Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship / told by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Paula Kahumbu ; with photographs by Peter Greste.
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TextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2006Description: 34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; color map ; 25 x 28 cmContent type: - text
- volume
- 9780439829731
- 0439829739
- 9781415652749 (Follett bdg.)
- 1415652740
- Owen and Mzee
- Hippopotamus -- Behavior -- Kenya -- Juvenile literature
- Aldabra tortoise -- Behavior -- Kenya -- Juvenile literature
- Social behavior in animals -- Kenya -- Juvenile literature
- Hippopotamus -- Behavior
- Aldabra tortoise -- Behavior
- Social behavior in animals
- Animal behavior
- Hippopotamus
- Turtles
- Tortoises
- Animals -- Habits and behavior
- 599.63 HAT 22
- QL737.U57 H38 2006
This book has been adapted from the original e-book, Owen and Mzee, which was first launched on the WNBC New York Five O'clock News as part of the Tribeca Film Festival.
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Illustrated text and full-color photographs tell the true story of the unusual relationship between Owen, a baby hippopotamus orphaned by the tsunami, and Mzee, a 130-year-old giant tortoise.
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