The One and Only Ivan is a children’s novel by award-winning author, Katherine Applegate. Inspired the the true story of a silverback gorilla who spent nearly three decades caged alone in a shopping mall.Tumblr (3.0; @theoneandonlyivan)http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/<p><strong><br/></strong></p> <p><strong>2012</strong></p> <p>September 17 &#8212; San Rafael, CA &#8212; visiting author</p> <p><a href="http://www.booksinc.net/PaloAlto">October 2</a> &#8212; Palo Alto, CA &#8212;  Books, Inc. 6:30&#160;pm (with Michael Grant)</p> <p><a href="http://www.newenglandbooks.org/Default.aspx?pageId=252954">October 4</a> &#8212; New England Independent Booksellers Association Fall Conference &#8212; NECBA Children’s Author and Illustrator Dinner 6-10&#160;pm (with Michael Grant)</p> <p><a href="http://wordupfair.org/">October 7</a> &#8212; San Rafael, CA &#8212; Word Up! A Community Learning Fair (with Michael Grant)</p> <p><a href="http://litquake.org/">October 9 &amp; 10</a> &#8212; San Francisco, CA Kidquake</p> <p><a href="http://www.texasbookfestival.org/">October 27 &amp; 28</a> &#8212;  Texas Book Festival &#8212; Reading Rockstars visiting author</p> <p><strong>2013</strong></p> <p><a href="http://readingcouncil.com/id119.html">January 18 - 20&#160;</a>&#8212; Asilomar Reading Conference</p> <p><a href="http://wwuclc.com/">February 23</a> &#8212; Western Washington University Children’s Literature Conference</p>http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/30980955413http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/30980955413Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:46:56 -0700<a href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/08/21/2263040/zoo-atlanta-mourns-death-of-50.html">R.I.P., Ivan.</a>http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/30980762438http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/30980762438Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:42:17 -0700<a href="http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-one-and-only-ivans-road-trip-video.html">The One and Only Mr. Schu's road trip to visit the Ivan</a>http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/30980728784http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/30980728784Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:41:29 -0700<a href="http://www.globalreadaloud.com/2012/07/and-official-books-for-2012-are.html">The One and Only Ivan is a Global Read Aloud 2012 selection!</a>http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/30980507647http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/30980507647Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:36:16 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyjrdwzkYG1rn91epo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ivan in his cage. Photo from <a href="http://www.paws.org/ivan-gorilla.html">PAWS</a>, an organization that was vital in advocating for his release.</p>http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/16684009862http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/16684009862Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:29:56 -0800<a href="http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/mudroom/features/2011/06/Remembering-Ivan-the-Gorilla-from-tacoma-B-and-I-circus-store/">The Silverback of South Tacoma: Remembering Ivan the Gorilla</a>: <p>Here’s a fascinating article about the real Ivan’s story. It includes this quote from Anna Borst posted on a Facebook fan page for Ivan:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ivan, my grandpa would take me to visit you at the B&I a couple times a week in the early ‘80s. I would squish between the wooden rail and the glass and put my hands on the glass. You always came as close as you could and we would watch each other for what seemed like an eternity. I used to beg my grandpa to let me go in and visit you because you were sad.</p> </blockquote>http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/16683682445http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/16683682445Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:21:55 -0800<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ewJLlu3lddo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The real Ivan at Zoo Atlanta, doing a little chest-beating!</p>http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/16683235160http://theoneandonlyivan.tumblr.com/post/16683235160Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:11:00 -0800