The book begins with a simple introduction: "Hello. That penetrating gaze, that intelligence it's hard not to be anthropomorphic when you're looking at a great ape - at any primate - but especially with gorillas. "I think, though, it's the eyes that get me. "Their manual dexterity, it's so human," she says.
Applegate joined NPR's Michele Norris at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., to talk about Ivan, and what she finds so captivating about primates. The real-life Ivan finally made his way to the Atlanta Zoo. It tells the story of a gorilla who spent 27 years in a shopping mall in Tacoma, Wash. Our June pick is The One and Only Ivan, a Newbery Medal-winning book by Katherine Applegate. The school year is drawing to a close, but NPR's Backseat Book Club has plenty of reading lined up for the summer. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The One and Only Ivan Author Katherine Applegate
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