Age: Preschool-1st grade
Animals: Zoo

This party-planning panda decides to throw a fantastic Panda Party but remembers that he is the only panda at the zoo. He branches out his invite to just bears but realizes that Koala Bear can't come, since she is technically a marsupial. As he expands the guest list he continues to encounter animals that don't fit his parameters, and so Xander expands it further and further until everyone is invited--even the new member of the zoo.

I loved the simple illustrations, the in-line rhymes, and the scientific mentions to animal vocabulary--not to mention the storyline is really fun. At the end, Park provides scientific background to some of the animals featured, including the Panda Bear.