The Mess That We Made Author: Michelle Lord Illustrator: Julia Blattman Publisher: Flashlight Press Landfills Piled High Spilling Into The Oceans The Mess That We Made, by Michelle Lord and Julia Blattman, begins with four children in a small boat floating in the middle of a massive, patch of garbage in the ocean. As the waste swirls around them, we see fish eating plastic bottle caps before being gobbled up by seals and fishing nets and plastic grocery bags tangling … Continue reading Inspired to Take Action with ‘The Mess That We Made’