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Where the Garbage Goes Spring 2026 |
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A Job for the Professionals
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Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue!
by Sherri Duskey Rinker
Before the construction crew can start renovating a fine old neighborhood, they need the help of the garbage vehicles to clean up truckfuls of trash, and much more.
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Unique Like You
by Allison Rozo
While helping her mama collect empty cans, old newspapers, and other recyclable treasure to sell, Lina discovers a wall of graffiti with the words UNICO COMO TU UNIQUE LIKE YOU. This discovery sends her on a quest through Bogota, Colombia, to find treasure where she least expects it, and to discover what makes her unique.
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Garbage Trucks
by Quinn M. Arnold
Nothing hauls trash to the landfill like a garbage truck! This transportation book introduces beginning readers to the vehicles. Aided by eye-catching photographs, fun facts, and comic-inspired speech bubbles and humor, kids will learn about the design, functions, and working principles of these waste-transporting machines.
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Landslide
by Betty Culley
Nathan, a perceptive ten-year-old who lives across from the town's controversial landfill, notices it shifting and must find a way to stop a looming garbage landslide and save his father, who works atop the heap driving the compactor.
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Janitors School of Garbage: Volume 1
by Tyler Whitesides
Landon Murphy discovers the undercover janitorial world when his soon-to-be stepsister, Jade Shu, guides him through a magical portal at the bottom of a dumpster that leads to a fantastical landfill and the home of the School of Garbage.
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Look! Look!
by Uma Krishnaswami
When a girl discovers a slab of stone on a weedy patch of land, she calls to her friends, 'Look! Look!' The children clear away the weeds and garbage and find more stones. They call their families to come and see and begin to dig around the stones. Word travels to villages nearby, and more and more people join in, until the digging reveals steps that lead down to an ancient well. At the bottom, there's even a little water! When the rains come, they cause an underground spring to flow once again, filling the ancient well with fresh, clean water and greening the surrounding fields.
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Little Moments in a Big Universe
by Todd Stewart
A stunning picture book about the interconnectedness of life and the power of storytelling to bring us together, new from award-winning artist Todd Stewart An explorer and a robot are traveling the universe in their spaceship, when their engine malfunctions and they crash-land on an unknown planet. How will they fix their ship? Will they ever explore again? And who are the strange light-filled creatures who are beckoning to them? As they meet the planet's life-forms, the duo realizes that they are the strange creatures here--and that they can all work together to repair the spaceship and clean up the crash site. As they work, they share stories with the planet's inhabitants, forging a connection that makes even the distant stars seem closer. Told from multiple perspectives, this unique story invites readers to consider the ways in which we're all connected. Lyrical text and out-of-this-world screen-printed and digital artwork invite readers into a rich universe to explore.
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The Lost Robot
by Joe Todd-Stanton
A heart-warming picture book about a lost, broken robot searching for their place in life, their family and their forever home by award-winning author and illustrator Joe Todd-Stanton. Deep in the heart of a rubbish dump, a little broken robot woke up . . . Mio can't remember where they came from or how long it's been, but they know they're not meant to be there. They go in search of their memories and the home they once knew, only to discover that everything has changed. A stunning picture book with a beautiful message about loving yourself and knowing there is always a place where you belong.
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Sea Challenge
by Bear Grylls
Chloe doesn't understand the phrase leave things the way you found them until she's transported to a tropical beach and sees how much non-degradable litter washes up.
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Mermaid Elle Saving the Seas
by Elle Jimenez
Mermaid Elle is princess of her kingdom in the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea. Her duty is to protect the ocean and keep her home and sea friends safe. Until one day, Gunk, a toxic creature who feeds off of the garbage in the ocean, shows up and causes catastrophic damage to her sea friends' reef. Now Mermaid Elle must find a way to stop this Gunk before he destroys the entire ocean. With the help of her new superpowers, a human girl, Sofia, and her loyal clownfish friend, Skippy, Mermaid Elle embarks on a mission to save her home and defeat the pollution monster.
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Chaos in Witwicky!
by Ryder Windham
Transformers: EarthSpark is a kids animated series from Nickelodeon and Hasbro introducing the first Transformers bots to be born on Earth, streaming on Paramount+! The Maltos give back to their community in this chapter book featuring a brand-new original story! The town of Witwicky is having a community clean-up day and the Malto family can't wait to help, but they don't have the best history with the town. When their Terran siblings feel nervous, Robby and Mo take the lead in showing their neighbors the Terrans deserve another chance. But soon everything that was fixed starts falling apart! Can the Maltos figure out who's sabotaging them before they get blamed for the chaos?
