Whales-Fiction, Killer Whales-Fiction, Father and Son-Fiction, Orcas -- Fiction 

A boy and his father stand on a cliff and watch a pod of orcas swim by. Their conversation is simple, as the man tells his son some things about the animals, and the youngster observes and asks questions. He wonders if the whales can talk, and his father tells him, "They story-tell each day they swim, from here to there and farther still." Then the boy imagines what the whales could be saying about the two people on the shore: "They lack our blubber, sad to say. But humans have no love of fat. Imagine that!" The prose is brief and poetic, sometimes even rhyming, and draws a lovely picture of a few majestic moments when a parent and child make a connection with one another and with another species. A concluding page about orcas will answer questions that may arise, from physical attributes to communication, and touches on what is not known. A nice introduction to nature studies.