Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Joanna Cotler Books (HarperCollins) (First Edition)
Pages
40
Description
A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.
Description
Know what I do at night while you're asleep? Eat your trash, that's what! See those bags? I smell breakfast!
With ten wide tires, one really big appetite, and an even bigger smell, this truck's got it all. His job? Eating your garbage and loving every stinky second of it!
And you thought nighttime was just for sleeping.
With ten wide tires, one really big appetite, and an even bigger smell, this truck's got it all. His job? Eating your garbage and loving every stinky second of it!
And you thought nighttime was just for sleeping.
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
40 p.; 11 x 9 inches
ISBN
0064438368 / 9780064438360
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Lexile
300L
User reviews
LibraryThing member shelbyweryavah
What goes on while we are sleeping? This trash truck’s engine roars, his breaks squeak, and he even has a reverse theme song. By burping he makes more room for our breakfast that he smells. He even is full of the alphabet, from apple cores and dirty diapers, to moldy meatballs and year-old yams.
I really liked how this book told you a story and taught the alphabet with a theme that matched the story. When I was younger I loved watching the trash truck eat all the trash. I always wondered how it fit so much in there. But the smell was atrocious!
The students can take a car, truck, tractor, house, or anything and recreate it into a clay sculpture with human-like qualities. All the children are WOWED when they see how much trash are in the trucks. We can discuss the reason it fits as much trash as it does, and why it smells the way it does.
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But without this trash truck, we would live on Mount Trash-o-Rama!I really liked how this book told you a story and taught the alphabet with a theme that matched the story. When I was younger I loved watching the trash truck eat all the trash. I always wondered how it fit so much in there. But the smell was atrocious!
The students can take a car, truck, tractor, house, or anything and recreate it into a clay sculpture with human-like qualities. All the children are WOWED when they see how much trash are in the trucks. We can discuss the reason it fits as much trash as it does, and why it smells the way it does.
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LibraryThing member conuly
The book starts out with a dedication to the NYC sanitation department. How often does that happen?
The whole length of the book is a garbage truck describing his day (our night, of course). Hence the line "Did I wake you? Well, TOO BAD." (I love that line. It's so true to life! Our garbage trucks
This truck roars, burps, and is proud of his recipe for Alphabet Soup (including such delicacies as Dirty Diapers and Puppy Poo, not to mention Zipped up Ziti with Zucchini). And I love the pride with which our narrator declares that he stinks - but he's got an important job. Without him, as he ways, we're on "Mount Trash-o-rama, baby".
I can't say enough good things about this book. Definitely check it out.
The whole length of the book is a garbage truck describing his day (our night, of course). Hence the line "Did I wake you? Well, TOO BAD." (I love that line. It's so true to life! Our garbage trucks
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always wake us here.)This truck roars, burps, and is proud of his recipe for Alphabet Soup (including such delicacies as Dirty Diapers and Puppy Poo, not to mention Zipped up Ziti with Zucchini). And I love the pride with which our narrator declares that he stinks - but he's got an important job. Without him, as he ways, we're on "Mount Trash-o-rama, baby".
I can't say enough good things about this book. Definitely check it out.
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LibraryThing member marisa_9087
I Stink is the story about a garbage truck going through the town at night collecting all the dirty stinky trash.At the first of the book he does not tell what he so throught the book he gives tons of fun sounds clues etc. to help the children figure out that he is a grabage truck.
This book is
In the classroom, I would have the children cut the garbage truck out that i had created from construction paper and then have them draw what they think is in the stinky dumpster to be dumpped into the truck. Only allowing them to use a certain letter, to see what all the can think of.
This book is
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awesome, I remeber always loving books that had a lot of words that needed excitment from the reader while reading and so on. This book is educational and the children are sure to love it. I wonder what i could create for my classroom to do for an activity though.In the classroom, I would have the children cut the garbage truck out that i had created from construction paper and then have them draw what they think is in the stinky dumpster to be dumpped into the truck. Only allowing them to use a certain letter, to see what all the can think of.
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LibraryThing member lkoble
I didn't like this at first, then we watched the video. Great for my son when he went through his garbage truck phase.
LibraryThing member kidlit9
A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini (with sound effects!).
LibraryThing member hprintz07
Genre-fantasy
A good example of Fantasy because the main the garbage truck explains his job. Good source of information for students but the narrator is the truck.
Character-(Protagonist) the garbage truck. The story line follows the garbage truck around and discovers what it does for its job.
Media-water colors
A good example of Fantasy because the main the garbage truck explains his job. Good source of information for students but the narrator is the truck.
Character-(Protagonist) the garbage truck. The story line follows the garbage truck around and discovers what it does for its job.
