Happy Birthday, Baby Pandas!

Exciting news from the National Zoo this weekend: Twin panda cubs were born to Mei Xiang, one of three giant pandas at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

This is Mei Xiang's third successful pregnancy. She gave birth in 2005 to Tai Shan, who was moved to China in 2010, and in 2013 to Bao Bao, who lives at the National Zoo.

Find out more about these beautiful, endangered animals with these informational books about pandas.

Travel to China with Riley and Alice to research the pandas living in the Jiuzhaigou Valley and Wolong reserves in Project Panda. Part of the Adventures of Riley series, this book uses graphics and photographs to tell the story of pandas in the wild.

Even pandas go to school! Meet the Panda Kindergarten class at the Wolong Nature Reserve in China as they eat, sleep and play their way through a year.

Learn the ins and outs of pandas, from giant to red, and how they compare with humans and other bears in Giant Pandas, part of the Zoobooks series.

It's A Perfect Time for Pandas when Jack and Annie are magically transported to a giant panda reserve in China during a historic earthquake. Can they save the pandas and find the missing piece they are looking for to save their friend Penny? Then check your panda facts with Pandas and Other Endangered Species, the nonfiction companion to the novel.