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Down in the Dumps #2
Down in the Dumps #2: Trash vs. Trucks: An Illustrated Chapter Book About Friendship and Humor at the Landfill for Kids
The Secret Life of Pets meets The Bad Guys in DOWN IN THE DUMPS, an all-new, highly illustrated early chapter book series about three unlikely friends—a rotten banana, a broken tea pot, and a crusty blob of gum—and their adventures together in the local town landfill. Oh, no! In Trash vs. Trucks , the second book in the Down in the Dumps series, the trucks are planning to move Nana’s beautiful home at the Westerfield Waste Transfer and Recycling Center. And to a trash barge of all places, too! Nana isn’t about to give up her beloved dump without a fight, but she’ll need a plan first. Will Nana and her trash friends be able to save their home and stop the trucks from taking apart everything they’ve worked so hard to build? Trash vs. Trucks is the second book in the Down in the Dumps series from beloved author-illustrator Wes Hargis. It will have even the most reluctant readers taking out the trash for more adventures! HarperChapters build confident readers one chapter at a time! With short, fast-paced books, art on every page, and milestone markers at the end of every chapter, they're the perfect next step for fans of I Can Read!
- GenresFantasy
96 pages, Paperback
Published September 13, 2022
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December 8, 2022
Written like a graphic novel, Down in the Dumps: Trash vs. Trucks is a short & fun read for readers that are ready for chapter books. The font makes it easy for young readers to distinguish between words.
I'm not a fan of the greyscale illustrations, as it makes the pages dull.
I have mixed feelings about the plot. On the one hand, I feel like its encouraging children to be disobedient when faced with something new, such as moving... I may be reading more into it that a child would be though. On the other hand, I love how the author threw in the importance of NOT littering.
I love the achievement acknowledgement after select chapters, or word count. My child really enjoyed being able to see how much he was reading - this is great for reading challenges/read-a-thons.
You can read my original review here:
I'm not a fan of the greyscale illustrations, as it makes the pages dull.
I have mixed feelings about the plot. On the one hand, I feel like its encouraging children to be disobedient when faced with something new, such as moving... I may be reading more into it that a child would be though. On the other hand, I love how the author threw in the importance of NOT littering.
I love the achievement acknowledgement after select chapters, or word count. My child really enjoyed being able to see how much he was reading - this is great for reading challenges/read-a-thons.
You can read my original review here:
December 3, 2022
When the friendly garbage learns their dump is being moved to a barge to clear space for a parking lot, they band together to fight back.
Black and white graphic novel style. Told through comic speech bubbles with narrative sentences sprinkled throughout. Not my fav of the Harper Chapters but a solid addition.
Black and white graphic novel style. Told through comic speech bubbles with narrative sentences sprinkled throughout. Not my fav of the Harper Chapters but a solid addition.
February 3, 2023
The Westerfield Waste Transfer and Recycling Center is home to Nana and her two best friends, Ms. Kettle and Moreland. When Nana discovers that the center is going to be cleared and turned into a parking lot, and all the trash will be moved to a barge, she takes steps to save her home. Nana and her friends decide to hold a Trashtacular to save the center.
May 23, 2023
As with book #1...
I like the beginner reader encouragement of the chapter / word tracker and the celebratory total chapters and words at the end. I think the book would have been even better if it were in full color; I'm guessing that was a publisher decision to save costs, because it seems like it was written to be in full color.
I like the beginner reader encouragement of the chapter / word tracker and the celebratory total chapters and words at the end. I think the book would have been even better if it were in full color; I'm guessing that was a publisher decision to save costs, because it seems like it was written to be in full color.
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