<![CDATA[Flotsam]]>

false <![CDATA[Flotsam]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172092242m/138070.jpg 138070 1 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. <hr class="bucketDivider" size="1" /> A Look Inside Flotsam (Click on Images to Enlarge) <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"><tr align="center" valign="top" class="tiny"> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/hmh-ems/Squid500.jpg" border="0"> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tr align="center" valign="top" class="tiny"> <td width="50%"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/hmh-ems/BlowfishA400.jpg" border="0"> </td> <td width="50%"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/hmh-ems/TurtleA400.jpg" border="0"></td> </tr></table> <hr class="bucketDivider" size="1" /> 133088 book 4 9 2006 Flotsam total:1083|5:664|4:308|3:91|2:17|1:3| 1083 4862 1264 278 5 2 false false Sun Jan 04 13:42:34 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 13:55:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 07:52:36 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 07:55:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 11:32:19 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 10:19:22 -0700 2008 Flotsam,, Clarion Books, unnumbered pages. Picture book, fantasy, Caldecott Medal winner, 2007, wordless story.

Description: Without using words, this book tells the story of a boy who finds an old camera that has washed up on the beach. The boy develops the film inside ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 19:11:48 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 19:16:26 -0700 2009 Flotsam for about two years and Sam (age 3) was never interested in it until recently. This week he picked it up, said, "Let's read this one," and then wanted to look at the pictures and talk about them over and over again. There are no words in the story, just colorful and det...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 09:21:13 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 14:00:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 10:26:40 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 14:10:02 -0800 2009
Flotsam was the first of its kind that I had ever read. It took me a moment to realize that this book was not going to have text to support it. The only text that is visible in this book are weaved into the illustrations themselves. The pictures were very vibrant and det...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 16:00:40 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 16:17:33 -0800 2009 5 out of 5 stars

Wiesner incorporates realism in his illustrations for Flotsam, using bright colors and realistic scenes from the beach where you could almost hear the seagulls. The author uses framing of different sizes to help tell the story. The way h...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 19:43:24 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 19:44:33 -0800 2009 Caldecott Winner
Recommended for 3rd -5th
The first time that I “read” Flotsam I really did not care for it, but then I slowed down and took another look and the art work jumped off of the page at me. Wiesner did a great job of making the artwork tell th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 09:08:31 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 09:15:25 -0800 2009
Wiener incorporated alot fo realism in his illustrations for Flotsam, using bright colors and realistic scenes from the beach where you almost hear the seagulls. He uses framing of different sizes to help tell the story. Text is lim...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 18:07:48 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 18:18:47 -0800 2009 Wiesner uses a great deal of detail into his pictures that may be missed the first time reading through the story. The endpages are made...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 17:52:04 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 19:14:04 -0700 2009
Wow! This picture book by Caldecott-winning illustrator David Wiesner sure stands out from the crowd! Flotsam is a word-less picture book that cleverly reveals the story of young boy's discovery of treasures swept in by the tides, including an underwater camera. Reader...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 16:48:44 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 17:38:54 -0700 2009
A young boy is at the beach with his parents, with no other kids to play with. He entertains himself by examining crabs with his magnifying glass. Venturing too close to the water, he's overc...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Nov 09 18:21:25 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 18:27:42 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 05 09:49:35 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 17:21:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 22:16:14 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 22:17:07 -0800 2009 Wiesner incorporates a lot of realism in his illustration for Flotsam, using bright colors and realistic scenes from the beach where you could almost hear the seagulls. He uses ...more All ages – (they would get different thi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 09:54:48 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 17:19:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 06 10:41:46 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 17:58:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 12:47:17 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 12:57:55 -0800 2009
Wiesner tells the entire story using colorful and realistic illustrations to represent a boy's beach adventure. He uses framing of different sizes to help tell the story and changes "voice" by switching from a third-person perspective to a first-person perspective. T...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 07:19:57 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 07:30:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 17:49:09 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 17:49:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=138070