Here Comes The Garbage Barge!

The Garbage Barge was written by Jonah Winter and illustrated by the Red Nose Studio. This is a historical fiction picture book intended for children from kindergarten through second grade. The book was published by Schwartz and Wade in 2010. The main theme of this book is to educate kids about the garbage barge. The main character of this book is Captain Duffy St. Pierre. He steers the garbage barge from the stinky town of Islip, which had over 3,000 tons of garbage and nowhere to put it, all over the world. No one wanted the garbage. As time went by, the garbage got stinkier and stinkier. Finally Islip was forced to take their garbage back. This brought new awareness to garbage and the need for recycling. This is a great book to use when teaching about environmental awareness.