Alessandra's Trash Can Travels: The Bizarre Beginning

By JF Pimentel

“Every single day, every person on this planet has the chance to make the world a better place, in both big and small ways.”

Torn from the beloved country home she has known all her life, Alessandra quickly adapts to orphanage life in the big city. It doesn’t take her long to figure out how to survive this new place, and that is her only goal, until one day she notices a strange, old woman trailing her. The wildly eccentric and wonderful Lady Leona promises Alessandra the adventures and diversion she desperately needs. Little does Alessandra know it will become much more than that. Join Alessandra as she uses a trash can portal to travel the world, Making the World a Better Place one mission at a time.

This is the first book in the Alessandra’s Trash Can Travels Series. This series details the incredible adventures of a spunky, young girl who finds herself thrown into the wildest places across the globe, facing the social and ecological challenges of our time. With courage and ingenuity, she empowers children of all ages to use their kid power to help change the world for the better!

The Alessandra books are not only engaging and adventurous stories, but they can also be used as a complete Unit Study! Information and questions are lurking in all stories, just waiting to be asked and uncovered. A story sparks your imagination, creativity, and learning juices in a way that ordinary text can not, making it the perfect launching point to explore topics from geography to math to science and more! At the end of each Alessandra story you will find suggestions for further research, study, and exploration! Dive in!

The following ebooks should be used in conjunction with this story for a deeper understanding of the environmental issues Alessandra faces:

Raising Green Kids: The Trouble with Trash

Raising Green Kids: Bag the Bags!

• Language: English
• Publisher: JF Pimentel
• Release date: Feb 25, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310447242

JF Pimentel

Hi! Thank you so much for checking me out! The story behind my writing is my own children. I am the very lucky mom of four awesome kiddos. Being around children is an outrageously inspiring experience! You learn all sorts of things, some of which you might wish you didn't! All of my stories come from oral stories that I have told my children over the years. All children just love to "hear a story" especially when someone they love is creating it! I have found storytelling to be such a great way to not only entertain and engage my kids, but to reinforce important values. Fortunately, I took the time to actually write a few of these stories down over the years. Petrifying Pete is one of those stories. This story was originally told on a bitter, windy, October day huddled in the treehouse together. I was shooting for exciting and thrilling, but not too scary for my littlest one. It was a hit! I hope your family enjoys it too. If most bios include some sort of explanation of qualifications, then I should include that too! I have been a lover of books and writing since I was old enough to hold one in my hands. My children and I have single handedly read every book in all the children's libraries within driving distance! I have told over ten zillion stories in the past 12 years, or so it seems! Any spare moment I come across, I love to write and share ideas. I am completely dedicated to inspiring children and adults to love good stories that share wonderful life lessons. Ta-da!

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Alessandra’s Trash Can Travels:

The Bizarre Beginning

JF Pimentel

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Copyright © 2015 by JF Pimentel

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"Every single day, every person on this planet has the chance to make the world a better place, in both big and small ways."

Torn from the beloved country home she has known all her life, Alessandra quickly adapts to orphanage life in a big, cold city. It doesn’t take her long to figure out how to survive this new place, and that is her only goal, until one day she notices a strange, old lady trailing her. The wildly eccentric and wonderful Lady Leona promises Alessandra the adventures and diversion she desperately needs. Little does Alessandra know it will become much more than that. Join Alessandra as she uses a trash can portal to travel the world, Making the World a Better Place one mission at a time.

This is the first book in the Alessandra’s Trash Can Travels Series. This series details the incredible adventures of a spunky, young girl who finds herself thrown into the wildest places across the globe, facing the social and ecological challenges of our time. With courage and ingenuity, she empowers children of all ages to use their kid power to help change the world for the better!

The Alessandra series is not only a great story, but it can also be used as a complete Unit Study! Information and questions are lurking in all stories, just waiting to be asked and uncovered. A story sparks your imagination, creativity, and learning juices in a