Garbage Gulls

A book for the lazy, daydreamy days that are quickly approaching, Garbage Gulls by Dorson Plourde and Isabella Fassler will activate the reader's summer imaginations.

Brothers, alone in a strip mall parking lot, sitting on the hood of an abandoned car, daydreaming and waiting for the arrival of a multitude of seagulls. With just enough french fries and ketchup to entice the right amount of birds to whisk them away to the beach on a hot summer day.

Dorson Plourde gives readers an epic poem about summer, daydreams and adventures. A perfect story for the end of the school year and/or a poetry unit, readers are whisked away to their favourite summer places with the sounds of the gulls in the background fighting, screeching “MINE!” Garbage Gulls is a story that will stretch the imagination and provide educators with some incredible material for a poetry unit. There are many inferences to be made and dramatic imagery to investigate while also being a captivating narrative and inspiring readers to create their own poems or tales of summer fun.

Isabella Plourde’s illustrations are whimsical and bold. Readers are swept up in a dreamscape filled with colour. She perfectly captures the desolation of an abandoned strip mall and a broken down car and really taps into the wildness of summer now and the nostalgia of summers past.