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* An ALA Notable Book
* School Library Journal, Best Books of the Year
* Bank Street CBC Best Children’s Book of the Year
* CCBC Choices
* IRA Teachers’ Choices Reading List
* Junior Library Guild Selection
* Georgia Children’s Picture Storybook Award Nominee
* Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee
* Michigan Library Association’s Mitten Award Honor List
* Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award Nominee
* Utah Beehive Award Nominee
* Wyoming Buckaroo Book Award Nominee


"A Single Shard(사금파리 한 조각)"으로 한국인으로는 유일하게 최고 권위의 아동문학상인 Newbery상을 수상한 린다 수 박의 재미있는 그림책입니다.

동물원에 사는 팬더곰인 잰더는 성대한 생일파티를 계획합니다. 하지만 동물원에는 팬더곰이라고는 자기 밖에 없었기 때문에 모든 곰들을 생일 파티에 초대했지요. 흑곰, 갈색곰, 북극곰, 회색곰, 코알라곰까지... 하지만 초대장을 받은 코알라는 "자기는 곰이 아니라 캥거루와 같은 유대목"이라고 하면서 자기는 파티에 가면 안되냐고 하네요? 고민에 빠진 잰더는 곰과 코알라를 아우르는 모든 포유류들을 생일 파티에 초대합니다.

하지만 하마는 자기의 절친인 새가 참가하지 않는다면 자기도 갈 수 없다고 하네요. 다시 고민에 빠진 잰더는 결국 모든 포유류와 조류를 파티에 초대합니다만... 이번에는 악어가 항의를 합니다. 원래 파충류와 조류는 공통의 조상인 공룡으로부터 분화되었다고... 결국 모든 동물들을 초대하게 된 잰더는 거창한 파티를 열게 되었지요. 물론 포유류인 사람들도 포함해서...

동물의 분류에 관한 기본 지식을 유머러스한 글과 그림을 통해 재미있게 배울 수 있는 책입니다.






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Paperback: 40 pages
ISBN-10: 0547558651
ISBN-13: 9781328740588
책 크기: 28 cm x 23.5 cm



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Book Description
Xander planned a panda party. Yes, a dandy whoop-de-do!
But Xander was the only panda. Just one panda at the zoo.
The zoo’s paucity of pandas doesn’t impede Xander’s party planning for long. He decides to invite all the bears. But Koala protests. She’s not a bear--she's a marsupial! Does that mean she can’t come? Xander rethinks his decision to invite only bears, and “Calling all bears” evolves into “Calling all creatures.” The Newbery Medal author Linda Sue Park introduces animal taxonomy in a wonderfully engaging way, and the celebrated artist Matt Phelan’s charming ink and watercolor paintings are the icing on the cake. A read-aloud whoop-de-do!


School Library Journal *Starred Review*
In this charming story that celebrates friendship and inclusion, Xander wants to throw a party, but since he's the zoo's only panda, he invites all of the bears. Then Koala tells him that she's a marsupial, not a bear. After much thoughtful bamboo-nibbling, Xander opens his party to all mammals. But Rhino won't come without his bird, and then the reptiles request an invitation, and the little panda doesn't know what to do. A new friend pitches in, and the party goes “from grand to even grander” as the whole zoo is invited. As a last surprise, a new panda, Zhu Zi, arrives to complete the celebration, “What a party! What a ball! Lots of new friends, tall and small!” The ink and watercolor illustrations add dashes of personality to the animals- the rhino scowls as his bird cheerfully waves from atop his horn- and touches of humor, as when Xander blends in with a crowd of penguins. The cartoonlike animals have wonderfully expressive faces, so even the wordless pages convey the panda's feelings. The upbeat, mostly rhyming text provides a surprising amount of information about animal families and species without tripping up the pace. The author's note gives information that expands on facts mentioned in the book, like the symbiotic relationship between the oxpecker and the rhino. Perfect for young animal lovers and a great read-aloud for storytime.


Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*
"Phelan takes Park's jaunty story about a panda with a complicated social life and develops it still further. . . . There's food for thought throughout."


The Horn Book Magazine *Starred Review*
"Liberal use of internal rhyme. . . makes Park's text sing as it relates how Xander tackles each new challenge."


Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books *Starred Review*
"Phelan's ink and watercolor compositions offer the perfect counterpoint to the tightly wrought verses, with playfulness inherent in the fluid inky outlines encasing broadly applied brushstrokes."