Reviews for Dinner at the Panda Palace

The average rating for Dinner at the Panda Palace based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-09-01 00:00:00 Vladislav Vilensky Got an email from my daughter, M, the other day, 'Do you remember a book (I think it was a read-along book with a tape recording too) where there were a bunch of animals all trying to fit into a house, with the question, "Is there room for ONE MORE?" That is something I say often. C (her husband) thought it was a "M-ism", until recently, when I said it was from a book. He asked which book and I cannot for the life of me remember! Do you?' After a back-and-forth email/phone discussion for the better part of the day, she found it! (To my chagrin!) 😉 Last night I read it to aloud to my husband and memories came flooding back. Dinner at the Panda Palace is a delightful children's rhyming counting book about a restaurant where progressively larger groups of animals come for dinner. A hungry elephant, a pair of lions, three pigs running away from a wolf, four splendid peacocks, five swinging monkeys, six giraffes who'd just 'painted the town' (literally, as they have paint cans around their necks), seven laughing hyenas, eight elegant penguins dressed for a date, the nine Honey Bear All Stars, and mother hen with her chicks for their table for ten, show up in turn and are welcomed by Panda and shown to their respective places. Then comes the crisis, which my daughter remembered so well. The restaurant was full. All the tables were taken. What would happen if one more unexpected guest showed up? I think from the opening and my daughter's memories, you can guess! Highly recommended, as it can remain with your child long past when s/he is little!

Review # 2 was written on 2014-07-25 00:00:00 Thomas Hakun Dinner at the Panda Palace, by Stephanie Calmenson, is the fanciful tale of Mr. Panda and the many and varied guests who arrive at his restaurant for dinner one night. There's one enormously hungry elephant, two royal lions, three pigs hoping to grab a bite while hiding from the big bad wolf, and so on. Each group of diners arrives one at a time wishing to find a table at the Panda Palace. This enchanting book is brimming with captivating and lyrical rhymes which are complemented by clever and whimsical illustrations. This classic is sure to keep youngsters entertained time and time again.