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Starred Review on April 1, 2019 | Nonfiction
PreS-Gr 2-An unseen narrator begins recounting a tale about "a panda who lived in a beautiful bamboo grove." When it comes time to introduce a problem, the laid-back panda denies this narrative claim. The disgruntled narrator lays down the rules and volleys a series of conflict-probing questions to no avail. While lounging on a hammock, the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2019
"Once upon a time, there was a panda who lived in a beautiful bamboo grove. But the panda had a BIG problem." Except, as this panda informs the (offstage) narrator, "I don't have any problems." Despite the narrator's insistence that the panda needs a problem to solve because "that's how stories work," the panda negates every suggestion and instead proposes to the narrator that "maybe YOU are the main character and I am YOUR problem!" Uh-oh. Things devolve from there as the panda humorously hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2019
"Once upon a time, there was a panda who lived in a beautiful bamboo grove. But the panda had a BIG problem." Except, as this panda informs the (offstage) narrator, "I don't have any problems." Despite the narrator's insistence that the panda needs a problem to solve because "that's how stories work," the panda negates every suggestion and instead proposes to the narrator that "maybe YOU are the main character and I am YOUR problem!" Uh-oh. Things devolve from there as the panda humorously hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
