

Consult the generous bibliography for further information, and consider a Winter and McCarthy double-header for Earth Day classroom or library programming. McCarthy’s signature cast of bulging-eyed characters are a perfect match for the intrinsic silliness of this event, and the myriad talking heads airing their opinions aptly convey the noise of public engagement. Pierre of the Break of Dawn and the trash-filled barge he was commissioned to tow from New York to North Carolina will appreciate added detail in both text and appended notes, even though McCarthy leaves some questions unanswered. Children familiar with the plight of Captain Duffy St. McCarthy delivers complementary coverage of the episode, focusing more attention on the newscasters that kept the story at a boil and the judges, mayors, and multiple injunctions that kept the garbage-laden barge at sea.

Does a library collection need another? In this case, yes. Hilarious? You betcha!” and the New York Times Book Review raved, “ glorious visual treat.” Justine Theroux reads the book out-loud for the Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) award-winning online program for children, Storytime Online.Īwards: Daytime Emmy Nominated Outstanding Special Class/Short Format Daytime Program 2018, 3x3 Children’s Book Show Distinguished Merit 2010, Society of Illustrators 52 2009.It’s been nearly a decade since Jonah Winter and Red Nose Studio delighted readers with Here Comes the Garbage Barge!, a diorama-styled picture book treatment of the 1987 comedy of errors involving a bargeload of garbage in desperate search of a landfill (BCCB 4/10). CHRIS SICKELS, the creative force behind the award-winning Red Nose Studio, has illustrated Here Comes the Garbage Barge by Jonah Winter (4 starred reviews, New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award) and The Secret Subway by Shana Corey (3 starred reviews, Amazon Best Children’s Book of 2016). The Washington Post said, “Cautionary? Yes. Hilarious You betcha and the New York Times Book Review raved, A glorious visual treat. The Washington Post said, Cautionary Yes. Here Comes the Garbage Barge was a New York Times Best Illustrated book of 2010, a Huffington Post Best Picture Book of the Year, and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Here Comes the Garbage Barge was a New York Times Best Illustrated book of 2010, a Huffington Post Best Picture Book of the Year, and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.


Amazing art built out of junk, toys, and found objects by Red Nose Studio makes this the perfect book for Earth Day or any day, and photos on the back side of the jacket show how the art was created. Inequality My Name is James Madison Hemings Barack The Founding. This New York Times Best Illustrated Book is a mostly true and completely stinky story that is sure to make you say, “Pee-yew!” Teaching environmental awareness has become a national priority, and this hilarious book (subtly) drives home the message that we can’t produce unlimited trash without consequences. Among them are Here Comes the Garbage Barge Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G.
