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Winner of the 2007
Caldecott Medal
Flotsam
A photographic journey through the hidden depths
of the ocean
On a seemingly ordinary day at the beach, a budding young scientist makes a fabulous discovery. A barnacle-encrusted underwater camera has washed up on the shore, holding a reel of film of fantastical images that no human eye has seen. Moving cities, an octopus in a lounge chair, a clockwork fish. And yet, there is one more secret, even more astonishing than these surreal scenes: the camera has journeyed not only through the depths of the ocean but through the past, hiding in its last photo a visual timeline of children from around the world.
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See the promotional video for Flotsam
In late 2006, Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books participated in the first-ever Picture Book Video Awards, a program created and organized by The Book Standard/VNU Business Media. Students and graduates from top film and animation schools around the country competed to create a 60-second "trailer" for Flotsam, David Wiesner's newest picture book.
The winning entry was created by John Haller, a third-year student in the graduate film program at Columbia University. Produced by Bobby Miller, with animation by Willy Hartland and a voice-over by Sasha Friedenberg, the video gives life and movement to the detailed, gorgeous illustrations that won Wiesner his third Caldecott Medal.
Choose your preferred video format below to watch:
(1 minutes, 2 seconds)
• RM, High-Speed Modem (4.9 MB)
• RM, Dial-up Users Modem (267 KB)
• WMV, High Speed (3.83 MB)
• WMV, Dial-up Users (752 KB)
• iTunes m4v (5.3 MB)
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Reviews
*“New details swim into focus with every rereading of this immensely satisfying excursion.”
—
Publishers Weekly, starred review
*“From arguably the most inventive and cerebral visual storyteller in children's literature comes a wordless invitation . . . not to be resisted.”
— Kirkus Reviews,
starred review
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*“Filled with inventive details and delightful twists . . . a mind-bending journey of the imagination.”
— School Library Journal,
starred review
*“Wiesner offers another exceptional, wordless picture book that finds wild magic in quiet, everyday settings . . . [a] visual wonder.”
— Booklist,
starred review
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For more information, visit the online catalog of Clarion Books,
a Houghton Mifflin Company imprint.
ISBN 0-618-19457-6 |
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