# Whalesong: The True Story of the Musician Who Talked to Orcas

**Author:** Zachariah OHora
**Grade range:** Grades K–3
**Age range:** 5–9
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 25
**Genre:** Picture Book Nonfiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781774883952`
**ISBN-10:** `1774883953`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/whalesong-the-true-story-of-the-musician-who-talked-to-orcas
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Nonfiction picture book about flautist Paul Horn and Haida, a captive orca who answered his music, and the two boys who watched it happen.

## Where this book is assigned

### North Carolina Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · North Carolina — [source: North Carolina Library Association, Children's Services Section — 2026 NC Children's Book Award annotated nominee lists (Picture Book K-3 · Junior Book 4-6)](https://nccba.blogspot.com/p/2026-picture-book-nominees.html)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · North Carolina — [source: North Carolina Library Association, Children's Services Section — 2026 NC Children's Book Award annotated nominee lists (Picture Book K-3 · Junior Book 4-6)](https://nccba.blogspot.com/p/2026-picture-book-nominees.html)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade · North Carolina — [source: North Carolina Library Association, Children's Services Section — 2026 NC Children's Book Award annotated nominee lists (Picture Book K-3 · Junior Book 4-6)](https://nccba.blogspot.com/p/2026-picture-book-nominees.html)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · North Carolina — [source: North Carolina Library Association, Children's Services Section — 2026 NC Children's Book Award annotated nominee lists (Picture Book K-3 · Junior Book 4-6)](https://nccba.blogspot.com/p/2026-picture-book-nominees.html)

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