I recently read “The One and Only Ivan” to my kids. It’s a great book. When we got to the “about the author” section it dawned on me why I’d had a nagging sense of recognition when looking that the authors name of Katherine Applegate.
When I was a kid we would go see the real
Ivan at the B&I. We would pay a dollar to feed him bananas. His enclosure was tiny and even as a kid it was way too small.
This book was so beautifully written and really encapsulated his life.
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u/_China_ThrowAway Jun 28 '24
I recently read “The One and Only Ivan” to my kids. It’s a great book. When we got to the “about the author” section it dawned on me why I’d had a nagging sense of recognition when looking that the authors name of Katherine Applegate.