Why is the river full of red mud? Why won't the horses drink the water and why are the fish dying? Mrs Makoko says that the water is good, but can we believe her? Mpho and her friends decide to find out who is polluting the river, but this is not easy, and it is also dangerous.....

The readers are graded into three language levels. Each is richly illustrated and includes exercises, questions and an illustrated glossary. Level 1 uses a vocabulary of 600 words.

This book features in the following series: Reading For the Environment, World Wildlife Fund For Nature Readers, Wwf Readers .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme has multiple levels.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 1996 by Pearson Education Limited .