If you were a Panda bear,

Guess what you would wear?

A black-and-white suit
And eye patches?how cute!

You'd be very shy,
You'd eat lots of bamboo.

Then you'd take a long nap?
What a good thing to do!

Everyone knows black bears are black, but did you know they can climb trees? Which kind of bear has funny hair? Which one loves catching fish?

Wendell and Florence Minor celebrate the varied personalities of a parade of bears in this spirited collection of poems about our most playful?and lovable?friends.

Florence Minor is the author of Christmas Tree!, illustrated by Wendell Minor, which Kirkus Reviews praised for its "imaginative Christmas trees and poetic, rhyming text." If You Were a Penguin, her second collaboration with Wendell, was selected by Pennsylvania for its "One Book, Every Young Child" early literacy program. If You Were a Panda Bear is her third picture book for children.

Wendell Minor is the illustrator of more than fifty award-winning picture books for children, including Mojave by Diane Siebert, Abe Lincoln Remembers by Ann Turner, The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow, and the New York Times bestseller Reaching for the Moon by Buzz Aldrin, as well as numerous books about the outdoors with his frequent collaborator, Jean Craighead George, including their classic Everglades.

The Minors live in Connecticut, where they share their home and studio with their cats, Sofie and Cindercat.