Monday, June 16, 2008

Flotsam

Flotsam
by David Wiesner
Houghton Mifflin (2006)
Interest Level: 5 to 8 years

Award: 2007 Caldecott Medal

Category: Children's Literature
Type: Picture Book

Summary: A boy at the beach discovers a fanastic new world when he develops the film from an underwater camera that washes ashore.

Online Connections:
1. Author website:
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/wiesner/home.html
2. Caldecott Medal website: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm

Book Connections:
1. Tuesday by David Wiesner
2. Sector 7 by David Wiesner

Keywords: ocean, beach, photography, sea life, legacy

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