Granny's Clan: A Tale of Wild Orcas

by Dr. Sally Hodson

Ann Jones (Illustrator)

Just imagine-you are a young orca whale. Your special friends are two cousins and your 100 year-old great grandmother, the clan leader. You learn to play with them, face danger with them, hunt with them-and even go people-watching with them! Based on actual orca, or killer whale, research, this book combines science with the real story of how family, friendship and a grandmother's love are helping this magnificent but endangered orca clan to survive.

Also available in hardback 9781584691716

Ages 4 to 10

• ISBN10: 1584691727
• ISBN13: 9781584691723
• Publish Date: 1 October 2012 (first published 1 September 2012)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Dawn Publications,U.S.
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 32
• Language: English

Reviews

[cherryblossommj]

This week we had a true living books homeschool experience initiated [b:Granny's Clan: A Tale of Wild Orcas|14367866|Granny's Clan A Tale of Wild Orcas|Sally Hodson|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347605919s/14367866.jpg|20009815]. We read the book while my preschooler held onto Waves, the Orca Beanie Baby and then we went onto watching YouTube slideshows with orca whale sounds from JKL family. The Enginerd even got in on it and my girls had a blast. I even promised we could watch some Free Willy movies later this week.

[b:Granny's Clan|14367866|Granny's Clan A Tale of Wild Orcas|Sally Hodson|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347605919s/14367866.jpg|20009815] is only my second experience with Dawn Publications but it is uber positive. This is a good read for fun but even better for a school unit. The story is interesting ad captivating in the back of the book the Dive Deeper section is awesome. Full of facts and details and even including a selection of links that push the learning beyond the pages of this book. Then there re the illustrations which are lovely. Absolutely breath takingly beautiful in the shades and shapes on the page truly bring nature to life.

*Thanks to the publisher for providing a copy for review.*