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Children create art for Ivan
One District One Book started Sept. 23
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Allison Prieto displays her mixed media art project inspired by the book, The One and Only Ivan during Vicki McCulleys class at Eisenhower Elementary School in Great Bend. - photo by Photo courtesy of USD 428
Elementary students in Great Bend USD 428 have been creating inspired art for the Sept. 23 launch of the school district’s 2016-2017 One District One Book citywide reading program. This year students will be given copies of “The One and Only Ivan,” a Newberry Medal-winning book by Katherine Applegate.“Ivan” is based on the real-life story of a silverback gorilla who spent 27 years in a shopping mall in Tacoma, Washington, isolated in a 40 by 40 foot concrete mall enclosure. In the book, Ivan learns to finger paint and uses his artwork to communicate with the outside world.USD 428 started its One District One Book last year with “The World According to Humphrey,” the story of a fictional hamster.