The Big Backyard magazine is a glossy, highly colorful digest meant for elementary aged kids about animals. This particular edition is about different kinds of pandas. The magazine has informative information about the typical panda, as well as red pandas, and then includes information about why some animals are black and white, as well as snow owls.

There are many activities to go along with this information, including snack recipes, little books that can be assembled from some of the pages, and puzzles. These activities appear to be entertaining as well as age appropriate to the readers of the magazine. Overall, the zine is factual and interesting, with pictures that not only explain the text, but add to it. This is an informative little piece of non-fiction that will do well in any elementary library. ( )