Collins Big Cat - Wangari's Trees: Band 13/Topaz

“Roll double six or double three, let’s learn about your history.”

Join Aniyah, EJ and Olivia, the time-travelling trio, as they play their Ludi board game and are transported to another action-packed adventure back in time, helping real people from history and solving exciting mysteries along the way.

EJ, Aniyah and Olivia have been transported back in time! It’s 1978 and they’ve joined Professor Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement in Kenya. Can the trio track down who might be sabotaging the Movement and save the trees?

This exciting book is one of several action-packed adventure stories from Black history, written and illustrated by Nadine Cowan.

Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.

Pages 30 and 31 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.

Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.