Library's review
Amazing photography and artwork tell the story of the Garbage Barge. What would a town do with 3,168 tons of trash? Meet the Garbage Barge and Cap’m Duffy and find out! Author’s Note.
Genres
Lexile
L
Publication
Schwartz & Wade (2010), Edition: Illustrated, 40 pages
Description
In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the east coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smelly cargo.
Awards
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Picture Book — 2013)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (Picture Books — 2010)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades K-3 — 2012)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Winner — 2012)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
40
Physical description
40 p.; 11.81 inches
ISBN
0375852182 / 9780375852183
DDC/MDS
387 |