Picky Panda (With Fun Flaps to Lift)

Celebrate the joys of fresh perspectives and unexpected beauty in this touching lift-the-flap, full-color picture book from paper engineer Jackie Huang.

Persnickety Mr. Panda likes his world to be just so. His decisions are always easy: yes or no, good or bad, right or wrong, black or white . . . until one day when the gift of a red flower changes everything.

Touching, clever, and with a great message about remaining flexible and open to the beauty in the world, this lift-the-flap picture book is an innovative and heartwarming story sure to resonate with readers. Author-illustrator Jackie Huang brings her utterly unique 3D-layered and cut-paper art style to this project, making Picky Panda even more of a standout on bookshelves.

Jackie Huang moved to Los Angeles after high school to attend the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Shortly after graduating, she returned to school to study illustration at ArtCenter College of Design. There she found a new way of storytelling through her love of paper art and pop-ups. Whether it’s through an unusual story twist or a pop-up unfolding, Huang believes in the magic of transforming the ordinary into something extraordinary. Huang lives with her family in Los Angeles. Picky Panda is her first picture book.