♻️ Meet Petey, Allie & Glossy! 🌳 Featuring Oak Tree Dokey 🐿️ Squeaky says: Pick it up! πŸ¦‰ Olly the Owl is watching 🌼 Beeby & Doozie want a clean world πŸ“š Book 1 is available NOW on Amazon ♻️ Meet Petey, Allie & Glossy! 🌳 Featuring Oak Tree Dokey
πŸ“š Book 1 Available Now on Amazon

Talking Trash

We all belong somewhere.

A children's book series about picking up trash, making friends, and finding your place in nature 🌍

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πŸ‘§πŸ» Molly
πŸ‘¦πŸΎ Brady
🐿️ Squeaky
πŸ¦‰ Olly
🌳 Oak Tree Dokey
🐝 Beeby
🌼 Doozie
🧴 Petey
πŸ₯« Allie
πŸ«™ Glossy
πŸ“¦ Print & Digital Available 🌿 Environmental Themes for Kids πŸ“š Part of a 4-Book Series πŸ›’ Sold on Amazon
Why Talking Trash?

One big idea, wrapped in a fun adventure.

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Belonging

Every piece of trash has a story β€” and somewhere it belongs. Molly and Brady discover that nobody gets left out. Not the can, not the bottle, not even the stuff nobody wants.

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Interbeing

Once you know you belong, you start to see how everything else does too β€” the tree, the bee, the trash on the ground. It's all connected.

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Caring, Not a Chore

When you feel like you belong somewhere, you want to take care of it. Talking Trash shows kids that giving back to nature isn't a rule you follow β€” it's a feeling you earn.

The Series

From the schoolyard to the sea β€” four books, one big adventure.

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Book 1: At School

Molly, Brady, and their new trash friends take on the schoolyard.

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Book 2: At the Beach

New friends, new trash, same big heart β€” the adventure hits the beach.

Coming Soon
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Book 3: At the Park

The adventure continues in the neighborhood park.

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Book 4: In the Forest

Deep in the woods, the biggest adventure awaits.

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Meet the Characters

Friends from every corner of nature β€” and the recycling bin.

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Molly
Human
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Brady
Human
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Squeaky
Squirrel
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Olly
Owl
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Beeby
Bee
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Oak Tree Dokey
Oak Tree
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Doozie
Daisy
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Petey
Plastic Bottle
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Allie
Aluminum Can
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Glossy
Glass Bottle
About the Author
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Written by

Dave Paquette

Dave spends a lot of time outside, and he started noticing something: every piece of trash he picked up used to belong somewhere β€” a shelf, a hand, a home β€” before it ended up lost in the woods or on the shore. That question stuck with him: what if trash wasn't just something to clean up, but something with its own story of not belonging anymore?

Talking Trash was born from that idea β€” that everyone and everything deserves to find their place, and that caring for the world around us is what happens naturally once we feel like we belong in it.

🌱 Author & Land Steward