Pandas

Pandas — page 1 — LIVING WILD Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Mary Herrmann Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed by Corporate Graphics in the United States of America Photographs by 123RF Rick Carlson Alexander Muntean Alamy Danita Delimont Nick Greaves Imagebroker Photos 12 Inga Spence Corbis Bettmann NIR ELIAS Reuters Dreamstime Kitchner Bain Benjshepherd Carmentianya Eric Gevaert Jennie Magro Mike711 Xiaobin Qui Ron Sumners Tang Yu Getty Images Yang Enuo ChinaFotoPress Inga Spence Visuals Unlimited Inc Chip Somodevilla STR AFP Keren Su iStockphoto Dirk Freder Richard Laurence Peter Niesen Copyright 2012 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data for the hardcover edition Gish Melissa Pandas by Melissa Gish p cm Living wild Includes bibliographical references and index Summary A look at pandas including their habitats physical characteristics such as their black-and-white fur behaviors relationships with humans and threatened status in the world today ISBN 978-1-60818-082-0 hardcover ISBN 978-1-56660-052-1 eBook 1 Giant panda Juvenile literature I Title QL737 C27G53 2011 599 789 dc22 2010028311 CPSIA 110310 PO1385 First Edition 987654321 CREATIVE EDUCATION

Pandas — page 2 — PANDAS Melissa Gish

Pandas — page 3 — As the sun rises over the mountaintops in southwestern China a cool mist drapes itself

Pandas — page 4 — over the bamboo forest in the Tangjiahe Nature Reserve

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