Here Comes the Garbage Barge!

"Garbage Barge" is a book that has lessons to learn from so many points. Obviously, the first lesson to learn is about our environmental responsibility. At the time of this story, garbage from New York City and Long Island was routinely mounded on land or barged out to the Mudhole just off the New Jersey coast for dumping. This book takes a look at what happens when someone says that enough is enough, you gotta find a better way - and in steps Gino with a "brilliant plan". The second lesson is a lesson of geography - my daughter can use a map and track the travels of the barge with my grandson and note how many miles the barge actually goes while on this great stinking adventure. The last lesson is one of understanding of your fellow man. This is not a slap-in-the-face book of Italian-American stereotypes - as noted in most of the negative reviews - it is just a story populated with certain people from a certain region who speak with a very distinctive dialect. People from Long Island regularly "murder the King's English" - it's who they are and it's what makes them prime fodder for books like these. They axs quessions. They say "houz youz doin" as a statement. They say "dis","dat", and "What's it to ya?" Geez, lighten up - if you don't like the dialect of the fine people of Long Island - whatever the nationality, then open an elocution school in Brooklyn and help fix the perceived problem. As for the book, it's a great read for kids and a great starting point for some interesting discussions.

Seems like a good book, I just don't recommend it for toddlers... My kid is 3 and LOVES garbage trucks so of course we had to get this... But it has people with guns, which we've managed to avoid so far elsewhere. It also says that the guy who was supposed to take the garbage "had a little accident" and my kid was worried about that. So just fyi if you've got a little kid.

My 4-year-old son checked this title from his school library and kept checking it out for a month he enjoyed it so much. We read it every night for weeks. I finally bought it so he would check it back in at school. It’s quirky and based on a true story, so pretty neat with the lesson to “not make so much garbage”.The book arrived in good shape, but the book jacket was crushed to the point of ruin from the other amazon items it shipped with. I had ordered a lot of Christmas gifts that were shipped together. 4/5 stars because it’s not like it’s a collector’s item and the jackets usually get lost or torn by kids eventually.

My son loves watching and listening to this story on Storyline Online. Had to buy the hard copy so he could follow along. He loves seeing the behind the scenes of the stop motion photos.

I remember when this was actually in the news - wow I’m old. I read it to my six year old and he was in slight disbelief that it actually happened. Pictures were great - very good illustrations.

Absolutely love this children’s book. Very entertaining as well as a great lesson about recycling based on a real event.

This book deserves 5 stars. It is a wonderful piece of historic fiction of a problem from 30+years ago that still speaks to our needs and morals today. However, my book did not come with a jacket. Inside the jacket of the book is a look at how the art was made for the pictures and for the video that you can find on Amazon. I think my students would have been interested in that piece. I am disappointed it is missing.

This book is wonderfully illustrated!! I like Red Nose studio.

Thanks to Storyline Online this was already a firm favourite of my son. Now he reads it himself, American accents and all!

Há tempos vejo o trabalho do Red Noise e sempre quis ter algum trabalho dele, muito inspirador. Adoro seu traço, queria poder ter todos os livros, principalmente sobre o que fez sobre Elvis Presley.

Chris Sickel's est le meilleur artiste graphiste au monde. J'adore ce livre. Il fait tous de A à Z. Bravo

すべてのページに、素晴らしい作品の写真がば〜んっ！と載っています。見る人によっては、作品集としても楽しめると思います。この人形たちの表情が好きで、私はWindows7の壁紙でRED NOSE STUDIOのことを知って以来のファンです。まず、表情がおもしろい！でもそれを一段と際立たせているのが、本のゴミストーリー☆ゴミを出しすぎると大変なんだよっていう話なんですが、ストーリーや人形たちが秀逸なので押し付けがましい感じは全くしません。笑いながら、自然にゴミ問題のことを考えたり。もっと、このペアで本を出してほしいですね。英語の会話はtheがdaになってたりで、声に出して読むとなまってる感がいっぱいで、おもしろいです。全体的に平易な英文なので、教育本としてもよいですね。人形以外の小物も実に細かく制作されおり、１ページをじっくり見てるうちに、新しい発見をしたり。。。。遊び心をくすぐる一冊ですね。本のカバーは裏返すと、この人形の制作過程が写真とともに紹介されています。おもしろいですよ〜