THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN

Author: Applegate, Katherine

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Inc. ABOUT THE AUTHOR,

Year Published: 2018
KATHRINE
APPLEGATE
Kathrine Applegate has received a
Golden Kite award along with the
Josette Frank Award for best
children’s fiction.
GOOD TO KNOW…
She wrote the hit series Anamorphs,
The One and Only Ivan falls under the fiction genre,
with her husband.
however the author was inspired by a real gorilla
names Ivan when she wrote the book. Kinyani and
Jambo are also based off of real Gorillias.
The real Ivan lived at the Zoo Atlanta.

POINT OF VIEW
The story is told in first person. Ivan is
the main character and everything
that happens is seen through his
eyes.

SETTING
The Mall Circus
And then
The Gorilla Exhibit at the Zoo

Applegate, Katherine. The One and

Only Ivan. Provincial Resource
Centre for the Visually Impaired,
2018.

Brianna Derrick – Investigator – Spring 2020 – EDUC 459

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