Extend this into a dramatic scenario where a child taunts the waves. Ask your class to explore this via body movements. The underwater camera has a film inside. Can you find out how these cameras work? How are they different from digital cameras? What an incredible book. The illustrations are absolutely amazing! This is the second book by Weisner that I have gotten my hands on and I don't want to let go. A young boy is by the seashore and engrossed in looking at a few sea creatures when a large wave overtakes him and deposits an old underwater camera at his feet. Are the photos what the children expected? Can they identify the places pictured? What might people see in the usual, the everyday, if they stopped and looked more closely?

On each occasion, ensure the child is holding the previous photograph, as the boy does in the book, to create a series of pictures recording the timeline of children involved in the project.

Did we miss something on diversity?

Encourage speculation about what the pictures might show, then get the film developed (maybe a local shop will allow your class to see the process?). The wonder of this picture book is that it has no words! The story is told by the illustrations alone. A story about a boy who finds an underwater camera washed up on the shore of his local beach and makes discoveries both fanciful and unusual when her gets the film he found in the camera developed. I read through it several times, seeing more each time I did. Make a collection of old photographic portraits – the sort available cheaply in postcard form from antique markets work well. This book is another winner, all about a child on a beach day with his parents. Other children may scream and run into the waves, but this boy has his microscope with him as he inspects the various forms of life in sand and water. Then he finds a curious looking camera, old but strange. Inside is a roll of film, so he runs to the one-hour photo place down the street and has it developed. When he eagerly gets the finished prints, he is astonished at what he finds. The camera has captured life under the waves as never seen before. I would recommend this book for just about any age group. The purpose for using it will vary, but it fosters our creative side, whether you are 5 or 15. Older students could use it for a writing activity in which they have to create words to go with each image.

American Library Association: American Library Association announces literary award winners. URL accessed 27 January 2007,Create your own incredible pictures that show images that might have been taken by the underwater camera. This book was selected as one of the January 2011 - Wordless Picture Book reads at the Picture-Book Club in the Children's Books Group here at Goodreads. Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc.)?