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A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam-anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, lost toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds. But there's no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share . . . and to keep.

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"Beautiful child’s graphic novel... Wiesner keeps his viewpoint strictly childlike, magnifying the mundane until you see his world in a grain of sand." * Evening Standard *
"Wiesner’s imaginative and technical brilliance come together here . . . giving a world of details to look at and look at and wonder." -- Valerie Coghlan * INIS, Editor's Choice *
"Beautiful" * Telegraph *
"A wonderful, thought-provoking picture book." -- Clare Poole * The Bookseller *
"Wonderfully imaginative . . . The pictures are packed with details and each re-reading provides more joy," -- Marilyn Brocklehurst * The Bookseller *

Flotsam

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    A Paperback / softback by David Wiesner

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      Book details

      Publisher Andersen Press Ltd
      Published 5 July 2012
      ISBN-13 9781849394499
      978-1849394499
      ISBN-10 1849394490

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam-anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, lost toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds. But there's no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share . . . and to keep.

      Trade Review
      "Beautiful child’s graphic novel... Wiesner keeps his viewpoint strictly childlike, magnifying the mundane until you see his world in a grain of sand." * Evening Standard *
      "Wiesner’s imaginative and technical brilliance come together here . . . giving a world of details to look at and look at and wonder." -- Valerie Coghlan * INIS, Editor's Choice *
      "Beautiful" * Telegraph *
      "A wonderful, thought-provoking picture book." -- Clare Poole * The Bookseller *
      "Wonderfully imaginative . . . The pictures are packed with details and each re-reading provides more joy," -- Marilyn Brocklehurst * The Bookseller *

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