![]() ![]() The first chapter only has 3 or 4 lines, literally.” It turns out that was good for reluctant readers. ![]() The result was a book with a lot of white space. That he would be plain spoken and not waste a lot of words. Applegate said in a phone interview after the award was announced. “I knew right away I wanted it to be written in first-person gorilla but really took some time to find the voice,” Ms. The book, published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, moves beyond the facts to imagine Ivan’s thoughts in his solitary cage and then as he learns more about life and his peers in Atlanta. ![]() Years, he became a celebrity after being placed with a large group of gorillas in the Atlanta zoo, where he made paintings and signed them with a thumbprint. After being kept alone in a cage at a mall for 27 The book, written by Katherine Applegate, a prolific author of children’s books, was inspired by the real-life tale of a gorilla in Tacoma, Wash., named Ivan. Outstanding contribution to children’s literature. “The One and Only Ivan,” the story of a silverback gorilla who makes a new life for himself after being moved from a tiny cage in a mall to a zoo, won the John Newbery Medal on Monday for the year’s ![]()
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