Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Kahumbu, Paula

Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship - New York Scholastic c2006 - unpaged illus.

Added to collection October 2006 as Cole MacDonald's (Gr. 1B) Birthday Book Club donation.

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.

ISBN: 0439851130 (HC)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hippopotamus Behaviour
Aldabra Tortoise Behaviour
Social Behaviour in animals
Birthday Book Club
Friendship
Animal Friends
Tsunami