Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship
by Isabella Hatkoff, Paula Kahumbu, Peter Greste, and Craig Hatkoff
When a baby hippo, orphaned by the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004, was placed in a... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2007
Word Count 3,162
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 980L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 113372, 1 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Aldabra tortoise
- Social behavior in animals--Kenya--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Aldabra tortoise--Behavior--Kenya--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Reptiles & Amphibians
- Social behavior in animals
- Kenya
- Hippopotamus--Behavior--Kenya--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Friendship
- Hippopotamus
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Mammals
- Behavior
- Lists With This Book
- Language-Rich Books
- Humans and Animals, Biology and Health
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