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Flotsam (Caldecott Medal Book) (Hardcover) (精装)
by David Wiesner
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Children's book, Award-winning, Ocean |
| Market price: ¥ 178.00
MSL price:
¥ 168.00
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Pre-order item, lead time 3-7 weeks upon payment [ COD term does not apply to pre-order items ] |
MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
Anyone with a love for the ocean will be mesmerized by this beautiful book. |
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J. shavlik (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-25 00:00>
This book is got more more more, It has vintage 50's beach days, it has the love of photography, the love of mystery, techy surprises, marine life and an afternoon of imagination. This instantly goes into my all time favorites circle. the timelessness of the last page is a powerful political statement with such sweet beauty. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-25 00:00>
I am an avid reader of children's bks, which started w/reading w/& for my now 8yr old daughter. Still, I was not familiar w/David Wiesner when I ran across Flotsam on Amazon recently. Based on the descriptions provided, I ordered it. I have just read it for the 1st time. I was totally drawn in by the fabulous illustrations (both technique & creativity/imagination), layout style, & wordless story. Since I had read about it before actually reading it, I am not sure, but, I doubt I would have completely understood what happened as far as the other children & photos from other places & the past. Either way, it is captivating. I will be looking for the rest of this author's body of work.
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Greg Budig (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-25 00:00>
I wonder if this is all getting a little too easy for Mr. Wiesner, I mean he has released seven books since 1990, three of which have won the prestigious Caldecott Medal and two which were Caldecott Honor books. Kind of makes you wonder..."What was wrong with the other two?" The fact is that Mr. David Wiesner is an illustrative genius. His latest offering and 2006 Caldecott Medal winner is called "Flotsam". His use of watercolor, is as always, very clean and meticulous, but his innovative designs and story layouts have set him apart in his own universe. "Flotsam" proves this point once again! This book is a feast for anyone with an imaginative eye, one cannot simply look at his illustrations but must stare at them in wonder, this book is indeed a treasure!
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Jesse Kornbluth (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-25 00:00>
The little one is presently holding steady at age "four-and-a-half-and-three-quarters-but-in-my-head-I'm-seven." And boy, is she ready to read.
We're delighted. And we want to encourage her. (Which does not extend to teaching her how to read; we are old, our reservoir of patience is not what it once was, it's better to let the experts at her high-priced school do the job.) So we get her the picture books of David Wiesner and ask her to tell us their stories.
Wiesner is the acknowledged master of wordless books for kids. (All three of the Wiesner books we own - Tuesday, Three Pigs and Flotsam, his most recent book - have won the Caldecott Medal.) It's not just that he draws beautifully and that his pictures allow a child aged 4 through 7 to tell the story. His greater gift is his refusal to talk down. His books are challenging. They are invitations to consider the story later, to broaden a child's sense of the world - or, more accurately, they reflect the ability of most children to dream big and think poetically.
"Flotsam," for example, takes us to the beach. A well-equipped boy - he's got a magnifying glass, binoculars and a microscope - is digging and exploring while his parents read. He's so fascinated by a crab he doesn't see a rogue wave rolling in; when it rolls out, there's an ancient box camera at his feet. He shows it to friends, who are predictably puzzled. (Film inside? What, no digital chip?) And he takes the film to be developed at a one-hour photo shop.
Back at the beach, the boy looks at the pictures. One is of fish - but some of the fish have gears. In another, sea creatures sit on lounge chairs in an underwater living room. A puffer becomes a hot air balloon. A village of shells travels on the back of a turtle. Aliens have a party on an underwater terrace. Giant starfish walk in the shallows.
And then there is the picture of a Japanese girl. She's holding a picture of another kid, who's holding a picture of another kid, who's holding....The magnifying glass isn't powerful enough; this is a job for the microscope.
And now, as we look deeper into the pictures, we are moving back into time. The decades fly by - we end in the late 19th century, looking at a boy on the beach. Which gives our inquisitive lad an idea: He'll take a self-portrait using this old camera.
As soon as he snaps the shutter, he's hit by another wave. The photos scatter. The boy thinks for a moment, then throws the camera into the water. We see it float in the moonlight. Get pulled by a squid. Become a carriage for sea horses. Fly in the bill of a pelican. Float on an iceberg. And, at last, wash up on a beach.
A little girl, sitting on the beach, sees the camera. She reaches for it....
That's only half the story. The lesser half, really. The much larger part begins with your kid saying, "I want to read that book." And then, in her little voice, she tells you a story.
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Carrie Allton (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-25 00:00>
I bought this book for my son's first grade teacher. The class loved exploring the pictures and anticipating the story. Although this book does not have words, it offers the opportunity to challenge kids to tell the story by identifying expressions and clues into what is happening as the pictures progress as well as getting them to ask the questions. It is a wonderfully imaginative book and shows that books have value beyond the written word even for early readers.
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Emma (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-25 00:00>
This book was a gift to my son to help me help him with his speech delay. It has done that and more. My daughter loves to hear the story over and over and asks everyone to tell it so she hears new versions. It is great for family time and is the one book that there are no fights over my lap with. Warning: You must tell your preschoolers that the camera in the book is special and that the cameras we have at home will break. We found that out the hard way. I am thinking of giving this as a gift to 5 year olds with a disposable underwater camera.
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Susan Thompson (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-25 00:00>
My kids loved this! I was a little surprised upon receiving it that there were no words in the book but it worked out fine. The illustrator did a great job of telling the story with his pictures alone. The book generated a lot of discussion amongst our family and allowed my kids to use their imagination on what was happening.
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Paulette Willis (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-25 00:00>
To say that Flotsam is a picture book is a misnomer. It takes picture books to a whole new level in dealing with more complex concepts than the ordinary run of the mill picture books. For instance, a microscope at the beach? Stretching starfish islands? Too, Flotsam's not so complex that a 4 or 5-year old won't sit there and make up his/her own story to go along with the pictures. Mom and Dad won't get so bored with this story either. It's bound to be a kiddie favorite. Simply change the wording of the story or point out "new" things to the kids as it's read over and over again. This book definitely deserved the Caldecott. Great drawings, great concept. Satisfaction on so many levels.
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