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One cold morning in early spring, a bulldozer pushes a pile of garbage around a landfill and uncovers an empty plastic bag — a perfectly good bag, the color of the skin of a yellow onion, with two holes for handles — that someone has thrown away. Just then, a puff of wind lifts the rolling,... read more
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In a singular first children’s book, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Ted Kooser follows a plastic bag on its capricious journey from a landfill into a series of townspeople’s lives.
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First Sentence edit
One cole, windy mornig early in spring, a bulldozer was pushing a big pile of garbage around a landfill when it uncovered an empty bag and drove on.
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First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Cadlewick Press Books
Country: Somerville, MA, USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780763630010
Page Count: 46
Publisher: Cadlewick Press Books
Country: Somerville, MA, USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780763630010
Page Count: 46
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ7.K835775Bag 2010
- Dewey: Add the Dewey Classification.
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › Authors & Illustrators, A-Z › ( K )
- Books › Children's Books › Ages 4-8 › Picture Books
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Children's Literature Guides
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Multicultural Stories › Other
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Where We Live › Country Life
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Family Saga
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