#GARBAGE DUMP DRIVERS#

One day after she leaves the bear outside in the rain, Dougal the Garbage Dump Bear by Matt Dray - OLDER BOOK – 2005 – this little picture book treasure was sitting in a pile of donated books. Cute little story about a bear who wasn’t loved as much as other toys in a little girl’s collection. Thought it would fit a few units of inquiry in my school from How We Organize Ourselves knowing about people in the community to Sharing the Planet with recycling and reusing items vs. But then again as adults we often enjoy the rollicking tales of Matthew Reilly or Michael Crichton over the carefully constructed prose of William Shakespeare!ĭougal the Garbage Dump Bear by Matt Dray - OLDER BOOK – 2005 – this little picture book treasure was sitting in a pile of donated books. So it is never going to match the best of Dr Seuss, Mem Fox or Janet Ahlberg and Allan Ahlberg - with every word agonised over and carefully selected. And the plot is a bit all over the place (one review I've read by an 8 year old asked whether Matt Dray was drunk when writing it to create such a story). The text itself was a little wordy - He's put over 200 words on the first 3 pages, well over Mem Fox's target of less than 500 words over the 32 pages of a early childhood picture book. Not one of those fancy ones where people spend huge amounts of time and money creating something perfect - this is more a 'found objects' scrapbook - with masking tape holding the roughly cut out photos, a scatter of dissicated coconut from the lamington, sand from the beach - and of course the flys from the dump!

#GARBAGE DUMP DRIVERS#

They life the lifestyle of the drivers - vegemite sandwiches and iced coffee for lunch, rushing for the airconditioned cab of the truck during hot days, and heading out on a Friday night for a few 'ginger beers' (and sleeping it off the next day).

Set against the backdrop of the dump are the real stars of the show - Dougal (the bear) and Bumble (the bee) - who are adopted by the truck drivers at the dump. Fortunately our local one conducts tours during school holidays - X-man was madly pointing out the bus window at the big machines! I loved going to the dump as a kid: the man-made mountains, all the interesting things people threw out, the huge machines and that smell - yuck! These days Occupational Health and Safety considerations mean that you can't get within a kilometer of the tip face at most metropolitan dumps. But he has developed a great story, and, as a garbage dump employee, has an in-depth understanding of an environment that fascinates all kids. I loved going to the dump as a kid: the man-made mountains, all the interesting things people threw out, the huge machines and that smell - yuck! These days Occupational Health Matt Dray doesn't have the Early Childhood Education degree, Literature Masters and Doctorate examining the impact of parent-guided early childhood reading on educational outcomes. Give your drivers and customers the Google Maps experience they know and love with routes that cover 40 million miles of roads in over 200 countries and territories.īy tracking real-time traffic information, Google Maps can help you find the best route to your destination.Matt Dray doesn't have the Early Childhood Education degree, Literature Masters and Doctorate examining the impact of parent-guided early childhood reading on educational outcomes. Whether you’re expanding your ridesharing operations into Australia or deploying a two-wheeler service in India, we’ve got you covered with detailed, high-quality data for urban areas and cities around the globe. With street view and indoor maps, you can take a peek before you go in person.ĭeliver great experiences all over the globe See 'Perspective' the internal environment of the stores

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