'Owen & Mzee: The True Story Of A Remarkable Friendship'
Written by: Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff and Dr. Paula Kahumbu
Illustrated (Photographs) by: Peter Greste
The book I chose is called 'Owen & Mzee: The True Story Of A Remarkable Friendship' written by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff and Dr. Paula Kahumbu and illustrated by Peter Greste.
This nonfiction book is a factual book that is integrated with a story about a hippo and a giant tortoise, their lives, their tendencies and the unique friendship that is created when the hippo is all alone after the tsunami hit Southeast Asia in 2004. The intended reader are able to learn factual information about hippos and tortoises, along with a true and compelling story about Owen the hippo and Mzee the giant tortoise.
As mentioned previously, this book is a nonfiction picture book. This book portrays an accurate representation of a nonfiction book because it includes facts that are current and complete, the scope is appropriate to both the reader and the subject at hand, the ideas are clearly developed and presented in a logical sequence, along with a story plot line. In addition, this book is both attractive to the reader through the use of photography and a simple, yet interesting writing style. Overall, this book fits the criteria of a nonfiction picture book and was very intriguing to read!
Of the Six Elements Of Social Justice, this book best represents respect for others because we can see how two completely different species can come together and create a special bond during times of tragedy, respect one another, and show love and appreciation.
This book would be a great lesson in social studies, specifically to incorporate geography and maps. The students could visually see where these animals originate from and where the tsunami hit and the damages that occurred. This could also be integrated into a language arts topic, where students are to research on other unique friendships that have been made from unexpected species and write a report that could be shared with the class.
His book is very interesting , just to see the photo , touch my soul. we can work in a range of activities with deferents topics such as resilience friendship love Animals ares social. I loved this book.
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