Now, I know this book isn’t brand new. It was published in 2006 and won a Caldecott Medal in 2007. But my first-grader and kindergartner just discovered it in the library. My daughter checked it out last week, returned it on Tuesday. It came home in my first-grader’s backpack on Thursday. Both voracious new readers, I was surprised to see them so intrigued by a book with no words.
Flotsam by the immeasurable David Wiesner (we also own his version of The Three Pigs) is breathtakingly beautiful. And interesting. And fun. It is poignant and silly. Classic and weird. And all without text. My kids and I can’t recommend it enough.