APPLEGATE, Katherine. The One and Only Ivan. Illustrations by Patricia Castelao. [NY]: Harper [2012]. 8vo, [x] 307pp. Light green boards stamped in green. Light green speckled endpapers; numerous half-tone illustrations throughout. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). Signed by the author, Katherine Applegate!

 

First edition. 2013 Newbery Medal Winner! Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes.