Bestselling book, ‘The Garbage Trucks are coming today!’ gets an exciting new Christmas update

Who doesn't love the garbo?

Who doesn’t love the garbo?

Show us a kid who doesn’t like a visit from the local garbage truck!

Your local garbo’s weekly rounds are an exciting time for little kids, bringing joy to youngsters as they await the sound of the rumbling trucks and jump for joy as they scoop up the bins and tip them upside down!

If you have a little one who can’t enough of the weekly garbo visit then you’re wheelie in luck because the super popular children’s book The Garbage Trucks Are Coming Today! is now back in stock with a special gift box edition, just in time for Christmas!

Originally launched during the covid lockdowns (when collecting the bins became even more of a highlight for both kids and adults!), the book was an instant sell-out hit with even the Duchess of York reading it on her popular YouTube channel Fergie and Friends and a paperback version following shortly after.

And now to take children’s garbage truck obsession to another level is the fun new The Garbage Trucks Are Coming Today! gift box set which includes a cute mini book plus a toy pull-back truck with sound and flashing lights. Looks like there’s never BIN a better time to celebrate the good old rubbish collection!

The Garbage Trucks Are coming Today! is about a boy called Winston who waits eagerly for the garbage trucks to arrive at his house so he can watch the rubbish get collected.

Written by Susan Taylor, a mum of three boys on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, she was inspired to write the book after seeing how excited her eldest son became when the ‘garbos’ came around each week.

“Originally when I had the idea for the book I thought it was something children and other parents would relate to,” Susan tells Bounty Parents. “But I’ve been amazed at the reception it’s received so far.

“Of course no one could have predicted the home isolation we’ve all endured globally which has spiked a garbage trend, but even without this I think the simple act of rubbish collection is something that can create a lot of joy in little ones and should be celebrated.”

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, even adults experienced a renewed love for bin night with Facebook groups like the Aussie Bin Isolation Outing page showing millions of people around the world posting videos of themselves all dressed up to take the garbage out.

But it’s kids who have always had a loving affection for the garbos and their trucks.

Illustrated beautifully by Christian Bocquée, The Garbage Trucks Are coming Today! is aimed at children aged 3+. The prime demographic for garbo love!

“Winston just loved the bin trucks, and then his younger brothers did too,” Susan says of her book,

“What happens on garbage day is fascinating to a child and rightly so! The trucks are big, noisy and munch up all your rubbish – they’re almost like a real-life robot or transformer that comes every week at the same time, and kids love the routine and excitement of it all!”

To buy click here. You can also download a fun children’s colouring-in sheet for free here.