The One and Only Ivan My Story

Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao

eBook - 2012

The #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award-winning novel The One and Only Ivan is now a major motion picture streaming on Disney+This unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is ...forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes.In the tradition of timeless stories like Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, Katherine Applegate blends humor...

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Published
HarperCollins
Language
English
Main Authors
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao
Online Access
OverDrive Resource Page
Format
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ISBN9780062101983
ASINB005DIB6GG
Release Date1/17/2012
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780062101983
Release Date1/17/2012