Here comes the garbage barge! / written by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Red Nose Studio.
By: Winter, Jonah.
Contributor(s): Red Nose Studio [ill.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: [34] p. : col. ill. ; 25 x 30 cm.ISBN: 9780375852183 (trade : alk. paper); 9780375952180 (lib. bdg. : glb : alk. paper); 0375952187; 0375852182.Other title: Garbage barge!.Subject(s): Refuse and refuse disposal -- Juvenile fiction | Barges -- Juvenile fiction | Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction | Islip (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction | Refuse and refuse disposal -- Fiction | Barges -- Fiction | Voyages and travels -- Fiction | Islip (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | Refuse and refuse disposal -- Fiction | Barges -- Fiction | Voyages and travels -- Fiction | Islip (N.Y.) -- History -- FictionGenre/Form: Picture books for children.DDC classification: [E] Summary: 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.
School Library Journal starred, January 2010
Pub Weekly, January 2010
Kirkus Starred, January 2010
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.
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