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Jun 10, 2009
Lisa Vegan
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Flotsam was the first David Wiesner book I read and so far it remains my favorite. I have enjoyed most of his books and this one was excellent. It’s an unusual Wiesner in that there’s significant text, but the illustrations are amazing and on their own are able to tell the bulk of this story.
I love vegetables and I’ve never seen them in a story in such a creative and fantastic way, fantastic with every meaning of that word. I really enjoyed the humor; there’s probably more that I found funny he ...more
I love vegetables and I’ve never seen them in a story in such a creative and fantastic way, fantastic with every meaning of that word. I really enjoyed the humor; there’s probably more that I found funny he ...more

A stunning, gorgeous fantasy in which a girl's school project seems to release gigantic vegetables around the American landscape. But is it....coincidence? Aliens?
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