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To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. At heart it is a humorous fantasy story that also looks closely at the cyclical nature of life, as well as the ultimate power of nature. David Wiesner is internationally renowned for his visual storytelling and has won the Caldecott Medal three times--for Tuesday , The Three Pigs , and Flotsam --the second person in history to do so. As his parents tell him it was time to go, he decided to continue the chain by using the camera to take a picture of himself.

However, at that moment a wave hits washing all the photos away, but regardless the boy tosses the camera back into the ocean to start the cycle over again. The final photo consists of a girl, who is holding a photo of a boy, who is holding a photo of a boy, who is holding a photo of a girl, and so on. According to the Kirkus Reviews, “From arguably the most inventive and cerebral visual storyteller in children's literature comes a wordless invitation . But there's no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share .You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Es una bonita historia, con elementos de fantasía, sin texto con el que los niños y niñas, o sus madres y madres, podrán relatar lo que le ocurre al protagonista a través de las imágenes por si mismos. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have won numerous awards in the US and all over the globe.

This book had such an impact on my 6 year old - when we first ‘read’ it together he actually cried at the ending. This book is about a boy who finds a camera on the beach I like this book because it is interesting. Caldecott Medal Committee Chair Janice Del Negro has said of Flotsam, "Telling tales through imagery is what storytellers have done through the ages. These branches are designed to support home learners to access literature-based learning using a selection of books we love from Writing Roots.Horn Book Magazine says, "The meticulous and rich detail of Wiesner's watercolors makes the fantasy involving and convincing. Many versions are sketched and revised until the story line flows smoothly and each image works the way he wants it to. Flotsam has won the 2007 Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children. They consist of a robot fish, an octopus reading, a pufferfish being used as a hot air balloon, turtles with cities on their backs, tiny visiting aliens, and giant starfish with islands on their backs. A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam-anything floating that has been washed ashore.