Down in the Dumps #3: A Very Trashy Christmas: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids [Paperback]

The Secret Life of PetsmeetsThe Bad Guysin DOWN IN THE DUMPS, an all-new, highly illustrated early chapter book series about three unlikely friends—a rotten banana, a broken tea pot, and a crusty blob of gunk—and their adventures together in the local town landfill.

Santa who? Nana has never heard about Christmas until the old toys of the Westerfield Waste Transfer and Recycling Center tell her about the most magical night of the year!

InA Very Trashy Christmas, the third book in theDown in the Dumpsseries, Nana learns that Santa Claus delivers toys to all the good boys and girls and so she insists on writing him her own letter. But when Santa arrives with their gifts in tow, the Forklift of Doom mistakes Santa’s sleigh for rubbish. Can Nana and her trash friends band together to save Christmas before it’s too late?

A Very Trashy Christmasis the third book in theDown in the Dumpsseries from beloved author-illustrator Wes Hargis. It will have even the most reluctant readers writing Santa for more adventures!

HarperChapters build confident readers one chapter at a time! With short, fast-paced books, art on every page, and milestone markers at the end of every chapter, they're the perfect next step for fans of I Can Read!

• Perfect for holiday storytime and family reading
• Filled with joy, wonder, and the spirit of the season
• A delightful Christmas gift for readers everywhere

“The book is fast-paced; it has a colorful cover; every busy page is filled with plenty of black-and-white illustrations. Chapter endnotes cheer readers on by marking their progress with the number of chapters—and sometimes the number of words—that they’ve just read. Attention-grabbing phrases such as “layered slime cookies,” “snot bubble,” and the “forklift of doom&#l³*