A young boy discovers a camera in the surf at the beach and when he develops the film, he finds fantastic images of underwater creatures. But the most amazing photo is the last one that shows a boy holding a photo of another child holding a photo and so on until a microscopic examination reveals the original boy on a beach decades ago. Completely wordless, the amazing illustrations, some double-spread convey the story and an imaginative journey underwater and back in time.
http://www.amazon.com/Flotsam-David-Wiesner/dp/0618194576/sr=1-1/qid=1166110744/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-5407193-2823855?ie=UTF8&s=books
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Flotsam exceeded my expectations. Children will find many stories in its pages. I especially like the nod to comic book format, with many spreads using multiple panels (not exaclty new for Wiesner, I know). As usual, Wiesner's palette of colors is perfectly balanced. Readers will take a longer and more careful look at what washes up on the shore when they visit the beach from now on...
This is yet another Wordless Wonder by Wiesner! Similiar in style to last years(?) The Red Book by playing with perspective, in this case visual perspective and time perspective. Lots of imaginative writing possiblities here.
What an imagination! I love the fantastic undersea spreads. Kids of all ages will find this book irresistible.
Fabulous! My students loved it and then it led my third graders to a technology discussion--these children are not the film kind of camera users!
I did not feel this was one of Wiesner's best wordless books. Fantasy and science fiction need a clear internal logic and that is what seemed to be missing. His more successful wordless books all have that logic. I loved the notion of the book, but feel the execution was a little muddled.
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