Garbage! Monster! Burp! starts out with a rather nice rhyming scheme, which can be impressive in children's literature. Unfortunately, the rhymes later fall apart, and some of the story goes with them. What begins as a cute tale about a monster that eats a town's garbage soon becomes a moralistic tale that is making a lot of arguments: We should all recycle. The government is stupid. Progress and growth can be bad. Only children have the answers for the future. And so forth. Are these messages right? That may be largely a matter of personal opinion. I think, however, that the sheer number of them can be overwhelming--for young readers, for the short length of the book. Also, children can often spot a message a mile away, and it does not always make them happy. A shower of messages will not more welcome. This is probably a good read for those specifically looking for an environmental message, wrapped up in a cute garbage monster representation.
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