Hatkoff, Isabella. <br/><br/>
Owen & Mzee :  the true story of a remarkable friendship  
 Owen and Mzee 
told by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Paula Kahumbu ; with photographs by Peter Greste. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Scholastic Press,  2006. 
 - 1 v. (unpaged) :  col. ill., col. maps ;  25 x 28 cm. 
<br/><br/> "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.  See also the related children's book: Mama by Jeanette Winter. 
<br/><br/> After his entire pod is lost in the Southeast Asian tsunami of 2004, a baby hippo (Owne) is rescued, taken to a refuge and befriended by a giant tortoise (Mzee). 
<br/><br/> Adult  920  Lexile. 
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<br/><br/> Kennebec Valley Book Award list, 2007-2008. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0439927802  9.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hippopotamus--Behavior--Kenya--Juvenile literature.<br/>Aldabra tortoise--Behavior--Kenya--Juvenile literature.<br/>Social behavior in animals--Kenya--Juvenile literature.<br/>Hippopotamus.<br/>Aldabra tortoise.<br/>Animals--Behavior.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QL737.U57  / H38 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>599.63/5139