Trashy Town

Author: Andrea Zimmerman

Publishing:  HarperCollins

Number of Pages: Hardcover—32 pages

Genre:  Picture Book

Reading Level:  Ages 4-8

Summary: This book is about a trash man named Mr. Gilly who drives around the town and picks up trash.  First he stops at the school and picks up trash, then the book says: “Dump it in, smash it down, drive around the trashy town!”  Then he stops at the park and picks up the trash, and again, the book says: “Dump it in, smash it down, drive around the trashy town!”  Then Mr. Gilly stops behind the Pizza Parlor and picks up more trash and again, the same line is repeated.  Mr. Gilly then continues by stopping behind the Doctors, by the fire station, and then the whole town is cleaned so he takes all the trash to the dump.  Then he goes home and cleans up himself!!

My Reaction to the Book:  Obviously there isn’t much to this book but it is a good book for kids as it has a lot of repetition and it also has a good lesson in cleaning up the town and making it nice.   

Potential Problems:  There are not any problems with this book.

Recommendations:  I would recommend this book to parents of younger kids because it is a good teaching book and it has a great lesson in it.