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 ...

"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.

Book cover for “The One and Only Ivan,” by Katherine Applegate, who will talk and sign at the Tacoma Library Feb. 2 Tacoma Public Library Courtesy Ivan the gorilla passed away more than three ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The studio goes down the Discovery Channel road again, albeit more successfully, with “The One and Only Ivan” on Disney+. The sweet film is not only based on the children’s book by Katherine ...

Just in time for summer, NPR's Backseat Book Club will introduce us to an amazing gorilla. He's the title character in The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. Ivan is a silverback who's the ...

It was through the 1993 New York Times article “A Gorilla Sulks in a Mall as His Future is Debated” that the young adult and children's fiction author learned about Ivan, a silverback ...

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 ...

Based on the book by Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan tells the story of a silverback gorilla who decides he wants a better life for himself and his friends, who all live in a suburban ...

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 ...