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Flotsam (Caldecott Medal Book) |  | Author: David Wiesner
Publisher: Clarion Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  100 reviews
Sales Rank: 2043
Media: Hardcover
Edition: illustrated edition
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 40
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 9.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0618194576
EAN: 9780618194575
ASIN: 0618194576
Publication Date: September 4, 2006
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Product Description
A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam--anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, lost toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds. But there's no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share . . . and to keep.
In each of his amazing picture books, David Wiesner has revealed the magical possibilities of some ordinary thing or happening--a frog on a lily pad, a trip to the Empire State Building, a well-known nursery tale. This time, a day at the beach is the springboard into a wildly imaginative exploration of the mysteries of the deep, and of the qualities that enable us to witness these wonders and delight in them.
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 Amazing Journey for the Imagination November 17, 2009
ScSpec (Rutville, AR USA)
There are so many wonderful reviews posted about this book that another isn't really needed. Just a word to those who have commented about the lack of text, and lowered their evaluations because of it....This book provides a wonderful opportunity for young children to use their imagination, map out the story line, and speculate about the people, creatures and events involved. For the parent who commented that her son flipped through the book and put it aside....What a terrible waste! My advice; sit with your son, talk about the pictures, ask him questions and encourage him to dig into the scenes and their possibilities. Teachers too should use this book in the same way. How delightful and rare to have the opportunity to write your own story.
A Book of Endless Possibilities November 10, 2009
Garden Haiku Recommendation (California, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This incredible book has left me speechless but it has quite a contrary effect on my son. Liberated from the restrictions of a story line, he is excited about the fact that it is a wordless book. He quickly processed the fascinating pictures and eloquently, he used his own words, observations and imagination to make up a story full of details and comments. I then gave the book to my daughter and enjoyed a different reaction and story. Inevitably, the kids asked me to take them to the beach so they can find the camera drawn in the book. "Kids, we already found the camera. It is this book." I told them, "and we will play it forward. But this time, we will not toss it back into the water. We will fly it with an airplane to reach our uncle living in Taiwan thousands miles away". Uncle is a very accomplished artist though he may not speak much English. With this book, it will not be a problem - and that is the beauty of wordless FLOTSAM. Have fun with the book!
An Entrancing Wordless Fantasy August 8, 2009
Shanna A. Gonzalez (Gaithersburg, MD)
An entrancing wordless fantasy about a boy who finds a magical camera at the beach. The pictures on its film are full of fantastical images -- a school of fish with a robotic member, octopuses lounging on sofas and chairs, aliens touring the bottom of the sea with cameras; giant starfish with islands on their backs. The final photo is of the last child who discovered it, holding a photo of the child before her, who is holding a photo of the last child, and so on. Seeing this, he takes his own photo and throws the camera back into the sea.
The stunning imagery of this story is playfully surreal, and some children may be uneasy with the way it plays with reality. But for those who can enter into its fantasy world, the story is wonderfully enthralling, and any child who experiences it may find themselves looking for a camera in the waves the next time they visit the beach.
Great textless book! July 22, 2009
CCGal (USA)
This is an excellent picture book about an adventure that everyone wants to go on. Delve deep into the sea and up beyond space to see worlds that you never knew existed... or did you?
Simply Brilliant June 21, 2009
Mathew A. Shember (Cupertino, CA United States)
I have always been intrigued by cover and the title of Flotsam. I don't know why; it just seemed interesting and yet I always kept forgetting to pick it up. I finally had my chance after my daughter asked for it on one of our trips to the book store.
Flotsam is simply a picture book and it is truly guided by the old saying "a picture is worth a thousand words." The very first page made my girl utter "Whaa?" as she saw a crab up close. It turns out that a boy is at the shores with his family and he is amusing himself by looking at things with a magnifying glass. He decides to find something else and heads off to the water with a pale and shovel. There he spots another crab and examines it. Not paying attention to the water; he get's bowled over by a large wave. He ends up sitting with an expression of "Whoa" and then notices a camera has washed up.
The camera is an old box shaped underwater camera called a Melville (great reference. If you have the hard cover, look at the camera and then look behind the dust cover).
The boy opens the camera to find an expended roll of film. He runs the film to the local one hour photo store and gets another roll for the camera. I especially smirked at the store girl. Who hasn't been in the same situation?
When he finally gets the pictures, they start off with a mechanical fish swimming with other fish. The photos turn into a series of underwater world imagery which bring to mind the whimsical works of Maxfield Parish.
The pictures are very detailed and seem to chronicle the travels of the camera.
The very last picture is a girl holding a picture of a boy who is holding the picture of well you get the idea and it tells the boy what he must do. Take a picture holding the picture of the girl and return the camera to the sea. The camera takes another whimsical journey to where it finds a girl on another beach.
This book is amazing for the story that is told without the use of words. I especially liked the presentation of the "real" world which adds to the impact of whimsical world under the sea. Such imagery brings to mind of how a child would imagine such a world.
The book understandably won the Caldecott award and I would suggest it for all readers.
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