Bibliograph

Mrs. Harkness and the panda, written by Alicia Potter ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Type

Label

Mrs. Harkness and the panda, written by Alicia Potter ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mrs. Harkness and the panda

Oclc number

645708059

Responsibility statement

written by Alicia Potter ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, LG, 3.5, 0.5, 149338

Summary

Traces the story of a 1930s female adventurer who brought America its first panda bear, describing how she inherited a seemingly impossible expedition from her explorer husband and defied period conventions to travel up the Yangtze River and into the wilderness to bring back an adorable panda cub she named Su Lin, which means "a little bit of something cute."

Target audience

juvenile

Classification