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Media-water colors
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LibraryThing member PeterSinclair
The layout is stupendous. This book just feels like a good time. An inside look at what's inside a garbage truck, who has a persona of a blue collar garbage collector. Each stinky piece of garbage is labeled with its beginning letter sound. A stinkin' good time.
LibraryThing member kaitlinc23
This book is an example of what a garbage truck does and its importance. Informational as well as poetry, the way the book is written is through rhyme and use of different onomopias and personification.
theme: What happens to garbage
Level: Primary
theme: What happens to garbage
Level: Primary
LibraryThing member GergKing
I like this book, i read this book with my best friend MOhamed
LibraryThing member IEliasson
I STINK is an amazing amalgamation of text, image, story ,and rhyme with a kid favorite topic: GARBAGE TRUCKS! Readers will be riveted by in your face text that pops off the page fused with the bold watercolor illustrations that absolutely reek with urban rubbish and attitude. The alphabet soup of
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refuse consumed will delight children in their revulsion of dirty diapers, gobs of gum, moldy meatballs, and puppy poo. Throw in a lesson of how garbage trucks work told by the vehicle protagonist himself, and you get an alphabet book with attitude enough to appeal to readers of all ages. Show Less
LibraryThing member sharmon05
This story is narrated by a garbage truck this makes it so this book is a good example of fantasy. This story provides good information about garbage trucks in a fun and humorous way. There are also good illustrations in this book that help move the story along.
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LibraryThing member tlwood
This is a fun story about a garbage truck that eats everything in sight and loves it! Dirty underwear and stinky diapers are just a few things that get gobbled up by this ever consuming truck. Children will enjoy reading this book! The illustrations are great.
LibraryThing member Elizabeth1977
Children will love this story, told from the point of view of a garbage truck. The truck collects garbage for every letter of the alphabet and discusses what happens to the garbage when his work is done.
LibraryThing member mmwrigh3
Charming story about a stinky trash truck! I think kids will absolutely love this book hands down. The alphabet soup part is really fun to read. Really creative with fun illustrations. It is told from the trucks perspective and he is definitely proud of what he does and is excited to share. 5 stars!
LibraryThing member khand
"I stink" is about all the objects a garbage truck collects throughout the day. It teaches kids to be thankful, and thoughtful about what they throw away.
LibraryThing member HopeMiller123
This book is about a garbage truck that goes out at night and eats all the trash. This book is filled with onomatopoeia, alliteration, and unique word choice. The truck ultimately eats up all the trash and then goes to sleep. Kids could find this book humorous and informative because of the wording
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LibraryThing member McKennaMiller
This book is great because it really appeals to a young boy especially the ones who are not as into reading. The illustrations are gross and right up a little boys alley. I especially like the part of the book where it talks about the trash ABC's including things like smelly sneakers, moldy
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meatballs. I also enjoyed the unique perspective of a garbage truck. Show Less
LibraryThing member BraleeGilday
A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.
Genre: Fantasy
Critique:
1) This book is definitely fantasy because the truck, a non-human thing, can talk and adopts other human characteristics, like eating and smelling.
2) The point of view of this book is the garbage truck. This makes the book not only much more interesting, but is a great and exciting platform from which the information about refuse can come from. This allows the garbage truck to come to life and develop his own personality that is both enjoyable and fits his job.
Genre: Fantasy
Critique:
1) This book is definitely fantasy because the truck, a non-human thing, can talk and adopts other human characteristics, like eating and smelling.
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While it is fantasy, it could also be considered informational, as the garbage truck is telling many facts about himself through these human characteristics,2) The point of view of this book is the garbage truck. This makes the book not only much more interesting, but is a great and exciting platform from which the information about refuse can come from. This allows the garbage truck to come to life and develop his own personality that is both enjoyable and fits his job.
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LibraryThing member nmhale
Do many people know about this wonderful picture book? I think it is too overlooked. While a story about a garbage truck may not sound like a great idea, turns out, it can be. The story is told from the garbage truck's perspective, and the text is fabulous. The words pound out a rhythm that sounds
Narratively, the book follows the routine of a garbage truck in the city, from the moment it rolls out on the streets until it returns to the garage, garbage collected and compacted and ejected unto the garbage floats. The illustrations are humorous and playful, colorful and yet restricted to twilight shades, in keeping with the night time setting. My family has a good time reading this book together, as the lyrical narrative is great for read alouds and the subject is unique and funny. This is a highly entertaining book, and we're glad to have a personal copy.
