The Greenville Garbage Solution

This narrative short story tells of how two young children and their father battle a garbage monster that is wreaking havoc on their lives.When everyone in Greenville, the fictional town in which the story takes place, implements the three R’s, the garbage monster is forced back where it belongs, in the town’s landfill site.  This story gives special emphasis to the concept of reducing what we buy right from the start in order to reduce the waste that we produce. A set of discussion questions follows the story. As this is an unillustrated story, classes that have used it in the past have had some fun creating their own illustrations.  Enjoy!