Beautiful Junk

I illustrated this 32 page children's book, written by Melissa Assaly, for Fitzhenry and Whiteside

What makes something a treasure? In Beautiful Junk a young boy's neighbour is getting ready to move to their new home and leaves all of their "junk" on the curb. He soon discovers, however, that one person's junk can be another person's treasure. To his amazement, people go through the piles and find uses for many items that had been ready to go in to the garbage truck. Is it possible that even he could find a treasure from the pile?