"A tidy old man spent his time cleaning up the litter that the thoughtless slobs of Wartville left behind. One day . . . Mother Nature gives him 'power over trash.' He then commands that litter 'go back and stick to the person who threw you.' Madden's ecology lesson is humorous, and his breezy, colorful illustrations add to the comic and trash-laden predicament. . . ".--School Library Journal. Full color.
Wartville is being buried in trash There are soda bottles under the flowers, juice cans by the mailbox, and newspapers along the road. Every day the piles grow higher and higher.
Then one tidy old man realizes he has the power to get rid of all the trash forever. Wartville will finally be cleaned up once and for all