Here Comes the Garbage Barge

by Jonah Winter Narrated by L. J. Ganser

Overview

Critically acclaimed children's author Jonah Winter reimagines a true story from 1987. The small Long Island town of Islip has a big problem-3,168 tons of garbage and no place to put it! So workers pile the smelly refuse on a large barge, hire a tug boat, and send the stuff south to find a final resting place. But as the barge travels from North Carolina to New Orleans and from Mexico to Belize-nobody wants Islip's rotting mountain of garbage. "Winter's folksy, storyteller's voice captures the scruffy spirit of the adventure with plenty of humor ."-Booklist

Editorial Reviews

Kristi Jemtegaard

This fable, based on an actual incident in 1987, has its plasticized tongue planted firmly in its polymer cheek…Cautionary? Yes. Hilarious? You betcha!
—The Washington Post

Karen Schoemer

Here Comes the Garbage Barge!…doesn't hide its Oscar the Grouch-style affection for trash. The illustrator, Chris Sickels of the Red Nose Studio in Indiana, ingeniously employs found materials to construct 3-D sculptures, which he then photo­graphs in front of luminous painted backdrops…Here Comes the Garbage Barge! is a glorious visual treat…
—The New York Times

Kirkus Reviews

A stinky story never seemed so sweet. Winter tackles the true-life tale of the 1987 Garbage Barge fiasco in this entirely amusing mix of fact and fiction. When the city of Islip on Long Island ends up with too much garbage, some businessmen (merged into a single character here named Gino Stroffolino) decide the best solution is to ship it to a distant Southern contact. Trouble arises when the barge and stalwart Cap'm Duffy St. Pierre find themselves turned away at every port. From North Carolina to Mexico, from New Orleans to Belize, nobody wants the garbage-all 3,168 tons of it. The author has fun with this story, and his jovial tall-tale tone is well complemented by the eye-popping clay models provided by Red Nose Studio. The garbage in this book doesn't just stink-it oozes and melts in the hot summer sun. A fantastic combination of text and image, this is sure to give the barge and story the infamy they deserve for a generation far too young to recall either the actual incident or the bad old days before we all recycled. (Picture book. 4-8)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170787562
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	03/15/2013
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

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