Review: PING-PING PANDA'S BAMBOO JOURNEY (Maurice Pledger)

A follow up book to PING-PING PANDA (ISBN13: 9781571455789), this boardbook, BAMBOO JOURNEY, is adorable.

THE STORY is about the search for the next meal.  Ping-Ping just finishes with her delicious bamboo snack when she discovers that she is still hungry.  Because all of the bamboo is gone where she is she sets out on a journey that leads her see many animal friends.

WHAT I LOVE about this book are the brilliant colors and the appealing way that the animals are drawn.  In addition, there is the opportunity to point-at and name creatures that aren't normally in boardbooks.

Besides Ping-Ping there is a cute red panda named Rusty. There's also Becky Bluebird, Polly Pika, Katie Kingfisher and Hanna Hummingbird who join the search. Other animals include a variety of butterflies, dragon flies, beetles and birds. 

Adults like me will have lots to talk about, and children will love the bright colors and animals.

CONSTRUCTION
-- The pages and cover and sturdy.
-- The front cover has a patch of fur where little ones will be able to 'pet' Ping-Ping.
-- Not every page has a pull-down tab. There are four in total. Plus the last page has fold out which makes it 3 panels wide.
-- The tabs have a cut-out to help lift the edge but the first time through adults may have to get the tabs started.

Pam~


PING-PING PANDA'S BAMBOO JOURNEY
by Maurice Pledger

Reading Information:
Page Count:  16
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