Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla
by Katherine Applegate and G. Brian Karas
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- Grade
- PK-6
- 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
- Phonics & Phonolgical Awareness
- Any Vowel Sounds
- Vowel Combinations
- Long I
- Short A
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- 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
- Literary Science, K-5
- Power of Peace
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Honor, 2015
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Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Honor, 2015
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
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Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2015
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Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2015
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Nonfiction Selection, 2014
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