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Synopsis
THE GARBAGE TRUCKS
ARE HERE TODAY!
Smashing, mashing,
lights a-flashing,
gobblin' garbage,
GULPITY-GULP.
From castaway furniture to last night's leftovers, no job is too big or too small for this rugged team. With an upbeat, rhythmic text, Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash! follows two garbage trucks on their route. What results is a stinky, roaring, rumbling mess -- and LOADS OF FUN!
Children's Literature
The sounds and smells of garbage trucks are celebrated in this active, rhythmic story. Two workers dressed in overalls, caps, and boots climb into their anthropomorphic trucks shown from their backsides. Their "faces" feature red eyes (brake lights), mouths with teeth (flap openings with scalloped edges), and one has a red appendage (apparently to represent a tongue). Two youngsters and three dogs awaken as the trucks approach. They bounce with excitement as the hungry vehicles gleefully gobble trash bags, rotten eggs, apple cores, stinky diapers, coffee grounds, cheese souffle, turkey bones, melon rinds, and moldy bread. The strong, muscular workers soon have greasy gloves, sticky boots, and stains a-plenty on their suits. The rhyming text shouts to be read aloud. Full-color double page illustrations depict the personified pig characters as both the diligent workers and the exuberant children. The awakened dogs leave the bedroom to romp about with the trucks and return after the trucks leave the neighborhood. Sure to be a popular choice for storytime reading.