schlein
• Kam Mak
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Rich in detail of the plight and rescue of the giant panda, this chapter book is written for readers 8-12. In it ten-year-old Lu Yi and his father find an orphaned da xiong mao (giant panda) and nurse it back to health.
(CHN105, $4.99)
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