There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it.

Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan was inspired by a real-life gorilla who lived in a mall in Tacoma, Wash. The author says humans have... Meet 'Ivan': The Gorilla Who Lived In A Shopping ...

Thailand's only gorilla has lived at Pata Zoo, atop a mall in Bangkok, for 30 years - Copyright AFP MANAN VATSYAYANA Thailand's only gorilla has lived at Pata Zoo ...

Reading great books with kids that address different angles of sensitivity helps raise a child’s awareness of this important life lesson. Such is the case in the books reviewed below. The true story ...

Ivan the Gorilla was brought from Africa to a Tacoma, Washington mall to attract shoppers. Eventually, after public outcry, Ivan was moved to a Zoo in Atlanta. From the Congo to America, and from a ...

Ivan, a silverback gorilla who lived for 27 years in a Tacoma, Wash., shopping mall, chews on his finger at the Atlanta Zoo in 1996. The story was the inspiration for Katherine Applegate's book The ...

In this poignant picture book, Applegate streamlines the story told in her Newbery-winning novel, The One and Only Ivan, about an African gorilla captured by poachers and caged in a Washington State ...