The One and Only Ivan by: Katherine Applegate
The one and only Ivan is about a gorilla named Ivan, a mighty silver-back. Ivan has a friend named Bob that lives in his domain, Bob is a dog, and Stella who is an elephant. Ivan and his friends live in a mall by exit 8, they entertain customers that walk by their domain. Ivan is also expected to draw pictures for Mack, his owner, that are sold in the gift shop. One day Stella gets sick and dies. Ruby, a little elephant, is sent in to take Stella's place and perform in shows. Ivan promised Stella that he would take good care of Ruby and soon get her out of the mall into a zoo. Read to find out if that happens.Connection - When I was at the Erie, PA zoo I saw that one of the gorilla had died and he had also had a friend who was a bunny in his cage, which reminded me of the book. When I went to the gift shop at the zoo I saw that there were paintings done by the animals just like in this book.
I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. It made me cry at the end and for my mom too.
Glad that you got to the Erie Zoo. Neat that there was a connection between the book and what you saw at the zoo!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great real life connection. I have never heard of a gorilla and a bunny being friends.
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ReplyDeleteGreat job on your blog so far! Have you seen the author's website for this book? It has her contact information if you'd like to write to her... http://theoneandonlyivan.com/book/
I'm sure she would love to know that you gave the book 5 stars.
The One and Only Ivan sounds like an interesting book! The gorilla being friends with a bunny reminds me of the true story of Koko the gorilla being friends with a kitten. That is another book you might want to read.
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