Reading for the Environment is a new series of readers on environmental themes such as land use, conservation, waste managment 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.

Mambo and Chiluza live in a refugee camp, but the camp is in an elephant reserve. When elephants destroy the crops, the two friends quarrel. Whose land is it - the elephants' or the refugees'? Chiluza joins up with the rebel leader to kill the elephants. Mambo stays with the cheif. Can they ever be friends again?

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.