Mrs. Harkness and the Panda
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375944482 (0375944486)
Publish date: March 13th 2012
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
Juvenile,
Environment,
Nature,
Picture Books,
Animals,
China
Mrs. Harkness is a fascinating, intrepid character and Melissa Sweet's mixed media illustrations are breathtakingly gorgeous but the story left me disturbed. Mrs. Harkness snatches the baby panda from its habitat. Was it an orphan or taken away from its mother? And then in the timeline, its revealed...
When you have read a lot of children's nonfiction as I have, you might start to think you've heard all the good stories. Then a book like Mrs. Harkness and the Panda arrives at your door and you happily learn there are many more stories to tell.Ruth Harkness never expected to venture very far away ...