In the far future, humanity has doomed planet Earth to rot and decay, covering her surface with garbage. Now, ancient spirits called the Colossals rise from the debris and attack the remaining survivo
The redoubtable Grandma—this book is a sequel to Grandma Drove the Snowplow—is at it again. After all her hard work collecting the town’s garbage and plowing the roads, Grandma deserves a day off—and what better day than Labor Day. All she has to do is sit back and enjoy a nice boat ride with her littlest grandson Billy while her sons catch the lobsters for the town Lobster Bake. But what happens when the waves get choppy, the fog rolls in, and all the boats are in difficulty? Can Grandma take the helm and get the lobsters back to shore in time?More great fun as our intrepid heroine is again placed at the center of small town life and in the middle of a local celebration.
In Get a Job at the Garbage Dump, fictional character Jeremiah Oliver Baumgartner (Job, for short) introduces readers to a wide variety opportunities found (through his adventure and misadventures) at
Once Sydney learns how garbage can get into the ocean and harm sea life, she won't rest until she and her twin brother, Simon, reduce waste at home and at school. Together the creative duo gets friend
Armando and his father are trash-pickers in Tijuana, Mexico, but when Seanor David brings his "school"--a blue tarp set down near the garbage dump--to their neighborhood, Armando's father decides that
Over the past hundred years, gulls have been brought ashore by modernity. They now live not only on the coasts but in our slipstream following trawlers, barges, and garbage trucks. They are more our c
For twenty-two years politicians and businessmen pushed for the Adams Mine landfill as a solution to Ontario?s garbage disposal crisis. This plan to dump millions of tonnes of waste into the fractured
When someone smiles, who knows where it goes? Baby smiles at Mommy, Mom keeps it for a while . . . and then passes it on. As the smile begins its joyful journey—moving from a first-grade class to a soccer team, from Gran to a garbage man, even to a puppy—it spreads happiness throughout the community, bringing everyone together. A sunny picture book guaranteed to make kids SMILE!
A revolutionary army is taking on the failing government and the US Marines, and the cities have become vast garbage-strewn slums. In The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta, Mario Vargas Llosa offers not ju
James, Earl Lovelace's Caribbean classic tells the story of Calvary Hill - poverty stricken, pot-holed and garbage-strewn - where the slum shacks 'leap out of the red dirt and stone, thin like smoke,
Three years ago columnist and author Grace Dent joined new social network site Twitter, mainly as a place to dump her surplus jokes, rant about garbage TV and post exclusive j-pegs of her hot new toen
A fascinating—and entertaining—cautionary story about what the Great Lakes would look like without water. What’s down there (garbage, lost sunglasses). And what would happen with no water (boats woul
A mean octopus has dumped garbage all over Mermaid Kingdom! The only way to save the mermaids is to find the magic crown! Come along with everyone's favorite explorer, Dora, as she crosses the Seashel
Retired private detective and current seventh grader Steve Brixton has a new career: taking out the garbage on Wednesdays for five bucks a week. But it’s hard to leave the old game behind, and on a tr
Don't dump your wastepaper into the garbage - it's time to fold! Yesterday's trash is today's art with an unlimited potential for the imaginative paper crafter. Famed origami artists and award-winnin
A lively, immersive history by an award-winning urbanist of New York City's transformation, and the lessons it offers for the city's future.Dangerous, filthy, and falling apart, garbage piled on its s
Follow a young boy named Casey as he learns about composting and what it can do to provide nutrition to plants and keep garbage out of landfills. Supportive adults in his life recognize his passion an
What do you do if your alley is strewn with garbage after the sanitation truck comes through? Or if you’re tired of the rowdy teenagers next door keeping you up all night? Is there a vacant lot on you
