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Its detailed visual storytelling rewards curiosity and repeated close looking.
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David Wiesner2007 selection · Picture books
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A wordless seaside adventure begins when a boy finds an underwater camera filled with impossible photographs.
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You love wordless mysteries and ocean fantasy.
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oceandiscoveryphotographyimagination
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