Title: Flotsam
Author: David Wiesner
Illustrator: David Wiesner
Publisher: Clarion Books
Year Published: 2006
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Assisted Reader/Self-Reader
Reading Interest Level: Elementary
Topics: Underwater creatures, Underwater world.
Summary: This book is about a little boy who goes to the beach with his family for the day and finds a crab. While playing with the crab a wave comes and knocks the little boy over, but when the wave returns to the sea it leaves behind an underwater camera. The boy decides to develop the film only to find pictures of the beautiful sea and those of children, like him, who have found the camera and taken pictures. So the little boy decides to take a picture of himself and then throw the camera back into the sea for the next little boy or girl to find.
Extension Activity: Since this book deals with pictures, I would take a picture of each of the children via Polaroid camera, and then have them decorate the outside of their picture to make it appear that they are underwater. This would allow the kids to be creative and also little kids seem to really enjoy having their pictures taken; then I would display the picture on the wall in the classroom.
