The One and Only Ivan

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Glossary

hello

names

patience

how I look

the exit 8 big top mall and video arcade

the littlest big top on earth

gone

artists

shapes in clouds

imagination

the loneliest gorilla in the world

tv

the nature show

stella

stella’s trunk

a plan

bob

wild

picasso

three visitors

my visitors return

sorry

julia

drawing bob

bob and julia

mack

not sleepy

the beetle

change

guessing

jambo

lucky

arrival

stella helps

old news

tricks

introductions

stella and ruby

home of the one and only ivan

art lesson

treat

elephant jokes

children

the parking lot

ruby’s story

a hit

worry

the promise

knowing

five men

comfort

crying

the one and only ivan

once upon a time

the grunt

mud

protector

a perfect life

the end

vine

the temporary human

hunger

still life

punishment

babies

beds

my place

nine thousand eight hundred and seventy-six days

a visit

a new beginning

poor mack

colors

a bad dream

the story

how

remembering

what they did

something else to buy

another ivan

days

nights

project

not right

going nowhere

bad guys

ad

imagining

not-tag

one more thing

the seven-o’clock show

twelve

H

nervous

showing julia

more paintings

chest-beating

angry

puzzle pieces

finally

the next morning

mad human

phone call

a star again

the ape artist

interview

the early news

signs on sticks

protesters

check marks

free ruby

new box

training

poking and prodding

no painting

more boxes

good-bye

click

an idea

respect

photo

leaving

good boy

moving

awakening

missing

food

not famous

something in the air

a new tv

the family

excited

what i see

still there

watching

she

door

wondering

ready

outside at last

oops

what it was like

pretending

nest

more tv

it

romance

more about romance

grooming

talk

the top of the hill

the wall

safe

silverback

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Author's Note

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher