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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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Here Comes the Garbage Barge Read Aloud by Justin Theroux
Actor Justin Theroux reads Here Comes the Garbage Barge by Jonah Winter. Before there was recycling...
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Here Comes the Garbage Barge: Teacher Guide
Before there was recycling, there was the garbage barge, which carried a town's 3,168 tons of...
MY FAVORITES
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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