The plastic throne by Amani Uduman. Illus. by Kera Bruton

When Denver flushes his hated broccoli down the toilet, he has a good  idea. Why not flush every unwanted item down the toilet. So he sets about tossing out the things he wants to discard; a soft toothbrush, the cat, pink jumper, his sister's bicycle, old shoes, unfinished homework, a Texta missing its lid. Maisy, his sister is appalled, and reminds him that things put down the toilet end up being flushed into the ocean. Denver does not care. But that night the ocean takes its revenge and swells up, forcing the children to paddle for their lives. When Denver sees the mayhem he has caused, he asks his sister to help him set things right and they scour the water to retrieve the things thrown into it.
By the time the sea has relaxed back into its former self, the throne of plastic cast-offs sit on the shore, higher than the highest buildings.
Denver is at a loss as to what to do with this waste and looks up into space for a solution.
A book designed to get children thinking and talking about waste and where it goes, about recycling and the need for less waste, particularly plastic, this book parallels some of the initiatives taken around the world to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Themes: Recycling, Waste, Plastic.

Fran Knight