killer whale

"Mia, her family, and friends gather in the San Juan Islands for Orca Sing, hoping that 105-year-old Granny, the oldest orca, will return with the pods she watches over. Includes facts about Granny and orcas"--Provided by publisher.

Contains facts about killer whales and great white sharks, comparing such aspects as their sizes, brain structure, and abilities.

What would happen if a great white shark and a killer whale met each other? What if they were both hungry? What if they had a fight? Who do you think would win?.

Explains what orca whale pods are and how orca whales living in a group help one another.

Thrown from his canoe during an ocean storm, a young Native American boy is washed ashore under a strange sky near a village inhabited by very large people who make him very welcome.

"Learn all about orcas! Also called killer whales, these . . . predators swim through the pages of this . . . leveled text. Colorful photographs engage young readers. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction-learning skills and vocabulary"--Provided by publisher.

Weaving decades of field research with exciting new discoveries about the brain, and complete with astonishing photos taken by the author, Beyond Words: What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel gives readers an intimate and extraordinary look at what makes these animals different from us, but more importantly, what makes them similar. Namely, their feelings of joy, grief, anger, and love. These similarities between human and nonhuman consciousness, self-awareness, and empathy allow the reader to reexamine how we interact with animals as well as how we see our own place in the world.

Introduces early readers to orcas, describing their physical features, what they eat, where they live and how they care for their young.

When she makes friends with some seagulls, Pickles, a young whale, joins them in taunting her old friend, a seal named Stitches, but when the gulls turn on Pickles, she learns how much bullying hurts.

"A kindergarten-level introduction to killer whales, covering their growth process, behaviors, the oceans they call home, and such defining features as their black and white coloration"--.