Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee

by Roberta Edwards, Carol Schwartz (Illustrator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780448445670
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	05/10/2007
Series:	Penguin Young Readers Level 2 Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,149,418
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	6 - 7 Years

About the Author

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