Gifts from the Garbage Truck

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Across
  1. 3. The book's illustrator
  2. 8. Nelson collected and organized _____ from his father's letters
  3. 10. Nelson fixed things so they wouldn't end up in the _____
  4. 11. Nelson gave his brother a toy _____ he found in the trash and fixed (2 words)
  5. 12. A true story about a person told by someone else
  6. 13. The book's author
  7. 14. On Christmas, Nelson gave his siblings toys that had been found and _____
Down
  1. 1. There were _____ of trash to collect each day
  2. 2. Setting of the story (3 words)
  3. 4. Nelson's mom was an expert at ______ and recycling
  4. 5. Nelson's collection has become a _____
  5. 6. When Nelson grew up, he got a job as a _____ collector
  6. 7. Nelson began to display his finds in the _____ room at work
  7. 9. The first thing Nelson collected to build a birdhouse {3 words}