Garbage

by Robert Maass

This photo essay offers young readers an in-depth look at the steps involved in the processing of garbage as it is carried from the home to the landfill.

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2000

Reviews

[Kate Detjen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyday we make garbage, and lots of it! Garbage is a informative book about the everyday issues of garbage, what it is and where it all ends up. It discusses who the sanitation crew is and how sanitation trucks collect all of our garbage. It follows the tracks of garbage and how it is pushed into a landfill. At the landfill, trucks and bulldozers go to work forming all the garbage into a huge hill in which this later dump soil on top of to create an artificial hill. This educational book then talks about how important recycling is and what it means to recycle something. This book is a harsh reality of what garbage does to our environment and how everyone can help by recycling.

[Alison · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good idea but it was too long for my pre-K class. I skipped a lot of the text while reading.