🦍IVAN - THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF THE SHOPPING MALL GORILLA by Katherine AppleGate -PV Storytime

Today’s children’s books reading by PV storytime is IVAN - THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF THE SHOPPING MALL GORILLA by Katherine AppleGate and G. Brian Karas
In spare, moving words and evocative illustrations, Newbery medalist Katherine Applegate and artist G. Brian Karas present the extraordinary real account of a special gorilla.
Captured as a baby, Ivan was brought to America and used to entice shoppers to a mall. Over many years, customers' curiosity about the gorilla turned to pity and to outrage about his treatment, and pressure built until a better way of life for this gentle creature was found.
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.
This is his true story.
According to wikipedia.org
"On Tuesday August 21, 2012, 50-year-old Ivan died while anesthetized during a medical exam. His health had been in decline and the necropsy revealed a large tumor in his chest. Ivan was one of the oldest gorillas in captivity when he died. The Atlanta Zoo honored the request made by Ivan's original owners to have his remains cremated and returned to Tacoma, Washington. Ivan was never forgotten by the local community in which he was raised. People sent birthday and holiday cards to Ivan throughout his life at Zoo Atlanta, and also sent flowers and condolence cards after his death.
A 600-pound (270 kg) bronze statue of Ivan was unveiled outside the Point Defiance Zoo's main entrance on October 26, 2016."
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