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Bag in the Wind Hardcover - 2010

by Ted Kooser; Barry Root (Illustrator)

In his first children's book, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Kooser follows a plastic bag on its capricious journey from a landfill into a series of townspeople's lives. Includes an Author's Note on recycling plastic bags. Full color.


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In a singular first children's book, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Ted Kooser follows a plastic bag on its capricious journey from a landfill into a series of townspeople's lives. One cold morning in early spring, a bulldozer pushes a pile of garbage around a landfill and uncovers an empty plastic bag -- a perfectly good bag, the color of the skin of a yellow onion, with two holes for handles -- that someone has thrown away. Just then, a puff of wind lifts the rolling, flapping bag over a chain-link fence and into the lives of several townsfolk -- a can-collecting girl, a homeless man, a store owner -- not that all of them notice. Renowned poet Ted Kooser fashions an understated yet compassionate world full of happenstance and connection, neglect and care, all perfectly expressed in Barry Root's tender illustrations. True to the book's earth-friendly spirit, it is printed on paper containing 100 percent recycled post-consumer waste and includes an author's note on recycling plastic bags.

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  • Title Bag in the Wind
  • Author Ted Kooser; Barry Root (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press (MA), Somerville
  • Date 2010-02-23
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780763630010 / 0763630012
  • Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.76 x 10.46 x 0.43 in (19.71 x 26.57 x 1.09 cm)
  • Ages 05 to 08 years
  • Grade levels K - 3
  • Library of Congress subjects Sanitary landfills, Recycling (Waste)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009022088
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/2010, Page 90
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2010, Page 0
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 02/15/2010, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/04/2010, Page 45
  • School Library Journal, 01/01/2010, Page 105

About the author

Ted Kooser was the United States Poet Laureate from 2004 to 2006 and won a Pulitzer Prize for his book of poems Delights and Shadows. He is the author of twelve full-length volumes of poetry and several books of nonfiction, and his work has appeared in many periodicals. This is his first children's book. He lives in Garland, Nebraska. Barry Root has illustrated many books for children, including The Cat Who Liked Potato Soup by Terry Farish and The Birthday Tree by Paul Fleischman. He lives in Quarryville, Pennsylvania.
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