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.
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.
用这个题目其实是并么有太多深意,只是因为读完这本书,耳机刚好传出这首歌的前奏。《请在九月结束时叫醒我》(《Wake Me Up When September Ends》)是绿日乐队的一首歌曲,大凡是成功的摇滚乐队,似乎都具备这种让人怜爱的特质——他们看似无所畏惧,可在冷冰冰的现实面前...
评分当你看到动物被关在笼子里的时候,那些在丛林里玩耍的动物被人类折磨,你骑在大象背上的时候,却不知道这温顺从何而来,你有没有想到动物需要家,那些马戏团里的小棚子,不是它们的家,而是一个笼子,,关押动物的笼子,丛林,大自然才是他们真正的家,人类与动物天生共存,没...
评分当你看到动物被关在笼子里的时候,那些在丛林里玩耍的动物被人类折磨,你骑在大象背上的时候,却不知道这温顺从何而来,你有没有想到动物需要家,那些马戏团里的小棚子,不是它们的家,而是一个笼子,,关押动物的笼子,丛林,大自然才是他们真正的家,人类与动物天生共存,没...
评分 评分动物之梦 这是“一个根据真实故事改编的童话”,故事的主角是大猩猩,叫伊凡。伊凡喜欢“气泡瀑布般的汽水,喜欢朝人丢它的粪球”,但很少有人知道,大猩猩伊凡最喜欢的事情是画画。 会画画的大猩猩伊凡,来自美国儿童文学家凯瑟琳·艾波盖特,获得纽伯瑞儿童文学奖...
读这本书太意外了,完全是因为清理手机的时候无意中看到了。这本书每个章节都很短,却有一种思考在里面。读的时候一遍一遍想起“我喜欢你是寂静的,遥远而哀伤”。这不仅仅是给孩子看的一本书,阅读的过程让人沉浸,很喜欢。
评分诗一般
评分A good zoo is how humans make amends. 从一只gorilla 的角度去讲了一个,mighty silverback 怎么去拯救一只小象的故事。被囚禁在马戏团从事表演,作为the one and only one,是多么痛苦的事情。以后不会去看任何动物表演。
评分2017.04.09
评分Children's literature, yet heartfelt.
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