From the back of the book:
This is the true story of two great friends: a baby hippo named Owen and a 130-year-old giant tortoise named Mzee.
In December 2004...a frightened young hippo, separated from his family by the devastating tsunami in Southeast Asia, adopted an ancient Aldabra tortoise as his "mother." And the old tortoise, for years a longer, accepted the baby hippo as his own. They are now inseparable. This wholly unexpected friendship captured hearts everywhere.
These two picture books are available as simpler board books for younger readers. There is also a TV documentary about the incredible friendship between these two animals.
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