Xander planned a panda party. Yes, a dandy whoop-de-do!
But Xander was the only panda. Just one panda at the zoo.
The zoos paucity of pandas doesnt impede Xanders party planning for long. He decides to invite all the bears. But Koala protests. Shes not a bearshe's a marsupial! Does that mean she cant 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 Phelans charming ink and watercolor paintings are the icing on the cake. A read-aloud whoop-de-do!
