Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship

Title
Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship

Personal Author EPSB
Isabella. Hatkoff

Summary
Illustrated text and 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.

Year Published
2006

Physical Description
40 pages.

Note
"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"--T.p. verso.

Subject
Hippopotamus -- Behavior -- Kenya.
 
Hippopotamuses -- Behavior.
 
Tortoises -- Behavior.
 
Animal behavior.
 
Friendship.
 
Aldabra tortoise -- Behavior -- Kenya.
 
Social behavior in animals.
 
Human behavior in animals -- Kenya.

Geographic Term
Kenya.

Added Author
Greste, Peter,
 
Hatkoff, Craig,
 
Kahumbu, P. (Paula),

Summary
Illustrated text and 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
9780439829731
 
9780439851138
 
9780779170203
 
9780439927802

Publisher
New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2005.
 
New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2006.
 
Toronto, ON : Scholastic, 2008.
 
©2005


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George P. Nicholson599.63 HATBook31004000095740Non-Fiction
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