Flotsam: A Caldecott Award Winner (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780618194575)

In this extraordinary Caldecott Medal winner and New York Times bestseller by David Wiesner, a beach day is the springboard to a wildly imaginative exploration of fantastical mysteries of the deep--and of human connections through time.

A young boy comes to the beach eager to collect and examine flotsam--anything floating that has been washed ashore. But nothing among his usual finds compares with the discovery of a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera with its own secrets to share...and to keep.

Meet unexpected underseas denizens and enter fascinating worlds within worlds in this entrancing celebration of imagination, creativity, and the impulse to share that which delights and amazes us.

A beautiful picture book by a master of the form, David Wiesner, who has been awarded the Caldecott Medal three times and the Caldecott Honor twice.

Author: David Wiesner
ISBN-10: 0618194576
ISBN-13: 9780618194575
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.10h x 11.50w x 0.50d
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Caldecott Medal - Winner
Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Honor Book
Award: NAPPA Gold Awards - Winner
Award: Quill Awards - Winner
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Red Clover Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/24/2006 pg. 56
Kirkus Review - Children 08/01/2006 pg. 798
Booklist 08/01/2006 pg. 76
School Library Journal 09/01/2006 pg. 186
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2006 pg. 44 - Recommended
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2006 pg. 571
Time 12/11/2006 pg. 92
New Yorker (The) 12/04/2006 pg. 93
Kirkus Best Children's Books 12/01/2006 pg. 26
New York Times 11/12/2006 pg. 26
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2007 pg. 16
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2007 pg. 50 - Superior,Well Above Average
Christian Home & School 10/01/2007 pg. 26
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2006 pg. 43