by IsabellaHatkoff (Author), PaulaKahumbu (Author), Craig Hatkoff (Author), PeterGreste (Illustrator)
In this exciting follow-up to Owen and Mzee, the New York Times best-selling story about an orphaned baby hippo named Owen and the 130-year-old giant turtle, Mzee, the authors explore the language of love, friendship and nurturance that these two incredible creatures share with one another. This book traces their first year together, including their adorable playful ways and the unique 'language' that they have developed.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 40
Publisher: Scholastic Australia
Published: 01 Mar 2007
ISBN 10: 0439899591
ISBN 13: 9780439899598
Kirkus
In 2005, this father-daughter team, with the ecologist and the photographer, chronicled the
irresistible story of the baby hippopotamus, orphaned by the December 2004 tsunami, which
imprinted on the more-than-a-century-old Aldabra tortoise in a nature preserve in Kenya. Owen and
Mzee's story continues, with unexpected communication and devotion between the animals and the
unexpected difficulties (Owen acts much more like a tortoise than a hippo). The photographs continue
to be quite wonderful, and it is hard not to agree with the astonishment in the text: These animals
communicate, play, eat and live together, though they are utterly dissimilar in every way. Their story
is recapitulated in this volume, so even if they don't own the first, eager young readers can catch right
up and be mesmerized, mystified and charmed. (natural history, maps, notes) (Picture book. 5-10)
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