Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
Our online Searchable Best Books List draws from the committee's annual Best Children's Books of the Year-beginning with the list of books published in 2000-with each featuring more than 600 high-quality titles for young readers.
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Total Garbage: A Messy Dive into Trash, Waste, and Our World
Rebecca Donnelly
Illustrator: John Hendrix
Ages: 9+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Henry Holt/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-250-76038-8
Keywords: Recycling, environmental activists
What is trash? Where does it come from? Where does it go? And how can we be environmentally responsible? Line drawings match the blue ink of the text, adding humor and providing additional information. Time line, index, and resources.