Even if it’s not headed for a garbage barge. It is a testament to Winters’ writing that it is a great match to this art.Ī perfect book for Earth Day or any eco-friendly event, this book will get children thinking about how many pounds of garbage they create and exactly what happens to it. His art is humorous, detailed and a delight to look at. Red Nose Studio’s art is three-dimensional, witty and filled with found objects. There are plenty of accents, lots of exclamations that fill the book with energy and fun. Winter’s writing is ideal for reading aloud. Instead Winter and Red Nose Studio have created a book filled with humor and character that tells the garbage story with more style than the facts could have offered. This book could have been a dry look at recycling, garbage and waste, but it definitely is not. It was 162 days after the barge first set out. Finally Brooklyn agreed to take the garbage and incinerate it. The garbage was getting older, smellier and more horrid by the day. North Carolina refused to take the garbage! Captain Duffy was then sent to New Orleans. Pierre used his small tugboat to pull the barge down to North Carolina, but it wasn’t that simple. So it was placed on a barge to be taken to North Carolina. This is the true story of what happened in 1987 when the town of Islip had 3,168 tons of garbage that they had no room for. Here Comes the Garbage Barge! by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Red Nose Studio
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