![]() ![]() I must say that, while I appreciated the illustrations and found them very creative (Red Nose Studio "puts garbage to good use-by making art out of it!") I really was not a fan. I'd heard some "buzz" about the illustrations in the book but really didn't know what the story was about. I'm having trouble getting over the fact that a barge filled with garbage is so much more well-traveled than I am! ![]() ![]() This is a fun read for everyone, though the younger set may have trouble believing it actually happened it seems so far-fetched now. How can you not laugh about something like this? Red Nose Studio's strange blend of model-making and clay-mation-like puppets suit Winter's tale perfectly.Īnd, I love all the little details, like these sisters being dressed alike: This little slice of recent history is told with heaping doses of humor. If you think this seems like strange fodder for a children's book, you'd be right. For 162 days, the garbage barge floated around, looking for a place to land. The same story was told in New Orleans, and any other of the port cities the barge visited. BUT, when the barge arrived at those sunny shores, the deal had fallen through, and the rubbish was not welcome there. It's destination? North Carolina, where it had been prearranged for some farmers to bury the garbage on their farms. ![]() In March of 1987, a barge left Islip, Long Island, hauling almost thirty-two hundred tons of trash. ![]()
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