Gifts from the Garbage Truck
A True Story About the Things We (Don't) Throw Away

This is how much one person can MAKE A DIFFERENCE even though it seems like nothing when it started. Thank you, SOURCEBOOKS KIDS, for the advance reading copy. Based on the outstanding work of a former employee at New York City Sanitation Department, Nelson Monila “saved” so many reusable items of all......more

My school library makerspace isn’t just low budget, it’s no-budget. I have gleaned many things that would have otherwise been thrown away or asked for donations and kids make things out of items that would have been thrown away. So this book will be a great introduction to the spirit of our makerspa......more

Gifts from the Garbage Truck tells the story of Nelson Molina, a New York garbage collector who has been picking things out of the trash since childhood to repair and curated a museum of things people threw in the garbage. It's a nice uplifting story about the ways we can repair or upcycle things to......more

Gifts from the Garbage Truck is a beautiful true story about Nelson and all the treasures he discovered in other people's trash, showing how one person's trash can be another person's treasure. It offers examples of how you can reuse certain objects. This important message inspires us to think about......more