Panda Pants

by Jacqueline Davies, Sydney Hanson (Illustrator)

Overview

With spot-on humor, a spare text, and adorable panda bear characters, this is a fun and familiar exchange between a parent and child that fans of I DON'T WANT TO BE A FROG! will easily relate to!

I want pants, says a little panda to his father.
You are a panda, answers the father. Pandas do NOT wear pants.
 
And so begins a hilarious battle of wills when a young panda tries to convince his father why pants make perfect sense. After all, pants are soft. Pants keep you warm. Some pants even have . . . POCKETS! But with a menacing snow leopard lurking in the background, will the longed-for pants end up having an even greater role to play?
 
Jacqueline Davies’s humorous story, with deliciously droll illustrations from Sydney Hanson, captures the push and pull between a parent and child as they face off over the age-old dilemma of what to wear . . . with the most heartwarming of results.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780553535761
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	09/13/2016
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	533,329
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	300L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Jacqueline Davies is the author of numerous beloved books for children, including the highly acclaimed books in the Lemonade War series. She also writes picture books, such as Tricking the Tallyman and The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon. Jacqueline lives in Needham, Massachusetts, with her family. Visit her at jacquelinedavies.net.
 
Sydney Hanson was raised in Minnesota alongside numerous pets, and her illustrations and paintings still reflect a love for animals and the natural world. In addition to her book illustrations, Sydney is an experienced 2-D and 3-D production artist who has worked for several animation companies, including Nickelodeon and Disney Interactive. She lives in Los Angeles.

Editorial Reviews

09/01/2016
PreS-Gr 2—A young panda tries to persuade his papa that he needs a pair of pants. He gives many convincing reasons ("pants have pockets," "pants are warm," "pants look good"), but to each his father insists that pandas do not wear pants. However, what happens if pants can be used to stymie a menacing snow leopard? The little guy's dad is impressed and ready to relent, but the young panda has moved on. Now, he's fixated on shoes. The warm-hued, soft-textured illustrations with sweet, adorable animals only add to this touching story. VERDICT Pair with Paul Schmid's A Pet for Petunia for two delightfully funny tales that would be perfect for teaching persuasive writing.—Paula Huddy, The Blake School-Highcroft Campus, Wayzata, MN

School Library Journal

2016-06-22
A little panda has decided that he wants pants, and he's going to tell his father exactly why. Pants have pockets, pants are warm, pants are soft, pants would impress—but father panda is not convinced that this little panda will be the first panda to wear pants. While they walk and talk, a gray-and-black-spotted tail is always near; is someone following them? Passing a garden, the little panda notices a scarecrow wearing—pants!—which find their way onto the little panda, who runs to catch up with his father. Suddenly, a snow leopard jumps out! With some quick thinking, a watermelon, and teamwork with little animals nearby, the little panda's pants turn out to be very useful—and impressive—in foiling the snow leopard with a melon to the noggin. Excitement over, the little panda gives his pants to a rabbit. When his father asks why, he explains that he doesn't want pants. He wants shoes. Davies' story will be amusingly familiar to anyone who's gone head-to-head with determined little ones who are convinced they have the best idea ever right now. Hanson's illustrations are impressive, double-page spreads of lush watercolor bamboo alternating with white-backgrounded vignettes for faster-paced dialogue. Hanson has a knack for drawing ridiculously cute, expressive animals, and she does so here, with the facial expressions reflecting the dialogue wonderfully. There's nothing too scary, no message to navigate—just a sweet story, well done. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews