The Resource Here comes the garbage barge!, written by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Red Nose Studio
Here comes the garbage barge!, written by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Red Nose Studio
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The item Here comes the garbage barge!, written by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Red Nose Studio represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Here comes the garbage barge!, written by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Red Nose Studio represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 v. (unpaged)
- Note
- "A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jkt. flap
- Isbn
- 9780375852183
- Label
- Here comes the garbage barge!
- Title
- Here comes the garbage barge!
- Statement of responsibility
- written by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Red Nose Studio
- Subject
-
- Barges -- Juvenile fiction
- Islip (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Islip (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Refuse and refuse disposal -- Fiction
- Refuse and refuse disposal -- Juvenile fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- Barges -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Awards note
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1962-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Winter, Jonah
- Dewey number
- [E]
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Ages 4-8
- Interest level
- LG
- LC call number
- PZ7.W75477
- LC item number
- Her 2010
- Literary form
- fiction
- Reading level
- 3.8
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Red Nose Studio
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- Barges
- Voyages and travels
- Islip (N.Y.)
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- Barges
- Voyages and travels
- Islip (N.Y.)
- Target audience
- primary
- Label
- Here comes the garbage barge!, written by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Red Nose Studio
- Note
- "A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jkt. flap
- Dimensions
- 26 x 30 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 v. (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9780375852183
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008040709
- Other physical details
- col. ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)263146682
- Label
- Here comes the garbage barge!, written by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Red Nose Studio
- Note
- "A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jkt. flap
- Dimensions
- 26 x 30 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 v. (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9780375852183
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008040709
- Other physical details
- col. ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)263146682
Subject
- Barges -- Juvenile fiction
- Islip (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Islip (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Refuse and refuse disposal -- Fiction
- Refuse and refuse disposal -- Juvenile fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- Barges -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction
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- trueGreat Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan): Grades 2-3
- trueNew York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books: 2010
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 2010
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