Flotsam: A Caldecott Award Winner

I shared this book with my class and we have completed a whole unit of work on it. They enjoyed it so much we have written reviews to share. It’s a fun book and it has no words . It’s about a boy that finds a camera. This is good for a kids stor - by Lucas, age 9. This story about a boy who found a camera in the sea.This is the best book u could ever buy! The best thing about this book is there is no words so any age could have this book.Me and my class really enjoyed this book overall.I loved this book because any age can have it - by Lily, age 9. This book is about a boy who finds a camera on the beach I like this book because it is interesting. Children and parents will like this book because it is a good book and it is interesting - by Cameron age 9.

Loved this book and its amazing illustrations. A story without words - it’s great. Thank you David Wiesner for inspiring me to create more illustrations of my own. Your books a wonderful.

No words in this book, just beautiful, vivid pictures telling a magical story. An old camera is washed up at the feet of a beach combing boy. The developed film reveals weird and wonderful creatures from the ocean. The final picture shows the boy that this is a gift to be returned to the sea for other children to enjoy. My two year old loves the colour and detail of the drawings.

This is a lovely book full of amazing illustrations. The author tells the story through pictures only. It really captured my daughter's (who is six) imagination and she did some lovely writing and artwork for school.

This is a story with no words so needs the child to tell the story from the pictures. They need to infer and guess what is happening. Amazing colourful pictures, so much detail. Needs a bit of explanation depending on child as it’s about an old camera that needs the film to be taken to be processed at a shop! Great for all ages as it can be “read” at different levels. I used it with children aged 7+ and to assess some teenagers.

Fabulous underwater scenes, an amazing imagination to inspire young writers. It’s accessible for all abilities and ages, a brilliant book.

This book had such an impact on my 6 year old - when we first ‘read’ it together he actually cried at the ending. Two weeks after we had read it, out of nowhere he started asking more questions about the story. I think the story having no words encourages a deeper level of engagement, and both the story and the drawings are wonderfully inventive. The details of the undersea worlds are particularly magical and stimulated a lot of discussion

This is a beautiful picture book. It doesn't have any words but the story is clearly told through the images. It is a good book to use to develop language with children. One thing I found hard to explain was developing photographs in today's world but we loved the book anyway.