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.
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...
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 评分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...
It is really a children's book with quick but happy ending though most of the time the world is crueler and more hopeless than it seems to be in books. It reminds me of those disheveled and hairless animals like goats confined in cramped rooms in our old local zoo in the old days. Thinking of that makes me feel sad.
评分Ivan的画……
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4.24gr| so sweet a modern Charlotte and Wilbur ruby was so cute who lightened up the dull atmosphere and brought out the best of everyone the chest beating was every bit as exciting as phoebe's roaring Julia and Ivan's hands pressed against each other just can't stop the tears stuffed with human hypocrisy but wth am human and I love it
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