Discusses the kinds of pandas, where they live, their habits, and their babies.

Issued also in French under title: Le panda. Includes glossary and index.

In a quiet forest -- A bamboo forest home -- Animal of mystery -- The lesser panda -- Figuring out the family -- Black and white and warm all over -- Bamboo for breakfast, lunch and dinner -- Sometimes snacks -- Hard times -- The panda's thumb -- Crunching a rough meal -- Snacking and snoozing -- Rambling and rolling -- Panda signposts -- Finding a mate -- A cub is born -- Growing up -- Leaving home -- Finding our about pandas.