"Killer Whales" by Seymour Simon is a fun and educational book about whales. The book gives all sorts of facts about the size of male, female, and newborn baby whales. Some people call whales orcas. They swim about thirty miles per hour. They live in family groups called pods. They are hunters, but they do not attack humans. Seymour Simon taught school for more than twenty years. Then, he became a nonfiction writer for children. His first book was "Animals in Field and Loboratory." http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/ssimon.html

This is an informative book that would be of interest to second and third graders. There are so many incredible facts about killer whales that this book gives. For instance, males can be over 20 feet long and weigh up to ten pounds. They can also move through the water at 30 miles per hour. There are some great pictures in it too.

http://www.seymoursimon.com/index.htm This is an incredible author website. It has biography info as well as multiple other links to look at his other works, interviews, and even science activities that go along with his books.

This is a nonfiction picture book filled with facts and information about orcas.