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Here Comes the Garbage Barge!

Author Jonah Winter
Illustrated by Red Nose Studio
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Hardcover
$18.99 US
RH Childrens Books | Schwartz & Wade
11.94"W x 9.63"H x 0.33"D  
On sale Feb 09, 2010 | 40 Pages | 9780375852183
Preschool - 3
Reading Level: Lexile AD670L
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This New York Times Best Illustrated Book is a mostly true and completely stinky story that is sure to make you say, “Pee-yew!” Teaching environmental awareness has become a national priority, and this hilarious book (subtly) drives home the message that we can’t produce unlimited trash without consequences.

Before everyone recycled . . .
 
There was a town that had 3,168 tons of garbage and nowhere to put it.
 
What did they do?
 
Enter the Garbage Barge!

Amazing art built out of junk, toys, and found objects by Red Nose Studio makes this the perfect book for Earth Day or any day, and photos on the back side of the jacket show how the art was created.
 
Here Comes the Garbage Barge was a New York Times Best Illustrated book of 2010, a Huffington Post Best Picture Book of the Year, and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. The Washington Post said, “Cautionary? Yes. Hilarious? You betcha!” and the New York Times Book Review raved, “[A] glorious visual treat.”
Jonah Winter is the award-winning author of more than forty nonfiction picture books that promote environmental awareness and social and racial justice. Among them are Here Comes the Garbage Barge!; Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality; My Name is James Madison Hemings; Barack; The Founding Fathers!; and Lillian’s Right to Vote, a Jane Addams Children’s Book Award recipient and Kirkus Prize finalist. View titles by Jonah Winter
Chris Sickels is the creative force behind the award-winning Red Nose Studio. He has illustrated countless picture books, including Jonah Winter's Elvis Is King! which received two starred reviews, as well as Shana Corey's The Secret Subway, which received three starred reviews and was selected as an Amazon Best Children's Book of the Year. The New York Times called Here Comes the Garbage Barge a "glorious visual treat" and awarded it the Best Illustrated Book Award. Chris builds his 3-D illustrations with wire, fabric, wood, found objects, and more. His work has appeared in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and as a poster for the NYC subway. The Society of Illustrators has awarded him three gold medals and a silver medal, along with the Hamilton King Award, for both his illustrative and motion work. View titles by Red Nose Studio
  • WINNER
    NCSS/CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies
  • WINNER
    New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
  • WINNER
    Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award
  • WINNER | 2010
    Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
  • WINNER | 2010
    New York Times Best Illustrated Book
  • WINNER | 2010
    School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
  • NOMINEE
    Indiana Young Hoosier Award
Starred Review, School Library Journal, January 2010: "This title should be a part of every elementary school ecology unit."

Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, January 11, 2010: "Funky in every sense of the word."

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, January 15, 2010: "A stinky story never seemed so sweet ... [a] fantastic combination of text and image."

Starred Review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, April 2010: "[P]acked with visual delights."

Review, The New York Times Book Review, November 7, 2010: "[A] glorious visual treat."

Review, The Washington Post, March 21, 2010: "Cautionary? Yes. Hilarious? You betcha!"

Review, Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2010: "Here comes the Garbage Barge! tells the story in wonderfully colorful language and inventive claymation-style illustrations."

Review, Chicago Sun-Times, April 18, 2010: "As compelling as the story is, so are the unusual illustrations."

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This New York Times Best Illustrated Book is a mostly true and completely stinky story that is sure to make you say, “Pee-yew!” Teaching environmental awareness has become a national priority, and this hilarious book (subtly) drives home the message that we can’t produce unlimited trash without consequences.

Before everyone recycled . . .
 
There was a town that had 3,168 tons of garbage and nowhere to put it.
 
What did they do?
 
Enter the Garbage Barge!

Amazing art built out of junk, toys, and found objects by Red Nose Studio makes this the perfect book for Earth Day or any day, and photos on the back side of the jacket show how the art was created.
 
Here Comes the Garbage Barge was a New York Times Best Illustrated book of 2010, a Huffington Post Best Picture Book of the Year, and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. The Washington Post said, “Cautionary? Yes. Hilarious? You betcha!” and the New York Times Book Review raved, “[A] glorious visual treat.”

Author

Jonah Winter is the award-winning author of more than forty nonfiction picture books that promote environmental awareness and social and racial justice. Among them are Here Comes the Garbage Barge!; Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality; My Name is James Madison Hemings; Barack; The Founding Fathers!; and Lillian’s Right to Vote, a Jane Addams Children’s Book Award recipient and Kirkus Prize finalist. View titles by Jonah Winter
Chris Sickels is the creative force behind the award-winning Red Nose Studio. He has illustrated countless picture books, including Jonah Winter's Elvis Is King! which received two starred reviews, as well as Shana Corey's The Secret Subway, which received three starred reviews and was selected as an Amazon Best Children's Book of the Year. The New York Times called Here Comes the Garbage Barge a "glorious visual treat" and awarded it the Best Illustrated Book Award. Chris builds his 3-D illustrations with wire, fabric, wood, found objects, and more. His work has appeared in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and as a poster for the NYC subway. The Society of Illustrators has awarded him three gold medals and a silver medal, along with the Hamilton King Award, for both his illustrative and motion work. View titles by Red Nose Studio

Awards

  • WINNER
    NCSS/CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies
  • WINNER
    New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
  • WINNER
    Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award
  • WINNER | 2010
    Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
  • WINNER | 2010
    New York Times Best Illustrated Book
  • WINNER | 2010
    School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
  • NOMINEE
    Indiana Young Hoosier Award

Praise

Starred Review, School Library Journal, January 2010: "This title should be a part of every elementary school ecology unit."

Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, January 11, 2010: "Funky in every sense of the word."

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, January 15, 2010: "A stinky story never seemed so sweet ... [a] fantastic combination of text and image."

Starred Review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, April 2010: "[P]acked with visual delights."

Review, The New York Times Book Review, November 7, 2010: "[A] glorious visual treat."

Review, The Washington Post, March 21, 2010: "Cautionary? Yes. Hilarious? You betcha!"

Review, Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2010: "Here comes the Garbage Barge! tells the story in wonderfully colorful language and inventive claymation-style illustrations."

Review, Chicago Sun-Times, April 18, 2010: "As compelling as the story is, so are the unusual illustrations."

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