02358cam a2200421 i 4500 650758850 TxAuBib 20170425120000.0 100630s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010025287 9780375944482 0375944486 9780375844485 0375844481 (OCoLC)645708059 DLC eng rda DLC BDX IAD IV0 XYZ ORX SRC MEA UIU LF3 YDXCP TJT TxAuBib rda Potter, Alicia. Mrs. Harkness and the panda / written by Alicia Potter ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. In 1934, Ruth Harkness had never seen a panda bear. Not many people in the world had. But soon the young Mrs. Harkness would inherit an expedition from her explorer husband: the hunt for a panda. She knew that bringing back a panda would be hard. Impossible, even. But she intended to try. So she went to China, where she found a guide, built traps, gathered supplies, and had explorers' clothes made--unheard of for a woman in those days. Then she set out up the Yangtze River and into the wilderness. What she discovered would awe America: an adorable baby panda she named Su Lin, which means "a little bit of something very cute." With breathtaking illustrations from Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet, this little-known true story shares the tale of an adventurous woman who was bold and brave--and the unforgettable journey that helped shape American attitudes toward wildlife. "From the Hardcover edition.". AD680L Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.5 0.5 149338. 20170425. Harkness, Ruth. Giant pandas. Women explorers Biography Juvenile literature. Wild animal collecting China Juvenile literature. Wild animal collecting. Biographies. Sweet, Melissa, 1956-, illustrator. LAKCL