As the Iremonger family begins a search for a new home in London, residents of the city begin to notice strange incidents, including missing persons, strange objects appearing, a creeping darkness, and lots of rats.

Awful Alvin has unleashed a fearsome monster made of garbage on the city of Bumblyburg, and it is up to superhero Larryboy to throw the creature out--but first, with God's help, he must battle his own fears.

Fourteen-year-olds Raphael and Gardo team up with a younger boy, Rat, to figure out the mysteries surrounding a bag Raphael finds during their daily life of sorting through trash in a third-world country's dump.

A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.

Detective Robicheaux investigates a car crash that ended the lives of three teenage girls, a case that is compromised by a grief-crazed father, a psychologically unbalanced assassin, and a cache of dangerous secrets.

A new garbage man cannot bear to put anything usable in the chewer-upper on his truck.

Space adventurer Captain Cal and his crew come to the rescue when messy aliens litter the entire galaxy with their garbage.

Chicka chicka boom boom: An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree. Trashy town: Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town. Rosie's walk: A hen unwittingly leads a fox, which is after her, into one disaster after another before she finally comes home safe from her walk. The caterpillar and the polliwog: Impressed by the proud caterpillar's boast that...

A group of desperate and daring raccoons organize a bold hijacking scheme when their lush food supply is threatened by a pair of efficient young garbage collectors.