Doris Thomas 
Zabu – The Adventures of a Young Orca 

Zabu, the young orca, is separated from his family by a huge drift net. On the long journey back to his fellow orcas, he has to survive exciting adventures. He meets various types of whales unfamiliar to him so far. Zabu befriends Piet, the sperm whale, he saves the life of a humpback whale baby and tries hard to keep up with a dolphin in a swimming contest. Only the advice of the cheeky belugas gets him closer to the end of his journey. (translated from German to English by Christine Sawinski) This is the first of five lovingly illustrated reading adventures about Zabu. The book contains a lot of information about the most impressive creatures of the seas. Adventure 2 – Zabu – An Orca in Search of the Unknown Adventure 3 – Zabu – The Secret of the Orcas Adventure 4 – Zabu – Orcas in Danger Adventure 5 – Zabu – Orcas on the Run

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Doris Thomas, born in Germany in 1966, lives in Bavaria. She has observed a wide variety of whale species herself on trips to the USA, Canada, Italy and many times to the Azores, and has swum with free-living dolphins in the ocean. What you know and love you want to protect! With power point lectures and her books, the author wants to inspire many people for the marine mammals, so that their habitat is better protected and they are not killed or abused in dolphinariums.