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1) I stink!
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A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.
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"This narrative middle-grade nonfiction from Rebecca Donnelly dives into the scientific and cultural history of the waste humans produce, examining why we make so much trash, why we're so bad at handling it, and how we can stop it (that is, us) from ruining the planet"--
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Explores what happens to garbage after its thrown away. Highlights the history of garbage disposal throughout history, and presents ideas for reducing the enormous amount of waste produced by society today. Includes diagrams, a text-related activity, and resources for further information.
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"Humans have always generated garbage, whether it's a chewed-on bone or a broken cell phone. Our landfills are overflowing, but with some creative thinking, stuff we once threw away can become a collection of valuable resources just waiting to be harvested. [This book] digs deep into the history of garbage, from Minoan trash pits to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and uncovers some of the many innovative ways people all over the world are dealing...
7) Trashy town
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Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.
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This book emphasizes the importance of play in the creation of art while challenging children to think about how images are made and what they mean. The design with graphic novel inspired speech bubbles, liftable flaps, and a Turkish-map fold (all four sides open) helps communicate Muniz s exuberant message.
9) I stink!
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Presents a story of a big city garbage truck who makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.
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Fly Guy and Buzz visit a landfill to discover where their garbage goes. They learn all about garbage trucks, trash sorting, bacteria, and how landfills can be more environmentally friendly. They also visit a recycling plant to learn about how recycling programs get started, the recycling cycle, and what happens when trash isn't properly disposed of. There are even tips for how readers can help keep our planet healthy! --Publisher's description.
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All the stuff that surrounds us has a life cycle: materials are harvested, the stuff is made and distributed, it's consumed and then it gets trashed or recycled. Using the typical contents of a child's school backpack (defined as water, food, clothing, paper, plastic, metals, electronics), this book explores those stages in detail, including lots of ways to reduce, reuse or recycle waste along the way.
15) Trash
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Fourteen-year-olds Raphael and Gardo team up with a younger boy, Rat, to figure out the mysteries surrounding a bag Raphael finds during their daily life of sorting through trash in a third-world country's dump.
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Oscar the Grouch doesn't normally like visitors. But--what's that? You want to see what's inside his trash can? Okay! With plenty of alliteration to help children learn their letters and to make reading aloud a blast, Oscar enthusiastically takes readers through the alphabet with his treasure trove of trash!
20) Trashy town
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Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.