ISBN: 0-439-89959-1
Book & Author's Website: http://www.owenandmzee.com/
Photographs By: Peter Greste
Website (must request access): https://twitter.com/petergreste
Media Used: Color photographs.
Summary: The continuing story of the unusual friendship between Owen, a 2 year old orphaned hippo, and Mzee, a 130 year old tortoise. Discover how they have learned to communicate and how they dealt with being separated for the first time.
Personal Reaction: What can be more lovable then watching a baby hippo and a grumpy old tortoise become friends? This picture book sends multiple messages about friendship (between Owen and Mzee), acceptance (despite being a different species), conservation (importance of saving endangered animals and providing spaces for them to live), and recovery (Owen from being orphaned and Mzee from loneliness). The story of how far people went, despite the risk of personal injury, to save Owen after the tsunami is inspiring in and of itself. The color photographs capture Owen and Mzee's friendship wonderfully and help to explain just how they have learned to communicate with one another.
Curricular Connection: 6th & 7th Grade Earth Science
California Science Standard: Shaping Earth’s Surface 6.2.d - Students know earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and floods change human and wildlife habitats [tsunami that affected Owen & the limestone quarry that was reshaped into a wildlife preserve]. Earth and Life History 7.4.g - Students know how to explain significant developments and extinctions of plant and animal life on the geologic time scale [compare to current animals in danger of extinction].
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