What would you do if you had to live in a giant pile of garbage? Most of us prefer to have our trash trucked off to the landfill to be forgotten. But, for Cap'n Duffy St. Pierre, the sailor who spent most of 1987 sailing up and down the Atlantic Ocean with a boatload of garbage, that wasn't an option. This is the main conflict in Here Comes the Garbage Barge!
In addition to the interesting subject, and amazing storytelling, this book has fantastic illustrations by Chris Sickels from Red Nose Studio. Each page is composed of clay characters, each handmade by Sickels, surrounded by real plastic toys and junk.
Next we read Antoinette Portis' Not a Box
This quick read illustrates how easily simple items, like a cardboard box, can be reused as something much more grand. Read more about this great book and fun activities to go along with it.
Finally, since it's Poetry Month, I also shared Shel Silverstein's poem, "Sara Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out" from Where the Sidewalk Ends
In this famous poem, Sara's stubbornness leaves her lonely and surrounded by smelly heaps of trash. Students will wince and squirm in delighted disgust as you read the long list of decomposing foods that stink up Sara's space.
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1 comment:
Great ideas!! Thank you for sharing them. My students love Shel Silverstein AND it's poetry month, so bonus! : )
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