Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all.
Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he’s seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or the sound of leaves with color and a well-placed line.
Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home—and his own art—through new eyes. When Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it’s up to Ivan to make it a change for the better.
Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create Ivan’s unforgettable first-person narration in a story of friendship, art, and hope.
Katherine Applegate's many books include the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter book series, the picture book The Buffalo Storm, and the award-winning novel Home of the Brave. With her husband, Michael Grant, she wrote the hugely popular series Animorphs, which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.
Katherine was inspired to write The One and Only Ivan after reading about the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, the Shopping Mall Gorilla. The real Ivan lived alone in a tiny cage for twenty-seven years at a shopping mall before being moved to Zoo Atlanta after a public outcry. He was a beloved celebrity at the zoo, which houses the nation's largest collection of western lowland gorillas. Ivan was well known for his paintings, which he "signed" with a thumbprint.
Katherine lives in California with her husband and two children.
这是一本探索人与动物关系的书,尽管这样的探索偏向稚嫩化,但却足以打动人心。马戏团里的人与动物是雇佣的关系,好比人利用着、驱使着动物。可是,在这样的情形下,动物成了彻彻底底的赚钱的工具,人与动物的关系被异化。而动物园,一个看似美好的地方,动物可以在自己那一小...
评分这是一本儿童书,封面是大猩猩伊凡与小象露比坐一起,周围是黑黑的一切,就如同它们孤独的心,而它们头顶上,有一束光照下来,把黑暗驱走,渐渐显露出绿色,就是它们渴望的希望。采用这种形式,让我们了解:必须透过黑暗,才能看到光明。 讲得是一只银背大猩猩伊...
评分今天北京阴雨霏霏,去小区门口取快递时,发现几株玉兰树上已是花苞朵朵了,原本那是每年春来时喜人的景色,尤其是给上下班的路上增加色彩,但如今每日开车,反倒没有机会遇见,差一点就错过了报春的消息。 这本书也是闺女推荐的,复工后被现场和远程交流的夹击下,工作与生活时...
评分一本好的儿童文学作品,应当给读者——无论是小读者还是其家长——以思考和启迪。就此而言,《独一无二的伊凡》无疑是一本出色的儿童小说。 伊凡是一只的银背大猩猩,当它还是宝宝的时候,就被人类从非洲丛林囚到商城的游乐场里。27年来没有见过同类,从不追问自己从哪里来,...
评分“我应该怎么向别人讲述这个故事呢?”这是我看完美国作家凯瑟琳·爱博盖特笔下的《独一无二的伊凡》后想到的问题。这是一个根据真实故事改编的童话,却让我这个成年人动容。我不知道该如何向别人讲述这个故事,也许是我看懂了童话故事里面的现实,刺痛了我的心。 ...
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评分搞了半天还是从马戏团到了动物园,唉。
评分纽伯瑞奖的确是相当程度上的质量保证。对小象完全无感,印象最深的倒是耐心和善地养大主角、主动塞钱给穷困员工、尽量避免苛待动物、结果却被主角跟员工一起背叛的可怜老板Mack,以及结尾那句”This is, after all, still a cage“。大象对动物园的定义很棒——”A good zoo is how humans make amends“,这并不是大团圆,只是现状下所能达到的相对理想收场而已。
评分看到最后才知道原来Ivan是确实存在的一头银背大猩猩,从被捕猎到被豢养被展示直至被沸腾的民意解救到动物园。Ivan很清楚动物园依旧是一个笼子,但是这是它能有的最好结局了,能有其他被解救的大猩猩一起抱团养老。它真是智慧生物啊。这本书的文字非常好,极富诗意,因为这是一只大猩猩的独白,过四级英文的人就能看了。
评分其实是听完的,朗读的不错,尤其是那只狗????,又贱又萌。流落在城市的动物,最后的希望也只能寄托于人类,还好人们在一步一步的了解动物,关心动物。Ivan有了自己要保护的小象Ruby,这个时候他才是最强大的吧。U R always the one and only
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