In picture book format, Barton "introduces readers to the things (and people) that use math in amazing ways--like music, and spacecraft, and even baking cookies. This isn't a how-to math book, it's a way to think differently about math as a necessary and cool part of our lives"--Publisher marketing.

"Do you ever wonder where we put all of our garbage, who gets rid of it, or how our planet isn't a big pile of mess? I'm Trying to Love Garbage has all the answers! From scavengers to detritivore to decomposers, nature's garbage collectors are everywhere. But humans play an important role too, and our favorite narrator is back to tell us all about it. With Bethany Barton's trademark balance of informative and hilarious, readers will finish this picture...