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Supa Nova: A Graphic Novel
by Chanté Timothy
Nova is horrified when she learns about the world's plastic problem and the trash islands floating in the ocean. Good thing she has a super-secret lab in her basement. No problem is too big for SUPA NOVA or for SCIENCE! But things go spectacularly awry when she creates a plastic-eating monster who won't stop eating and GROWING. Will Supa Nova be able to save the day--and the planet?
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Picture Books & ER |
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Beautiful Junk
by Melissa Assaly
A young boy's neighbor is getting ready to move and leaves all of their junk on the curb. He soon discovers, however, that one person's junk can be another person's treasure. To his amazement, people go through the piles and find uses for many items that had been ready to go in to the garbage truck. Is it possible that even he could find a treasure from the pile?
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Sparkles for Sunny: A Lunar New Year Story
by Sylvia Chen
Wishing to distinguish her style while honoring her family's ideals, young Sunny adds her unique touch to her sisters' hand-me-down dress for the Lunar New Year celebration.
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More or Less
by Alison Hughes
A child's bedroom, and the rest of his house, has become cluttered with stuff. But when one small act of giving something away sparks joy, he keeps going--and before you know it, his little sister, friends, and family get involved in donating items to people in need and bringing the whole community together for a swap party.
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Girl Scouts: The Amazing Daisies
by Girl Scouts
Meet the Amazing Daisies, three best friends who work together to accomplish amazing things. Ava, Hazel, and Ellie are enjoying a snack at the Daisy Lane playground when they realize there's no recycling bin in sight. The trio use their creativity, perseverance, and teamwork skills to solve this problem by selling Girl Scout cookies to raise the funds for the bin. What will it take to sell enough boxes to make their neighborhood a better place? Find out in this Level One I Can Read book perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. This book also includes instructions for making jewelry from recycled materials.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: For Older Readers
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
by Kirsty Holmes
Readers have probably heard that they should reduce, reuse, and recycle before, but what exactly does each word mean? Budding environmentalists find the answer in this guide to environmental activism. This achievable and vibrant volume teaches young readers the importance of responsibly taking care of their things and preventing unnecessary waste of materials, and educates them on crucial science vocabulary and concepts in the process. Full-color photographs and age-appropriate fact boxes guide readers as they learn how to protect Earth through the careful consumption of limited resources.
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Kids Fight Extinction: ACT Now to Be a #2minutesuperhero
by Martin Dorey
Let dandelions grow wild in your garden? Make a bird feeder? Check labels for palm oil? Protecting the Earth's wildlife and saving endangered living things from extinction may begin by changing what you eat, how you travel, and the things you buy.
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Project Share Table
by Carol Kim
Jina Jeong is upset when she learns that wasting food harms the environment. She is determined to waste less food at home by planning meals. She also notices a lot of food being wasted in her school cafeteria. She works together with the custodians to set up a Share Table where students can exchange uneaten food and keep it from going in the trash.
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Free Piano (Not Haunted)
by Whitney Gardner
Margo, a lonely aspiring songwriter, discovers her secondhand synthesizer is haunted by a 1980s pop star, leading to an unexpected bond and a journey of self-discovery as she grapples with the true meaning of making music and fame.
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My Dear Sea by André CarrilhoOn a family beach trip, an excited young swimmer rushes to the water as her dad cautions her to respect the sea. As she swims in the waves and builds sandcastles onshore, she shares valuable lessons on responsibility that she learned from her best friend, the sea. As she explores ancient sea caves and glimpses amazing creatures just beyond the waves, she reminds us all that caring for and respecting the sea also means keeping it clear of trash and pollution. As the day closes on another successful beach adventure, she waves farewell to her friend and promises to return tomorrow. My Dear Sea is a love letter to the sea and all it holds, with pages full of jewel-toned illustrations in pastels depicting beach scenes and marine surprises. Rhyming lines reveal important lessons all beachgoers should know about the ocean's importance and its conservation, making for a perfect classroom STEAM read-aloud and beach-lover's reading gift.
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Worm Makes a Sandwich
by Brianne Farley
Worm sets out to make a sandwich, but first must compost food scraps into soil to plant a seed in to grow the vegetables to put into the sandwich. Includes backmatter on composting.
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