Michael Recycle

Illustrated by Alexandra Colombo
Paperback
$11.99 US
| $15.99 CAN
On sale Jan 20, 2026 | 32 Pages | 9798887244396
Age 4-8 years | Preschool - 3

Get Ready to Go Green with Michael Recycle: The Recycling Superhero!

In Abberdoo-Rimey, a town so forlorn,
Trash piled up high, since the day they were born.
It stank to high heaven, the air thick and gray,
The townsfolk just shrugged, in their apathetic way.

BUT THEN! From the sky, a flash, emerald and bright,
A crash in the dump! What an incredible sight!
Not a bird or a plane, but a hero so grand,
Michael Recycle arrives, with a world-saving plan!

Get ready for laughs, as young, old, gather 'round,
This eco-adventure will astound!
With tips straight from Michael, go green and take flight,
Become superheroes of saving the Earth, shining bright!

"Michael Recycle is a terrific book that parents will enjoy reading to their children again and again." –Debbie Levin (President, Environmental Media Association)
Ellie, like Peter Pan, never really wanted to grow up. Unfortunately these things happen and in a desperate attempt to slow the process of time she immerses herself regularly in children's books, despite not being a child anymore. She practically eats books. In this way Ellie's brain has become so jam-packed with stories that sometimes they spill over.
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Get Ready to Go Green with Michael Recycle: The Recycling Superhero!

In Abberdoo-Rimey, a town so forlorn,
Trash piled up high, since the day they were born.
It stank to high heaven, the air thick and gray,
The townsfolk just shrugged, in their apathetic way.

BUT THEN! From the sky, a flash, emerald and bright,
A crash in the dump! What an incredible sight!
Not a bird or a plane, but a hero so grand,
Michael Recycle arrives, with a world-saving plan!

Get ready for laughs, as young, old, gather 'round,
This eco-adventure will astound!
With tips straight from Michael, go green and take flight,
Become superheroes of saving the Earth, shining bright!

Reviews

"Michael Recycle is a terrific book that parents will enjoy reading to their children again and again." –Debbie Levin (President, Environmental Media Association)

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Ellie, like Peter Pan, never really wanted to grow up. Unfortunately these things happen and in a desperate attempt to slow the process of time she immerses herself regularly in children's books, despite not being a child anymore. She practically eats books. In this way Ellie's brain has become so jam-packed with stories that sometimes they spill over.

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