Cindy and Panda

Ages 4 to 8, Grades P to 3

For fans of Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers comes a perfectly baked story about the messy delight of baking and making new friends from Disney animator Benson Shum.

Cindy loves to bake, but she doesn’t always follow a recipe! One day, she runs out to grab ingredients for a pie and comes back with something sweeter—a panda who wants to help! Their freestyle recipe may lead to chaos in the kitchen and a bit of a messy meltdown, but together, the pair have the perfect ingredients for a sweet-as-pie friendship.This book includes a pie recipe in the back with its very own freestyle section for young bakers excited to explore!

About the Author

Benson Shum is the author and illustrator of Little Seed, Anzu the Great Kaiju, Anzu the Great Listener, and Alex’s Good Fortune, and the illustrator of Sloth Went by Adam Lehrhaupt. He is also an animator at the Walt Disney Animation Studios and has worked on such films as Frozen, Zootopia, Moana, Raya and the Last Dragon, and Encanto. Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Benson now lives in sunny Southern California. His favorite pie is strawberry-rhubarb, but apple comes in close second. Visit him at bensonshum.com.