The #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award-winning novel The One and Only Ivan is now a major motion picture streaming on Disney+ Shoestring the boy who walks on air by Julie Hunt.Girl 38 Finding a friend by Ewa Jozefkowicz.The Book Tree by Paul Czajak illustrated by Rashin.Clouds by Peggy Blakeley illustrated by Kazuo Niizaka.The secret Library of Hummingbird House by Juliann.Biscuit book series by Alyssa Satin Capucilli.

Molesons book series by Burny Bos illustrated by H.

Butterflies for Grandpa Joe by Nicola Davies illus.

Sir Lance-a-little series by Rose Impey illustrate.

The Seeing Stick by Jane Yolen illustrated by Dani.

Tales of all Kinds: The World of Ursula Dubosarsky.

A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Joy McCullough.

The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate.

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Little Blue Car by Gwen Grant illustrated by Susan.

The Prince's Bedtime by Joanne Oppenheim illustrat.

Listen to an audio sample from page 8 onwards. These books are a perfect pair but I am glad I took the time to re-read The One and Only Ivan ( take a look at this publisher trailer) in conjunction with this new title. Later another book about Ivan was published which covered the true life story of Ivan (see below). Kirkus used the perfect word to describe this book - bittersweet. I read The One and Only Ivan in 2012 and it affected me deeply. If you need more plot details read this review by Ms Yingling - she plans to purchase two copies of The One and Only Bob for her library! I suggest you should do this too. Life seems goodexcept Bob longs to find his big sister Boss. What dog in his right mind would say no to that?'īob lives near the zoo and Julia is happy to take him to visit Ivan and Ruby.

Who was I to argue? Two square meals, my own bed, all the belly rubs I could beg for. My girl, Julia, whose dad had worked at the mall, decided her family needed a dog. Bob goes to live with their friend Julia. The zoo is a place of safety and companionship. You gotta have the moves.'Īt the end of The One and Only Ivan, Ivan and Ruby and the other shopping mall animal circus performers are taken to a zoo. You're probably thinking I'm some wimpy lap dog. Definitely some Chihuahua, with a smidgen of papillon on my father's side. Early in his life Bob was abandoned so he has huge trust issues and opinions about humans. Ivan, Stella and Ruby are held captive in this shopping mall and used for the 'entertainment' of visiting shoppers. Later another small elephant comes to join them - Ruby. Ivan, a shopping centre gorilla had two main friends in the first installment - Bob, a small dog, and Stella, an elephant. You may remember Bob from The One and Only Ivan.

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