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Description
Ever wonder what it's like to be a garbage truck? Live through a raucous and stinky night in the life of a New York City garbage truck. What fun it is to keep the city clean, by eating a special recipe of alphabet soup!
Awards: ALA Notable Book; ALA Notable Recording; Audie Awards Finalist; AudioFile Earphones Awards
Reviews
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It's a fine night for the garbage truck. It makes its rounds, collecting curbside trash throughout the city and delivering it to the garbage scow. Heard this before? Not the way Kate and Jim McMullan have created it and Andy Richter presents it. For the young trash truck aficionado, this is the definitive recording. As the anatomy of the truck is exposed and its mechanisms explained, probable contents are revealed and cheered. The work of every sanitation department is championed. With a superb musical accompaniment, Andy Richter brings the McMullans' visual artistry and story to life. Each word has the inflection and pacing that it suggests. Richter's deep and gravelly voice sounds just like the voice of a proud, no-nonsense garbage truck. Fun from first pickup to last! A.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2005 ALA Notable Recording 2005 Audie Award Finalist (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine
2005 ALA Notable Children’s Recordings Committee...
“If a city garbage truck could talk, it would undoubtedly have the gruff, streetwise voice Andy Richter uses to read Kate and Jim McMullan's picture book.”
AudioFile...
“For the young trash truck aficionado, this is the definitive recording…. With a superb musical accompaniment, Andy Richter brings the McMullans' visual artistry and story to life. Each word has the inflection and pacing that it suggests. Richter's deep and gravelly voice sounds just like the voice of a proud, no-nonsense garbage truck. Fun from first pickup to last!" Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award.
School Library Journal...
“Andy Richter’s tough, New Yorker narration is perfect for the cocky truck…. Jazz riffs featuring piano and horns provide the perfect mood from smooth night prowler to the dissonance of a city overrun with trash or the cool rhythms of the 'Back-Up Rap.' Pair this stellar stinker with Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha’s Trashy Town (HarperCollins, 1999/Weston Woods, 2001) for units on community helpers or environmental issues.”
