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.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 10 reviews)

the sweetest book

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.
March 02, 2008

Superb!

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!
February 13, 2008

Unfortunate visual quality

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.
October 16, 2007

LOVE THIS BOOK

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.
May 13, 2007

Looks like they slapped this together in 15 minutes

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.
April 26, 2007

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