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Panda and Polar Bear - Matthew Baek
Call Number: J P Baek
Curious to know what lies beyond his wintry world, a polar bear goes exploring, falls into a mud puddle, and is mistaken for a panda by a new playmate.
Panda Kindergarten - Joanne Ryder
Call Number: J P Ryder
School is in session! But this is no ordinary kindergarten class. Meet sixteen young giant panda cubs at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda at the Wolong Nature Preserve. Under the watchful eyes of the scientists and workers, the cubs learn skills that will help prepare them to be released into the wild.
Pandas' Earthquake Escape - Phyllis Perry
Call Number: J P Perry
A mother and her cub escape a panda reserve to save themselves during an earthquake.
Tracks of a Panda - Nick Dowson
Call Number: J P Dowson
A mother panda teaches her cub how to survive in their mountain habitat but as the sound of villagers clearing the forest approaches, she knows they must look for a new home.
Zen Shorts - Jon Muth
Call Number: P Muth
When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways.

The Legend of the Panda - Linda Granfield
Call Number: J 398.2 Gran
A retelling of an ancient Chinese tale which explains how the panda first got its black-and-white markings, telling of Dolma, a young shepherdess whose selfless act saves the life of a panda cub.

How Many Baby Pandas - Sandra Markle
Call Number: J 599.789 Markle
Looks at the eight panda pairs that were born at China's Wolong Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center in 2005, examining how they live, grow, and play and the steps that are being taken to prepare them for their release into the wild.
Save the Panda - Sarah Eason
Call Number: J 599.789 Eason
Describes the habitat, behavior, and endangered status of giant pandas and suggests ways to help save them from extinction.
Threat to the Giant Panda - John Torres
Call Number: J 333.95 Torres
On the verge of extinction, learn about the threats to pandas.

The Last Panda - George Schaller
Call Number: 599.7444 Sch 15L
Dependent on a shrinking supply of bamboo, hunted mercilessly for its pelt, and hostage to profiteering schemes once in captivity, the panda is on the brink of extinction. Acclaimed naturalist George Schaller uses the insight gained in the forests of the Wolong and Tangjiahe panda reserves to document the plight of these mysterious creatures and to awaken the human compassion urgently needed to save them.
Smithsonian Book of Giant Pandas - Susan Lumpkin
Call Number: 599.744 Lumpkin
Chapters: 1. Pandas and people -- 2. Icons and ambassadors -- 3. In deep time -- 4. Giant grass-eating bears -- 5. The panda's umbrella -- 6. Chinese shadows -- 7. The conservation challenge.
The Way of the Panda - Henry Nicholls
Call Number: 599.789 Nicholls
The backdrop of the history of the giant panda is used to show changes in how we view nature and conservation and the panda's role in helping China.

Chasing the Panda - Michael Kiefer
Call Number: B Young Kiefer
Chronicles the quest by Chinese-American Quentin Young and socialite Ruth Harkness through a 1,500-mile stretch in remote Sichuan to capture the first giant panda seen by the western world.
The Lady and the Panda - Vicki Croke
Call Number: B Harkness Croke
Recounts the adventures of Ruth Harkness, an American bohemian socialite, who, in 1936, ventured into one of the most dangerous, unexplored regions of the world on a quest to bring back the first live giant panda to reach the West.

China: the Panda Adventure - IMAX Corporation
Call Number: J DVD China
Based on the book "Lady and the Panda" by Ruth Harkness.
Panda Bear Hug - Juri Jones
Call Number: J CD Rock/Pop Jones
Contents: Panda climbs a tree -- Good night panda -- Panda relaxing -- Panda bear hug -- Pandas everywhere -- Panda for you -- Troubled panda -- Panda dreams -- Baby panda -- Slide panda -- Tenshi de irutameni = Stay an angel
A Panda Is Born/Baby Panda's First Year - Animal Planet
Call Number: DVD 599.789 Panda
Documents two seasons of panda life at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Tai Shan's first year.
Pandas - Thirteen/WNET
Call Number: J DVD 599.744 Pandas
Observe pandas in their natural habitat, the bamboo forest of China's "Mountains of the Sleeping Dragon" a national panda reserve. The second program features the San Diego Zoo's challenge to successfully breed and raise a panda in captivity.
Pandas in the Wild - Smithsonian Networks
Call Number: DVD 599.744 Pandas
It's a journey into a remote and exotic locale and an up-close look at the secret lives of these rare mammals--an intimate portrait of one of the world's most treasured animals. Smithsonian Networks captures the panda in its natural habitat for the first time, behaving in ways you won't see a the zoo