Flotsam
A Caldecott Award Winner
Published on 5. July 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
40 pages
978-1-84939-449-9 (ISBN)
Description
A highly acclaimed, wordless Caldecott Award-winning picture book from the only living three-time winner of the Caldecott Medal: David Wiesner.
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.
'Beautiful child's graphic novel... Wiesner keeps his viewpoint strictly childlike, magnifying the mundane until you see his world in a grain of sand.' EVENING STANDARD
'Beautiful' TELEGRAPH
'Wonderfully imaginative . . . The pictures are packed with details and each re-reading provides more joy' BOOKSELLER
'From arguably the most inventive and cerebral visual storyteller in children's literature comes a wordless invitation . . . not to be resisted' KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred review
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.
'Beautiful child's graphic novel... Wiesner keeps his viewpoint strictly childlike, magnifying the mundane until you see his world in a grain of sand.' EVENING STANDARD
'Beautiful' TELEGRAPH
'Wonderfully imaginative . . . The pictures are packed with details and each re-reading provides more joy' BOOKSELLER
'From arguably the most inventive and cerebral visual storyteller in children's literature comes a wordless invitation . . . not to be resisted' KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred review
Reviews / Votes
"Beautiful child's graphic novel... Wiesner keeps his viewpoint strictly childlike, magnifying the mundane until you see his world in a grain of sand." * Evening Standard * "Wiesner's imaginative and technical brilliance come together here . . . giving a world of details to look at and look at and wonder." -- Valerie Coghlan * INIS, Editor's Choice * "Beautiful" * Telegraph * "A wonderful, thought-provoking picture book." -- Clare Poole * The Bookseller * "Wonderfully imaginative . . . The pictures are packed with details and each re-reading provides more joy," -- Marilyn Brocklehurst * The Bookseller *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 6 to 7 years
Illustrations
all col. ill
Dimensions
Height: 278 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
252 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84939-449-9 (9781849394499)
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Person
David Wiesner is one of the best-loved and most highly acclaimed picture book creators in the world. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have won numerous awards in the US and all over the globe. He lives with his family in Philadelphia.