# Gifts from the Garbage Truck

**Author:** Andrew Larsen
**Grade range:** Grades K–2
**Age range:** 4–8
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 36
**Genre:** Picture Book Nonfiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781728283524`
**ISBN-10:** `1728283523`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/gifts-from-the-garbage-truck
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Nonfiction picture book about what gets thrown away and what could be fixed, reused or remade instead; a starred School Library Journal pick.

## Where this book is assigned

### Mississippi Magnolia Book Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · Mississippi — [source: Mississippi Library Association / USM — 2026 Magnolia Book Awards nominees (student-choice; PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 divisions)](https://aquila.usm.edu/magnolia_book_awards/12)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · Mississippi — [source: Mississippi Library Association / USM — 2026 Magnolia Book Awards nominees (student-choice; PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 divisions)](https://aquila.usm.edu/magnolia_book_awards/12)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade · Mississippi — [source: Mississippi Library Association / USM — 2026 Magnolia Book Awards nominees (student-choice; PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 divisions)](https://aquila.usm.edu/magnolia_book_awards/12)

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