Hatkoff, Isabella.

Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship / told by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Paula Kahumbu ; photographs by Peter Greste. - New York : Scholastic, 2006. - 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 27 cm

"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.

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Details through text and photographs the special bond shared by Owen, an orphaned hippo, and Mzee, a 130-year-old giant tortoise.

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0439829739 9780439927802

2005021341


Hippopotamus--Behavior--Kenya--Juvenile literature.
Aldabra tortoise--Behavior--Kenya--Juvenile literature.
Social behavior in animals--Kenya--Juvenile literature.

QL737.U57 / H38 2006

599.63/5139