Unity Street School Saves the Planet

By Author / Illustrator

Sheena Davies

Genre

Environment & Nature

Age range(s)

Publisher

Otter-Barry Books

ISBN

9781915659613

Format

Hardback

Published

05-06-2025

Synopsis

When the Green Team come to Unity Street School to talk about climate change, the children have a great idea. They will make a wild area at their school!

With the help of Mr Moss, the caretaker, and the Green Team, the children clear the ground, sow wildflower-meadow seeds, and plant beans and hedge saplings. Then they wait... until... later that summer... something wonderful happens at Unity Street School!

This delightful and inspiring story shows conservation and rewilding in action, as a group of children show the way to help our planet.

Reviews

Louise

When the Green Team visits Unity Street School, a seed of an idea is planted, quite literally. What follows is a heartwarming and empowering tale of children taking climate change into their own hands. With guidance from their caretaker, Mr Moss, and support from the local Green Team, the students transform part of their school grounds into a thriving wild space filled with beans, wildflowers, and new hope.

Davies's storytelling in Unity Street School Saves the Planet is both gentle and galvanizing. She shows how real environmental change can begin in the smallest of places, school grounds being a prime example. All it takes is a patch of soil, a packet of seeds, and a lot of heart. The children are not passive observers in this narrative; they are the solution-bringers, the doers, the caretakers of their own futures.

This book is a celebration of collaboration and will, and the idea that anyone, no matter how young can make a meaningful difference. Ideal for classroom reading of all young ages and as a motivator for wider school projects, Unity Street School Saves the Planet is sure to spark ideas, discussions, and hopefully a few new wildflower patches of its own.