Here Comes the Garbage Barge!

This New York Times Best Illustrated Book is a mostly true and completely stinky story that is sure to make you say, "Pee-yew " Teaching environmental awareness has become a national priority, and this hilarious book (subtly) drives home the message that we can't produce unlimited trash without consequences.

Before everyone recycled . . .

There was a town that had 3,168 tons of garbage and nowhere to put it.

What did they do?

Enter the Garbage Barge

Amazing art built out of junk, toys, and found objects by Red Nose Studio makes this the perfect book for Earth Day or any day, and photos on the back side of the jacket show how the art was created.

Here Comes the Garbage Barge was a New York Times Best Illustrated book of 2010, a Huffington Post Best Picture Book of the Year, and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. The Washington Post said, "Cautionary? Yes. Hilarious? You betcha " and the New York Times Book Review raved, " A] glorious visual treat."

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
Published: 02/09/2010
ISBN: 9780375852183
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.40h x 11.50w x 0.50d
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/11/2010 pg. 47
Kirkus Review - Children 01/15/2010 pg. 91
Booklist 02/15/2010 pg. 89
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2010 - Book Of Special Distinction
Christianity Today 07/01/2010 pg. 54
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Recommended, Satisfactory
New York Times Book Review 11/07/2010 pg. 31

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 135017 / Here Comes the Garbage Barge!
Reading Level: 3.8 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5