Readers can party with a panda--and all creatures tall and small--in this endearing picture book by Newbery Medalist Park (A Single Shard) and brilliant illustrator Phelan. Full color. 11 x 9 5/16.Xander Panda wants to throw a party, but a panda party would have only one guest--himself. So, he decid...

Readers can party with a panda--and all creatures tall and small--in this endearing picture book by Newbery Medalist Park (A Single Shard) and brilliant illustrator Phelan. Full color. 11 x 9 5/16.Xander Panda wants to throw a party, but a panda party would have only one guest--himself. So, he decides to invite all the bears. But Koala protests. She's not a bear--she's a marsupial Does that mean she can't 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 Phelan's charming ink and watercolor paintings are the icing on the cake.**