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 medalwinning 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 pandas already shrinking habitat has beendestroyed by humans, leaving the beautiful and beloved giant panda vulnerable to extinction.Despite the seemingly insurmountable oddspoaching, habitat destruction, pollution, human overpopulation, and global climate changethe 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
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