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Camp Panda : helping cubs return to the wild

by Thimmesh, Catherine,

Format: Print Book 2018
Availability: Available at 16 Libraries 16 of 17 copies

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Summary

Robert F. Sibert Honor Award winner

"Complementing Thimmesh's thoughtful, engagingly written text are many arrestingly adorable color photographs of pandas in training and in the wild. A timely, uplifting story." --Kirkus, starred review

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.

Roughly a thousand years ago, an estimated 23,000 pandas roamed wild and free through their native China. But within the past forty years, more than fifty percent of the panda's already shrinking habitat has been destroyed by humans, leaving the beautiful and beloved giant panda vulnerable to extinction.

Despite the seemingly insurmountable odds--poaching, habitat destruction, pollution, human overpopulation, and global climate change--the panda is making a comeback. How? By humans teaching baby pandas how to be wild and stay wild.

Chicago Public Library Best of the Year Kirkus Best Book of the Year Junior Library Guild Selection
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "*Starred Review* In September 2016, giant pandas were downgraded from a threatened species to a vulnerable one. This comeback was due to human intervention: decades of conservation efforts have led to a burgeoning wild panda population. Of course, it was human intervention that led to the decline of their numbers in the first place poaching, pollution, and human population booms all contributed to shrinking panda numbers. In clear, fact-packed prose, Sibert medalist Thimmesh (Team Moon, 2006) examines the panda reintroduction program that began in China's Wolong Nature Reserve. After a rocky start, the program settled on its ultimate goal: to prepare panda cubs for eventual release by eliminating human contact (workers dressed up in panda suits so cubs wouldn't become desensitized to humans) and preparing them for everything they might experience in the wild. Thimmesh folds in facts about the effects pandas have on their ecosystem, other endangered species across the globe, and the trial and error inherent with the scientific method. Frequent detailed pictures of pandas and their caretakers complement the measured text, and extensive back matter including a subsection on what the average person can do to help conservation efforts makes this an excellent resource for researchers, STEM-lovers, and aspiring environmentalists.--Reagan, Maggie Copyright 2018 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Additional Information
Subjects Giant panda -- Conservation -- Juvenile literature.
Giant panda -- Juvenile literature.
Wildlife conservation -- Juvenile literature.
Giant panda -- Conservation.
Giant panda.
Wildlife conservation.
Publisher Boston :Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,2018
Language English
Awards Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, 2019
Description 60 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm
Bibliography Notes Includes bibliographical references (page 58) and index.
ISBN 9780544818910
0544818911
9781725425859
1725425858
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