The
Monarch
Award:
Illinois'
K-3
Children's Choice Award
2008
Master List
Sponsored by
the
Illinois
School Library Media Association
2008 Nominee: I Stink!A big city garbage truck makes its nighttime rounds consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with Zuchini.
Author/Illustrator: Kate & Jim McMullan
Book
Activities
- Discussion questions: What would happen if our
garbage weren't picked up.
- Language arts: Read Sarah
Sylvia Cynthia Stout by Shel Silverstein. Discuss onomatopoeia
and personification.
- Writing: Write a story as an inanimate object.
- Math:
- Science: Learn about composting.
- Social Studies: Learn about where our garbage goes.
Compare our sanitation sisytem with the one in the book (New York City).
- Drama:
- Cooking/Food:
- Art:
- Music:
- Movement:
Related Books
I'm Dirty by Kate & Jim McMullan
Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman
I Drive a Garbage Truck by Sarah Bridges
The Great Trash Bash by Loreen Leedy
Fluffy series by Kate McMullan
Websites
2008 Nominee Resources