However, at that moment a wave hits washing all the photos away, but regardless the boy tosses the camera back into the ocean to start the cycle over again.

It is carried by a variety of fish and other sea life across the ocean, the Arctic, and even a city of mermaids until it again washes ashore and another child finds it.

Caldecott Medal Committee Chair Janice Del Negro has said of Flotsam, "Telling tales through imagery is what storytellers have done through the ages.

Wiesner's wordless tale resonates with visual images that tell his story with clever wit and lively humor,".

[3] Horn Book Magazine says, "The meticulous and rich detail of Wiesner's watercolors makes the fantasy involving and convincing.