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Parks Fiction Recycling (Waste) Recycling (Waste, etc.) Refuse and refuse disposal Refuse and refuse disposal Fiction Refuse and refuse disposal Juvenile fiction Refuse and refuse disposal Juvenile literature Refuse collection vehicles Stories in rhyme Video recordings for the hearing impairedDay, Nick (Nicholas)
Summary: "Sylvia Samantha Wright is very good at finding--she just doesn't know exactly what all her 'junk' is good for, not yet at least. But when completely ridiculous disaster strikes, she springs into action and uses her junk to create solutions to the town's troubles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DAYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAYStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Geronimo and his friend Hercule Poirat venture into the sewers to find the origin of the horrible stink that is driving all the mice away from New Mouse City--and learn an important lesson about recycling.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2020
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Summary: "Manny and his friend Gertie join forces to clean up their local park--because every superhero needs a planet worth saving"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DIPCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DIPReynolds, Paul A
Summary: After discovering that a green sea turtle was harmed by plastic in the ocean, twin mice Sydney and Simon come up with a creative campaign to increase recycling and reduce the amount of trash created in their home, school, and town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE REYGutman, Dan
Summary: A.J. and his friends in the second grade learn that art can be made out of anything, even garbage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FICTION Series Gutman 2005Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GUTCarey, Edward
Summary: As the Iremonger family begins a search for a new home in London, residents of the city begin to notice strange incidents, including missing persons, strange objects appearing, a creeping darkness, and lots of rats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Overlook Press 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CARRegan, Dana
Summary: "Mike offers to help his friend pick up trash around the neighborhood. But when a rubber duck gets stuck in the garbage truck and trash starts to fall out and litter the town, will Mike and his friends be able to get the duck unstuck?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN REGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN REGGhigna, Charles.
Summary: Simple rhyming text follows a child who loves to play in the park and picks up the litter to help keep it clean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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Summary: A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joanne Cotler Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCMKirk, Daniel.
Summary: Trash trucks roam the city streets gobbling up all the garbage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC KIRCarey, Edward
Summary: "At the Iremonger mansion, set in the trash heaps of an alternate Victorian London, Grandfather Umbitt Iremonger has found a way to make objects assume the shapes of people, and how to turn people into objects. Will outcast grandson Clod--transformed intoa gold coin--and servant girl Lucy (now a discarded button) be found and returned to human form?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CARMcMullan, Kate.
Summary: A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins/HarperFestival 2005
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Summary: Andrew, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot wind up at a garbage dump when Andrew's latest invention, the Goa Constrictor, shrinks them to the size of beetles and swallows them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GRELeon, Donna.
Summary: A socialite asks Guido Brunetti to investigate a murder that happened in the underworld surrounding southern Italy's garbage dumping grounds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LEODewdney, Anna
Summary: Llama Llama and his friends learn about art, community, and celebrating nature when they rally the town to clean up the pond in time for the annual Boat Float.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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Summary: Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ZIMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: JE REF ZIMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ZIMPosner-Sanchez, Andrea.
Summary: Oscar the Grouch doesn't normally like visitors. But--what's that? You want to see what's inside his trash can? Okay! With plenty of alliteration to help children learn their letters and to make reading aloud a blast, Oscar enthusiastically takes readers through the alphabet with his treasure trove of trash!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Elmo and his beloved blue blanket are inseparable. When Oscar carelessly tosses the fuzzy blanket into his trash can, Elmo dives in after it. He is suddenly plunged into Grouchland - the land of Grouches, stinky garbage and the greedy Huxley who hasn't learned how to share.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SESCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD ElmoMurray, Julie
Summary: Little readers can learn about a vehicle they see every day while strengthening reading skill. Complete with colorful and fun photographs that match the text, a picture glossary, and a fun "Parts of an Garbage Truck" page.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Kids 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN MURRichey, Ellinor
Summary: "What happens when our most precious belongings... no longer belong? When something we loved suddenly becomes junk, a powerful energy is unleashed. One night, ice-skating prodigy Florence Sato is overwhelmed by pressure and throws away her skates. This fateful moment accidentally summons a "junkwraith," a terrifying ghost which seeks revenge for its abandonment by attacking the memories of its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Top Shelf Productions 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RICHFlynn, Riley
Summary: Describes the sanitation industry, discussing everything from landfills to how waste is now recycled.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press a capstone imprint 2019
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Summary: Every day we throw things away, but is everything we throw out really garbage? Can it be reused or made into something different? Learn how to "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" in this catchy song from the Me, My Friends, My Community series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: "Humans have always generated garbage, whether it's a chewed-on bone or a broken cell phone. Our landfills are overflowing, but with some creative thinking, stuff we once threw away can become a collection of valuable resources just waiting to be harvested. [This book] digs deep into the history of garbage, from Minoan trash pits to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and uncovers some of the many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.7 MULShowers, Paul.
Summary: Explains how people create too much waste and how waste is now recycled and put into landfills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1994