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a bit like rap, a bit like bebop, and creates an ode to garbage collecting, a job that is often denigrated but serves such an essential need for our country. Read this book to see how lights flashing, pistons pumping, and engines roaring can be poetic. Also, the alphabet soup in the middle is fun: the garbage truck recounts a sampling of the trash he might eat in a given day, using the alphabet as a structuring technique. Narratively, the book follows the routine of a garbage truck in the city, from the moment it rolls out on the streets until it returns to the garage, garbage collected and compacted and ejected unto the garbage floats. The illustrations are humorous and playful, colorful and yet restricted to twilight shades, in keeping with the night time setting. My family has a good time reading this book together, as the lyrical narrative is great for read alouds and the subject is unique and funny. This is a highly entertaining book, and we're glad to have a personal copy.
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LibraryThing member Klefort
Compared to I'm Big by the same authors, I like this book better because of the humor quality. It's about a garbage truck that goes around literally eating your trash at night. Little kids like that gross factor and reading this aloud, you'll probably hear a lot of "Ewww's" and "yuks," coming from
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the paste eating, booger picking monsters themselves. This story was funny and it uses a lot of big words and sound words that add to the book wonderfully. It is also educational, teaching the kids about how their garbage is picked up and where it goes. You could use this book to introduce the topic of recycling. Show Less
LibraryThing member Fjola
Even if it's not my cup of tea, I'll have to admit that it must hold huge appeal as a read aloud, especially for toddlers/preschoolers. Even just the title, I Stink!, was a big hit with my son already, he knew that was gonna make for some funny reading! He insisted on reading it himself, for his
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father, didn't maybe struggle but I noticed he was a bit thrown off or confused sometimes by the organization of the book and the typesetting. I didn't care for the illustrations, but they work well with the text. Finally, although not the main focus of the book, three page spreads with one trashy item for each letter of the alphabet give added value to the book and make it double as a concept book as well. I thought that was a nice touch, and that was my favorite part of the book and maybe even the funniest. Show Less
LibraryThing member benware
This is a fun book about trash trucks. The reader gets a first-hand experience of a day in the life of a garbage truck. The alphabet is incoporated into the story when the truck starts describing all of the trash he collects (for example, Apple cores, Banana peels, Dirty diapers, etc..). This is a
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LibraryThing member Dmtcer
Fabulous read aloud - the kids adore the disgusting alphabet (apple cores, banana peels...ugly underwear!)
LibraryThing member capt.insaino
Summary- This book explains the job of a Trash trunk while we are all asleep. It also has a page that includes the alphabet. Each letter is accompanied by an example of food or typical object that is consumed by a trash truck. It goes through all the steps in picking up the trash starting from
Reflection- I enjoyed this book. The font and position of the text was very interesting. Most of the pages do not contain full sentences they are just one word statements. I don’t think this added in the flow throughout the book. I think this book might be more difficult for young children to read and understand on their own but I think it would be a pretty decent read aloud book.
Classroom- Because it had the part with the different letters you could use it in your lesson plan if you’re teaching about the alphabet. You could also use it in a lesson plan over the different type of large trucks or equipment that we use. It would also work in a lesson plan over environmental health such as recycling, global warming, pollution, and littering.
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starting the truck to driving the truck back to it’s station. It also states the importance of a trash truck and the task that it takes care of. Reflection- I enjoyed this book. The font and position of the text was very interesting. Most of the pages do not contain full sentences they are just one word statements. I don’t think this added in the flow throughout the book. I think this book might be more difficult for young children to read and understand on their own but I think it would be a pretty decent read aloud book.
Classroom- Because it had the part with the different letters you could use it in your lesson plan if you’re teaching about the alphabet. You could also use it in a lesson plan over the different type of large trucks or equipment that we use. It would also work in a lesson plan over environmental health such as recycling, global warming, pollution, and littering.
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LibraryThing member hreilly
This book has fun illustrations and would be fun to read aloud. However it is a little one dimensional for my taste. The subject matter of garbage trucks is a little strange too. I could see a little boy enjoying this book a lot but it might not be very entertaining for others.
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Awards
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (Honor — Picture Book — 2002)
Audie Award (Finalist — 2005)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (2002)
Monarch Award (Nominee — 2008)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades K-2 — 2004)
Red Clover Book Award (Nominee — 2004)
Buckaroo Book Award (Winner — 2004)
Nevada Young Readers' Award (Nominee — 2004)
Charlotte Zolotow Award (Highly Commended Title — 2003)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — Primary — 2005)
Ladybug Picture Book Award (Nominee — 2003)
Irma Black Award (Contender — 2003)
Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award (Nominee — 2004)
CCBC Choices (2003)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Primary — 2003)
Children's Favorites Awards (Selection — 2003)
Notable Children's Book (2003)
Texas 2x2 Reading List (2003)
Call number
J2J.017