Owen and Mzee
Friendship, juvenile literature
Turtles, juvenile literature
Kenya
Children: Preschool
Social behavior in animals
Hippopotamus
Quakers
Animals, habits and behavior
Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
Turtles
Africa
Mammals
Juvenile
Animal behavior
Behavior
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Animals
Friendship
Juvenile literature
The inspiring true story of two great friends, a baby hippo named Owen and a 130-yr-old giant tortoise named Mzee (Mm-ZAY). When Owen was stranded after the Dec 2004 tsunami, villagers in Kenya worked tirelessly to rescue him. Then, to everyone's amazement, the orphan hippo and the elderly tortoise …
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