If a panda and a polar bear managed to meet, could they become friends?
In Panda & Polar Bear by Matthew J. Baek (Dial, 2009), a wandering polar bear cub finds out.
The action starts when he accidentally falls off a cliff and lands in a mud puddle.
The mud splotches make him look like a panda bear. So when the muddy polar bear meets a meandering panda cub, confusion reigns. Would the panda cub still like him if he knew he was really a polar bear? And what will happen when the dirt washes off?
Want to know more? Let’s hear from today’s guest reviewer:
Our reviewer: Maureen
Age: 6
I like: My dog, Smidgey. And, to read, to write and to play.
This book was about: A panda bear and a polar bear who meet each other.
The best part was when: The panda fell over because he couldn’t think any more.
I laughed when: The panda fell over.
I was worried when: The polar bear fell off the cliff.
I was surprised that: They were at the zoo.
This book taught me: Not to go to the edges of things that are high.
Other kids reading this book should watch for: When the polar bear gets mud on him and he looks like panda.
Three words that best describe this book are: “Funny. “Good.” “Friends.”
My favorite line or phrase in this book is: “So he thought, and thought, and thought, until he couldn’t think anymore.”
You should read this book because: It is funny.
This book was a 2009 Junior Library Guild selection.
If you’d like to learn more about the author and illustrator — who also created Be Gentle with the Dog, Dear! – visit Matthew J. Baek’s Web site or the site of his illustration representative, Donna Rosen.
