by Andrew Larsen
Illustrated by Oriol Vidal
5 stars
The fascinating story of Nelson Molina and the amazing museum he created with things people threw away.
A wonderfully-told story. Great focus on finding new uses for things and rethinking before throwing something away. I really enjoyed the stories of Molina’s childhood fixing, repurposing, and gifting found objects.
Lovely illustrations that perfectly show the value of found objects and the ways they can be reused.
The backmatter contains information about reducing, reusing, recycling, rethinking, and upcycling; some creative ways to reuse old objects’, as well as; and pictures of Molina and his museum.
There is also a forward from Molina encouraging readers to do what they love, think before they throw something away that may still have use, and to see the value and beauty in everyday things.
A very sweet story about community, anti-waste, and appreciating the things we have.