"People call me the Freeway Gorilla. The Ape at Exit 8. The One and Only Ivan, Mighty Silverback. The names are mine, but they're not me. I am Ivan, just Ivan, only Ivan. Humans waste words.

ExploreIvan the gorilla of Zoo Atlanta dies As we learn in the children’s book “The One and Only Ivan,” by Katherine Applegate, Ivan is strong, sensitive and patient. “Patient is a useful ...

But Applegate’s newest book is something completely different. Titled “The One and Only Ivan” (HarperCollins, $16.99), her novel features a gorilla as the main protagonist. It’s an unusual ...

Bob first sauntered into readers’ hearts in Applegate’s “The One and Only Ivan,” a bestseller that won the Newbery Medal in 2013. The new book reunites BFFs Ivan, a gentle silverback ...

Katherine Applegate's "The One and Only Ivan" won the John Newbery Medal for the outstanding book of 2012, while Jon Klassen's "This Is Not My Hat" received the Randolph Caldecott Medal for ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The One and Only Ivan is bringing ... who in the book is quite more of a sort of 2D villain ...

The One and Only Ivan—which was directed by Thea Sharrock and written by Mike White—was adapted from the 2012 children’s book by K. A. Applegate. In the movie, Bryan Cranston plays Mack ...

Enter two streaming this weekend: “The One and Only Ivan,” a Disney+ film that brings heart and not much else to adapting a popular children’s book; and “The Sleepover,” Netflix’s ...

The One and Only Ivan writer Mike White has explained the biggest change from the book for the new Disney+ movie. Adapted from the bestselling children's book by Katherine Applegate, The One and ...

An adaptation of Katherine Applegate’s bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning book The One and Only Ivan comes to the screen today, Friday, Aug. 14 on Disney+. Ivan the 400-pound silverback ...