Reading for the Environment is a new series of readers on environmental themes such as land use, conservation, waste management and pollution. Developed jointly with WWF UK and with a foreward by Jonathon Porritt, the stories are set in Africa and feature children as the main characters.

Therasina goes to the delta to study birds, animals and people who live there. She and the Professor also look for a beautiful, jewel-encrusted chain lost many years before. Therasina wants to display it in her museum, for everyone to see. But someone else has other plans. Can Therasina and her guide, Moabi, save the chain?

The readers are graded into three language levels. each is richly illustrated and includes exercises, questions and an illustrated glossary. Level 3 uses a vocabulary of 1200 words.