![]() ![]() I always carry a copy in my car because you never know when someone might need one. Ivan’s story and Katherine’s capacious ( thank you, Kate DiCamillo) heart have impacted my life unlike any reading experience before or since the publication of The One and Only Ivan. From where I’m sitting right now, I can see the copy of The One and Only Ivan that Ivan autographed. ![]() If you read my blog, follow me on Twitter, or have ever visited my school library, you have heard me talk at length about the time I spent an hour with the real Ivan and his caretaker, Jodi. It is safe to say I have become a relentless and self-proclaimed ambassador for Katherine’s masterpiece. I must get this book into as many hands as possible” Nine hundred twenty-three days later, those words are still bouncing around inside my head. I must get this book into as many hands as possible. I can still hear the reverberating refrain that ran through my head on that cold winter’s day: “I must get this book into as many hands as possible. I can still see the tears that soaked the pages of my advanced reader’s copy. I read Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan on January 4, 2012. ![]()
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