Horn Book Magazine says, 'The meticulous and rich detail of Wiesner's watercolors makes the fantasy involving and convincing. Wiesner's wordless tale resonates with visual images that tell his story with clever wit and lively humor,'. Caldecott Medal Committee Chair Janice Del Negro has said of Flotsam, 'Telling tales through imagery is what storytellers have done through the ages. Published by Clarion/Houghton Mifflin in 2006, it was the 2007. not to be resisted.” Flotsam has won the 2007 Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children. Flotsam is a childrens wordless picture book written and illustrated by David Wiesner. According to the Kirkus Reviews, “From arguably the most inventive and cerebral visual storyteller in children's literature comes a wordless invitation. He takes a picture of himself holding this photo and tosses the camera back into the ocean it is carried across the ocean by a variety of fish and sea life until it again washes ashore and another child finds it.įlotsam was published to glowing reviews. The boy figures out that he is one in a long line of photographers who have found this camera. The final section of the book consists of a girl, who is holding a photo of a child, who is holding a photo of a child, who is holding a photo of a child, and so on. He takes the film to get it developed and sees photos of fantastical undersea cities and inventions. A boy is at the beach and finds an old camera. The story itself is inferred through what we see happening with the boy and the camera and the ocean. The images in Flotsam create the plot itself, showing motion in the waves of the water and the movement of the people and creatures.

He has received the Caldecott Honor twice, for Sector 7 in. The book has no words, but is told through pictures. Wiesner tells an entire story without a single phrase or sentence. David Wiesner has been awarded the Caldecott Medal three times, for Flotsam in 2007, The Three Pigs in 2002, and Tuesday in 1992. The book contains illustrations of underwater life with no text to accompany them. Published by Clarion/Houghton Mifflin in 2006, it was the 2007 winner of the Caldecott Medal the third win for David Wiesner. Flotsam is a children's wordless picture book written and illustrated by David Wiesner.

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