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.




About the Author

Roberta Edwards lives in New York, New York. Ken Call lives in Northbrook, Illinois.

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