Stella is an older elephant who has a chronic injury in one leg and regularly performs in the daily shows. Along with Ivan, Stella the elephant and Bob a stray dog, live at the mall.

He watches television, eats bananas and makes artwork that is sold by the owner. He lives in his domain, and is generally content with his life. Ivan, the silver-back gorilla, has lived in captivity at the Big Top Mall for 9,855 days by his own tally. The story is placed at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. The novel is written in first person from the point of view of Ivan, a silver-back gorilla. The book is about a silver-back gorilla named Ivan, who lives in a cage at a mall. The One and Only Ivan is a children's novel written by Katherine Applegate. The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate With enough time, you can get used to almost anything. It’s not so bad, I wanted to tell the little boy. 'He must be the loneliest gorilla in the world,' he said, clutching his mother’s handĪt times like that, I wished humans could understand me the way I can understand them. Not so long ago, a little boy stood before my glass, tears streaming down his smooth red cheeks. My noseprint, like your fingerprint, is the first and last and only.

Sometimes I press my nose against the glass. Here is a link telling about Ivan and his life and his death at 50 years old =( One of the OMG moments is that Ivan was at Zoo Atlanta when I went there years ago!! I need to see if I can find my old pictures of him! I can’t believe I met the Ivan from the book!! One of the sad things besides Ivan’s life is that I probably already knew all about this but forget things too easy now. Overall, I liked this movie.OMG!! I finally read this book because of a book challenge and Omg!! This book is fiction but it is based on a real 'IVAN'. Most of the film struggles due it rushes aspects of the film and doesn't go as far as it could go in terms of character development or storyline. Its also worth noting, Brian Cranston is wonderful as Mack the owner and promoter of the show.

In most movies like this, the capitor or zoo keeper is portrayed as an evil, money hungry man whose cruel to his animals but this film is clever in creating a sympathetic and likable keeper which adds more interest to the story. The One and Only Ivan has a good story to it, Sam Rockwell is good as always here and you really care about these animals and you want to see them be free. The One and Only Ivan has a good story to it, Sam Rockwell is good as always here and you really care about these animals and you Disney Plus has few notable original exclusives to its catalog other than the Mandalorian and this is one of their newer exclusives for their streaming service. Disney Plus has few notable original exclusives to its catalog other than the Mandalorian and this is one of their newer exclusives for their streaming service.

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