Here Comes the Garbage Barge!, (Hardcover)

from KimJD

I am so looking forward to reading this to my fourth, fifth, and sixth graders... a humorous tale (not so humorously based on a true event) with a message. A perfect fit for schools trying to help students expand their "environmental literacy." And I think this will be the first read-aloud where ...

from 68papyrus

Here Comes The Garbage Barge is the story of the trash barge that departed Islip, NY on March 22, 1987 headed towards the South to dump the 3,200 tons of trash is was carrying. This solution didn't work out and the trash ended up back in NY after multiple attempts to unload their garbage in anoth...

from CarolyneBegin

This book follows the true story of a garbage barge as it leaves New Jersey and tries to find a place that will allow it to dispose of its garbage. It is not well received in the cities that the barge stops at and the driver has a lot of trouble getting rid of all that garbage! As time passes the...

from eputney87

Summary- The town of Islip created too much garbage. They created so much they didnt know what to do with it all so they put the extra garbage on a barge, hoping to ship it to a different land. To their surprise, nobody else would take their trash. After 162 day journey the garbage ended up back ...

from Yona

I wasn't sure what to think at first but then it became pretty funny and brought grins & chuckles, while still sticking to its apparent intention and point. Still closer to 3-1/2 but easier to round up.And once again, like many of the short childrens picture books with instuctional or persuasive ...