A Feast for the Eyes!

FLOTSAM, by David Wisner
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This wordless picture book is about a boy who finds an ancient Melville Underwater Camera washed up on the beach. He rushes to the one hour photo lab to have the film in it developed, and discovers countless treasures in its photos. There are, among many, photos of underwater scenes, puffer fish floating like hot air balloons, and octopus families sitting in their living rooms. There are also photos of children—from all walks of life and time periods. Each child is holding a photograph of another child, as they sit on the beach. In the end, the boy takes a picture of himself holding a photo of another child—and throws the camera back into the sea, where it is carried over time and place to the hands of yet another child. David Weisner has done it again—this book is both light and deep, simple and complex—and will be enjoyed by children and adults alike for years to come.