Books by Katherine Applegate

Katherine Applegate, author of our November book, The One and Only Ivan, has written many other terrific books for young readers.  Here is another of her other books you might like to read:

 
Home of the Brave (2007)

Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.

November Author: Katherine Applegate

Katherine Applegate is the wonderful author of our November book, The One and Only Ivan.  She is the author of many books for children including the series Animorphs and Roscoe Riley Rules.  Find out more about her by reading this wonderful interview with School Library Journal and by visiting the One and Only Ivan website.

Did you know that the story of Ivan was based on a real gorilla?  Find out more about the real Ivan by visiting The One and Only Ivan website and by reading the companion picture book Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla.

November Book

The Book Buddies book for November will be.... The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate!  This book won the Newbery medal in 2013 and was a Rhode Island Children's Book Award nominee in 2014.  It is one of my favorite books of the last few years!

We will meet to discuss The One and Only Ivan on Wednesday, November 19th at 4:00pm in the John Clarke Children's Program Room.  (Please note the time change from 3:30pm to 4:00pm.  We are hoping to give new members more time to get to the library from school).

Copies of the book are available at the Children's Desk. 

Hope to see you in November!