Not two days ago, I was IMing about ocean-themed books with Charlene Prince Birkeland of Crazed Parent
<p><a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/photos/jan2007/picture3463.aspx" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/photos/jan2007/images/3463/365x299.aspx" title="Flotsam David Wiesner" alt="Flotsam David Wiesner" align="right" border="0" height="165" hspace="5" width="200"></a>Not two days ago, I was IMing about ocean-themed books with Charlene Prince Birkeland of <a href="http://crazedparent.org/">Crazed Parent</a>. Both of our preschoolers are obsessed with ocean animals, especially "dangerous," chompy" sharks.</p><p>"Have you seen <i>Flotsam</i>?" she wrote. </p><p>"No," I replied.</p><p>"You <i>have</i> to get it," she urged, and lo and behold, <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm"><i>Flotsam</i> is the 2007 Caldecott Medal winner</a>.</p>
