Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Papaya the Panda




Author: Lucie Papineau
Illustrator: Marisol Sarrazin
Title: Gilda the Giraffe and Papaya the Panda
Genre: Children’s picture book,
Sub genre: pandas, animals
Theme: Fiction
Primary and secondary characters: Papaya, Gilda
Date: 2000
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Publisher Company: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication
Brief summary on how to use for students:  The students will be able to use this book to learn about how important friendship is. They may also learn how it is important to be there for a friend, whenever they are in trouble.
Summary: Papaya the panda goes to eat bamboo and gets lost. His friends start to worry about him when they see the rainclouds because they know that Papaya is allergic to rain and will shrink once rain touches him. Papaya runs through the forest trying to escape the rain but is getting smaller and smaller as time goes by. Frantically trying to return home, his friends search and find him just in time.

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