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This is a three-week Writing Root for Flotsam by David Wiesner in which children dicsover a range of ‘Flotsam’ items (either after a visit to the seaside, or that have appeared in the classroom). This wordless book's vivid watercolour paintings have a crisp realism that anchors the elements of fantasy. This book is about a boy who finds a camera on the beach I like this book because it is interesting. 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.

Horn Book Magazine says, "The meticulous and rich detail of Wiesner's watercolors makes the fantasy involving and convincing.This book had such an impact on my 6 year old - when we first ‘read’ it together he actually cried at the ending. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have won numerous awards in the US and all over the globe.

It is carried across the ocean by a variety of fish, sea life, the artic, and even a city of mermaids until it again washes ashore and another child finds it. Children and parents will like this book because it is a good book and it is interesting - by Cameron age 9. 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. A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam--anything floating that has been washed ashore. 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.But there's no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share .

Wiesner offers another exceptional, wordless picture book that finds wild magic in quiet, everyday settings. He creates three-dimensional models of objects he can't observe in real life, such as flying pigs and lizards standing upright, to add authenticity to his drawings.Wiesner's wordless tale resonates with visual images that tell his story with clever wit and lively humor,". Spelling Seeds have been designed to complement Writing Roots by providing weekly, contextualised sequences of sessions for the teaching of spelling that include open-ended investigations and opportunities to practise and apply within meaningful and purposeful contexts, linked (where relevant) to other areas of the curriculum and a suggestion of how to extend the investigation into home learning. But there’s no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share .

Caldecott Medal Committee Chair Janice Del Negro has said of Flotsam, "Telling tales through imagery is what storytellers have done through the ages. A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam-anything floating that has been washed ashore. 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. Flotsam won the Caldecott Medal in 2007 as well as being recognised by several other awards, and was chosen as the New York Times best illustrated children’s book that year.

David Wiesner is one of the best-loved and most highly acclaimed picture book creators in the world. 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. He went on to become a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he was able to commit himself to the full-time study of art and to explore further his passion for visual storytelling. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. One thing I found hard to explain was developing photographs in today's world but we loved the book anyway.