A mama for Owen
When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami separates a young African hippopotamus from his mother, he finds a new snuggle partner in Mzee the giant tortoise. Based on a true story.
| Main Author: | Bauer, Marion Dane. |
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| Other Authors: | Butler, John, 1952- (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,
c2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami separates a young African hippopotamus from his mother, he finds a new snuggle partner in Mzee the giant tortoise. Based on a true story. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm. |
| Audience: |
002-006. |
| ISBN: |
9780689857874 (hc.) 068985787X (hc.) 9781428732858 (BWI bdg.) 1428732853 (BWI bdg.) |
| Author Notes: |
After her children were born, Bauer decided to try her hand at writing. She started out with a children's picture book, but discovered that youg adult novels were more to her taste. After making a career out of writing, Bauer became the first Faculty Chair at Vermont College for the only Master of Fine Arts in Writing program devoted exclusively to writing for children and young adults. Bauer is the author of more than forty books for young people. She has won many awards, including a Jane Addams Peace Association Award for her novel Rain of Fire and an American Library Association Newbery Honor Award for On My Honor and the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota for the body of her work. Her picture book My Mother is Mine was a New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) |