Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla
by Katherine Applegate and G. Brian Karas
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2014
Word Count 566
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 169750, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Animal welfare
- Animal welfare--Juvenile literature
- Gorilla--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Zoos
- Shopping malls--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Apes, Monkeys, etc.
- Washington (State)
- Tacoma
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Animal Welfare
- Tacoma (Wash.)--Juvenile literature
- Tacoma (Wash.)
- Animal rescue
- Animal rescue--Juvenile literature
- Gorilla
- Shopping malls
- Lists With This Book
- Life Science, K-5
- Power of Peace
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Katherine Applegate
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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About the Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Katherine Applegate
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Author Interviews 5
Interview with Katherine Applegate
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Interview with Katherine Applegate
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Interview with Katherine Applegate
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Interview with Katherine Applegate
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Interview with Katherine Applegate
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Matching Activity from Indiana Library Federation
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Teacher's Guide from Indiana Library Federation
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Compare and Contrast Activity from Indiana Library Federation
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Lesson Plan from Weston Woods
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Educator's Guide from Harcourt
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Book Readings 1
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Book Trailers 1
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Awards & Distinctions 6
Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2022
Honor, 2015
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2022
Honor, 2015
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2022
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
ILA Teachers' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Nonfiction Selection, 2014
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