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Best Friends (Owen And Mzee) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff And Dr. Paula Kahumbu
Creator: Peter Greste
Publisher: Scholastic Press
List Price: $6.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 110271
Media: Board book
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 12
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0439928729
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.635139
EAN: 9780439928724
ASIN: 0439928729
Publication Date: January 1, 2007
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Product Description
This is the true story of two great friends: a baby hippo named Owen and a giant tortoise named Mzee. In December 2004 a frightened young hippo, separated from his family by the devastating tsunami in Southeast Asia, adopted an 130-year-old tortoise as his "mother." And the tortoise remarkably accepted the baby hippo as his own. Owen and Mzee are now inseparable and their story has captured hearts everywhere. With bold photographs from the original book and new simple, sweet text, Owen and Mzee is perfect for young children and families.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 the sweetest book March 2, 2008
Michelle Clay (Atlanta, GA)
My little guy just loves this book. When he was 5 months old this was the only book he would let me read him and he still loves it at a 1 1/2.
Superb! February 13, 2008
mrsbee (Colorado)
I first bought the Owen and Mzee books for my twin granddaughters, and was so enchanted with them that I almost kept them for myself! I have now purchased a second set for the children's section of our town's new library. Every child should have these books, they are that good!
 Unfortunate visual quality October 15, 2007
M. Thompson (Tacoma, WA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Knowing that board book publishing is big business right now might go a long way to explain why this book has such poor quality graphics. This looks as though it was thrown together quickly to make a few dollars before the interest in Owen and Mzee evaporates. This is unfortunate because the book's length and sweet, simple text make the story accessible to very young children who would enjoy the real life tale of friendship and affection.
LOVE THIS BOOK May 12, 2007
Jennifer Colburn (Visalia, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book for young children about friendship. It uses two animals for the story line which gets the children hooked automatically. Great way to talk about what it is to be a good friend.
 Looks like they slapped this together in 15 minutes April 25, 2007
La Gialla (New York)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The two stars are a gimme for how cute this story is, but blech, who put this book together? The pictures look like they were snapped with a dirty Instamatic from a mile away, and the colors are totally off (most have the faded, browned-out look of my photos from the 70's, and a few are wildly over-saturated, with poor Owen looking like a sunburnt pig). Okay, so my kid doesn't care, but the adults who made this book should.
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