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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2010-01-01
Page Count
40
Publisher
garbage, barge, town, recycling
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780375852183
Themes
earth day
recycling

Here Comes the Garbage Barge

Written by Jonah Winter and Illustrated by Red Nose Studio
Before there was recycling, there was the garbage barge, which carried a town's 3,168 tons of garbage away. What a stinky mess! What's more, the story is mostly true.
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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2010-01-01
Page Count
40
Publisher
garbage, barge, town, recycling
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780375852183
Themes
earth day
recycling
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