Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla

By Katherine Applegate.

Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla

Description

In a spare, powerful text and evocative illustrations, the Newbery medalist Katherine Applegate and the artist G. Brian Karas present the extraordinary real story of a special gorilla.     Captured as a baby, Ivan was brought to a Tacoma, Washington, mall to attract shoppers. Gradually, public pressure built until a better way of life for Ivan was found at Zoo Atlanta. From the Congo to America, and from a local business attraction to a national symbol of animal welfare, Ivan the Shopping Mall Gorilla traveled an astonishing distance in miles and in impact.  &n...

ISBN(s)

0544252306, 9780544252301

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