Loree Griffin Burns 'Talking Trash' at Melrose Public Library

Children's and young adult author Loree Griffin Burns will be speaking at the Melrose Public Library on Wednesday evening July 28 at 7:00 pm. Loree is the author of "Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Motion of the Ocean," which won a Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Non-Fiction. 

"Tracking Trash" tells the tale of Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer who started to track trash (flotsam) that washed up on the shore near his Seattle home. Through floating sneakers and bath toys that accidentally fell off container ships and a computer program named OSCURS, Ebbesmeyer tracked the currents of the ocean. These experiments led to a discussion of how debris is polluting our oceans and causing harm to marine life. Burns introduces the work of several scientists who are working to clean up ghost nets and other dangerous debris.

Tracking Trash will be available to purchase and be signed by the author the evening of the event.  Books will be sold by local booksellers Rob and Marianne Dillman of Bestsellers Café in Medford.

This program is suitable for children ages 10 and older and registration is not required.  For more information please call the children's room at 781-665-2314.