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My Book Report, March 28, 2008

A Kid's Review

The book was good because Lu Yi gets to carry his little panda. What else I liked from the book is when his father used to tell his son about the daxiong mao. There used to be more daxiong mao in the forest but then some were killed. What I dislike from the book is when father told Lu Yi that the Bamboo was killed because it was shot. It was a sad part when I disliked it from the book. I even disliked the book when Mr. Po shot at the daxiong mao. This genre was mystery because they didn't know when the daxiong maos were killed every day. The theme was about Lu Yi and his little panda. The setting was in China and the conflict was there were no more daxiong mao.



A review by 6 Fifth-Graders (TDL, SYZ, KL, RL, JH, BL), January 21, 2003

By A Customer

We are six fifth graders that read a book called The Year of the Panda by Miriam Schlein. This book is mostly about a boy named Lu Yi and his panda. One day, the Chinese goverment sent two men to tell Lu Yi's parents to move, so it can use their lands to save the pandas. But Lu Yi's parents said "no". Later, Lu Yi and his father went to to the mountain to chop wood. Then they found a baby panda, brought him home, and gave it milk. Lu Yi named the panda, Su Lin. Then messengers came and said "Whoever finds a panda must bring it to the Rescue Center and you will get 300 yuan." Lu Yi didn't talk about the panda because he didn't want anyone to find out about Su Lin, but his father wants the reward of 300 yuan. So Lu Yi's father tells the messengers about Su Lin. The Chinese goverment were planning to drop food for the pandas because their bamboo was dying out. The Chinese goverment ask the villagers if it could use their lands for the Chinese government's plan. What would happen if the bamboo died out forever? Would Su Lin die if the bamboo dried out forever?

Would the panda become extinct?




This story is very nice because we learned new information about pandas. For example, we learned that there are a lot of different colored bamboo. Also, pandas in Chinese are called daxiong mao. We enjoyed this book because it taught us a lesson. The lesson we learned is to take care of the endangered animals before they become extinct. We liked this book because the Chinese government cared about the animals. Some of us think Lu Yi did the right thing to keep Su Lin because he could save the panda for now. But some of us think Lu Yi did the wrong thing because it might have been dangerous to give the panda other milk. It might have killed Su Lin. We think Lu Yi is taking good care of the panda. We liked the part when Su Lin urinated on the bed because it was very humorous. We didn't like the part when Lu Yi had to give the panda to the Rescue Center because we felt sad that they would never see each other again.

We recommend this book to all ages of people but especially those interested in science. We think this book would be an appropniate book for people who enjoy pandas.

Doing the Right Thing for Animals, September 23, 2000

By A Customer

The Year of the Panda by Miriam Schlein is a very good story. Inever knew what was going to happen to the panda. I loved this storybecause it's so happy and suspenseful. It tells a story of a boy whofinds a baby panda in the forest beside his mother who had died. Heasked his mom and dad if he could keep the baby panda. They sayyes. The boy's name is Lu Yi. He takes care of the baby panda for along time. [...] I recommend this story for kids 8-10 years old. Ithas big letters. Younger people wouldn't understand the story. It's agreat story. If you love animals, you have to read this story.