Best Friends
The True Story of Owen and Mzee
By Roberta Edwards; Carol Schwartz (Illustrator)
(Grosset & Dunlap, Paperback, 9780448445670, 32pp.)
Publication Date: May 10, 2007
Other Editions of This Title: Prebound
Categories: Animals - Mammals, Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians, Science & Nature - Disasters
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After the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia, a little hippo named Owen was discovered orphaned and alone, far from home. Come read the true and heartwarming story of the animal sanctuary that provided a new home for Owen, where he found an unlikely best friend in a 130- year-old tortoise named Mzee.
Roberta Edwards lives in New York, New York. Ken Call lives in Northbrook, Illinois.











