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The book follows Bob, an abused stray dog who befriends a gorilla named Ivan and an elephant named Ruby. After being adopted by kind girl named Julia, Bob attempts to re-learn how to trust humans. After a hurricane wrecks his town, Bob runs away from home to find his long-lost sister, who was once presumed dead.
The One and Only Ivan is a 2012 novel written by Katherine Applegate and illustrated by Patricia Castelao. It is about a silverback gorilla named Ivan who lived in a cage at a mall, and is written from Ivan's point of view. In 2013 it was named the winner of the Newbery Medal. [1]
You're Only Old Once! was Seuss's first adult book since The Seven Lady Godivas, which was published in 1939. The Seven Lady Godivas sold fewer than 500 copies when it was first released, [3] but You're Only Old Once! reached No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list, [4] and remained on the list for over 60 weeks. [5]
The already vigorous growth in children's books became a boom in the 1950s, and children's publishing became big business. [3]: 481 In 1952, American journalist E. B. White published Charlotte's Web, which was described as "one of the very few books for young children that face, squarely, the subject of death".
It was the second best-selling children's book, with 220 fewer sales than author J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. [29] The book had sold 150,000 units in the UK as of December 2023. [17] In Russia, The English Roses sold 9,000 copies in the first-week, of which half of those copies were sold in its first-day alone. [30]
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges details her friendship with retired teacher Barbara Henry, who is the subject of her new children's book, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk with My Teacher."
Numeroff was born in Brooklyn, New York, the youngest of three girls.By the age of nine, she had decided she wanted to be a writer when she grew up. [1] She credits her current profession to two childhood favorites, saying that they "are the reason" she is a writer: E. B. White's Stuart Little and Kay Thompson's Eloise.
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is separated by reading level, [5] and each title includes summaries with information on the author as well; [6] each picture book title is accompanied by colourful illustrations. [1] Some of the genres included are fantasy, adventure, history, contemporary life, and others. [7]