Barbara Kristof

Meili and Wenling Barbara Kristof

Meili and Wenling is the story of a giant panda and a young Chinese girl whose lives become intertwined after Wenling visits the pandas at the Wolong National Nature Reserve. It is at Wolong, which sprung like magic out of the panda book Wenling's grandmother gave her on her fifth birthday, that Wenling and Meili meet for the first time.



From the very first moment they are together, Meili and Wenling communicate in a way that only the two of them understand, and Meili becomes that still, small voice inside Wenling's head that leads her to make good decisions and take the right actions.



In this story, a family of giant pandas and a family of humans create together a kind of magical place that is built on the love and trust they feel for each other.