At long last, irrepressible panda cub, Ping, is leaving the safety of his nature reserve to embark on a journey of a lifetime! The second hilarious Panda Panic story in the fantastic new Awesome Animals series - awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife, from award-winning authors.

Ping the panda lives with his mum and twin sister on the Wolong nature reserve in China. Although his name means `peaceful` he's anything but! Ping craves adventure and excitement but unfortunately he is a panda... and pandas do pretty much nothing except eat bamboo.

But when Ping gets swept off down the river, he at last finds the adventure he's been waiting for. Will Ping and his new friend Little Bear enjoy their freedom, or will the shadows, and the bandits, and the lurking snow leopards have them running for home-sweet-home?

This book features in the following series: Awesome Animals, Panda Panic .

This book has been graded for interest at 7+ years.

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Sam Hearn began illustrating children's books in 2003 and has since worked with publishers like Bloomsbury, Macmillan, Hodder and Scholastic. He is the illustrator of the Charlie series by Hilary McKay. Sam lives in West London. His website is samhearn. blogspot. co. uk. Jamie Rix was born in London in 1958 and has three brothers and sisters. He is also a TV Producer and Director and has worked on comedy shows such as Smith and Jones and many others. He lives in Battersea with his wife and two children