World Orca Day - July 14

Updated July 11, 2025
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Granny's clan : a tale of wild orcas
Hodson, Sally
Paper Book
Meet the orca Granny and her family in this beautiful picture book based on the real-life orca clan! Inspire any eager young reader with lyrical text that combines real science with a heartwarming story of family. Like grandmothers everywhere, Granny the orca (killer whale) babysits,...
Superpod : saving the endangered orcas of the Pacific Northwest
Nickum, Nora
Paper Book
*Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection * Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) Bestseller - Early & Middle Reader * 2024 Skipping Stones Honors Book in Nature and Ecology  Meet the playful and beloved Southern...
Listening to whales : what the orcas have taught us
Morton, Alexandra
Paper Book
For the past twenty-five years, Alexandra Morton has been at the forefront of whale and dolphin research, dedicating her life to the study of orcas (also known as killer whales). Now in Listening to Whales, Morton shares the spellbinding story of her career, her adventures in the wilderness, the...
Spirits of the coast : orcas in science, art and history
Black, Martha
Paper Book
"A magnificent journey alongside orcas, bringing these beautiful creatures to life." --Jay Ritchlin, David Suzuki Foundation Spirits of the Coast brings together the work of marine biologists, Indigenous knowledge keepers, poets, artists, and storytellers, united...
Whalesong : the true story of the musician who talked to orcas
OHora, Zachariah
Paper Book
A captivating informational picture book about Paul Horn, a musician who communicated with orcas through the power of music. For fans of Shark Lady and Margaret and the Moon. Unbelievable but true, this is the story of two whales, two Pauls and two boys.
Into great silence : a memoir of discovery and loss among vanishing orcas
Saulitis, Eva
Paper Book
Science entwines with matters of the human heart as a whale researcher chronicles the lives of an endangered family of orcas Ever since Eva Saulitis began her whale research in Alaska in the 1980s, she has been drawn deeply into the lives of a single extended family of endangered...
Orca's family and more Northwest Coast stories : learning from nature and the world around us : stories and illustrations
Challenger, Robert James
Paper Book
This collection of west-coast fables combines the approach of Aesop with the oral tradition of First Nations storytellers. Woodpecker shows how to be a true friend. Beaver demonstrates how to achieve dreams through hard work. Rainbow Trout finds that all things in nature have a purpose. Parents,...
Wild orca : the oldest, wisest whale in the world
Peterson, Brenda
Paper Book
A picture book homage to Granny, the world's oldest known orca, who lived to be 105 years old! For animal lovers and future environmentalists. "Will Granny and her family come again this year?" Dark fins slice through whitecaps, heading straight toward shore.<...
Orca : how we came to know and love the ocean's greatest predator
Colby, Jason M.
Paper Book
Since the release of the documentary Blackfish in 2013, millions around the world have focused on the plight of the orca, the most profitable and controversial display animal in history. Yet, until now, no historical account has explained how we came to care about killer whales in the first place....
Beneath the surface : killer whales, SeaWorld, and the truth beyond Blackfish
Hargrove, John (Animal trainer)
Paper Book
*Now aNew York Times Best Seller* Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience...
Orca : the whale called killer
Hoyt, Erich
Paper Book
A timely update on a beloved classic. When Erich Hoyt's Orca: The Whale Called Killer was first published in 1981, little was known about Orcinus orca. The largest member of the dolphin family was then considered too dangerous to approach in the wild. That all changed when...
Orca : shared waters, shared home
Mapes, Lynda
Paper Book
2021 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in Nature and the Environment Orca whale J35, also known as "Tahlequah," gave birth in July of 2018 in the waters off British Columbia, but her calf died soon after, leading its mother to carry her for 17 days across 1000 miles before...
Orca rescue! : the true story of an orphaned orca named Springer
Sandstrom, Donna
Paper Book
In 2002, a young orca was spotted alone in Puget Sound near Seattle - lost, starving and 300 miles away from her home waters in Canada. Donna Sandstrom, an orca enthusiast in Seattle, eagerly joined the volunteer effort to help. Here she tells the riveting story, from identifying the orca as a...
A whale of the wild
PARRY, ROSANNE
Paper Book
"A spellbinding, heart-stopping adventure." --Booklist (starred review) "A dreamily written, slyly educational, rousing maritime adventure." --New York Times Book Review In the stand-alone companion to the New York Times-bestselling A Wolf Called Wander, ...
Operation orca
Roy, Ron
Paper Book
Thar she blows! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are on an Alaskan whale watching adventure. On their first day, they see a mother orca and her calf. But the next day, the baby orca is missing! The calf needs its mother's milk. Can the kids solve this whale of a mystery? The alphabet is over,...

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