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Here comes the garbage barge!  Cover Image Book Book

Here comes the garbage barge! / written by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Red Nose Studio. --

Winter, Jonah, 1962- (Author). Red Nose Studio. (Added Author).

Summary:

In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the east coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smelly cargo.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0375852182
  • ISBN: 9780375852183
  • Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.
  • Edition: 1st ed. --
  • Publisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2010.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
"Ages 4-8"--P. [2] of cover.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 22.99
Subject: Refuse and refuse disposal > Juvenile fiction.
Barges > Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels > Juvenile fiction.
Islip (N.Y.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lakeshore Branch STO JP Winte 31681002063030 PICTURE Available -

Jonah Winter is the author of You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!, Muhammad Ali: Champion of the World, and Dizzy, all of which received multiple starred reviews. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Red Nose Studio creates eccentric worlds of sculptural and 3-D illustrations. Red Nose Studio’s illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and other publications.

Jonah Winter is the author of You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!, Muhammad Ali: Champion of the World, and Dizzy, all of which received multiple starred reviews. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Red Nose Studio creates eccentric worlds of sculptural and 3-D illustrations. Red Nose Studio's illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and other publications.


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