Where's Waldo? Big Book - Hardcover

Handford, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763622370 ISBN 13: 9780763622374

Publisher: Candlewick, 2003

Synopsis

Look for Waldo in a super-size edition the whole family can share!

Where’s Waldo this season? Our wily world traveler has just ventured into a giant-size format - and now you can see what you’ve been missing! This Big Book edition of WHERE'S WALDO? shows off Martin Handford’s signature crowd scenes in all their glory, full of dazzling details, visual puns, slapstick humor, and clever surprises. Waldo sleuths will have a field day with these enormous spreads, combing through the wealth of minutiae in Waldo’s busy world. And some may just be thankful for the chance to find that elusive guy, once and for all!

About this title

About the Author:

Martin Handford, the man behind the mind-boggling Waldo books, began his career as a freelance illustrator specializing in drawing crowd scenes for numerous clients. The turning point came when he was asked to create a book showcasing his impressive talent, and the character Waldo was born - to provide a link between each scene. "That’s who Waldo is, an afterthought,” Martin Handford says. "As it turns out, the fans were more interested in the character than in the crowd scenes." To say that people were interested in the bespectacled Waldo is something of an understatement: since Waldo’s creation, he and his books have wandered through some 28 countries. "I can’t tell you how pleased I am that Waldo has taken on a life of his own," Martin Handford says. "I’d like to inspire children to open their minds to explore subjects more, to be aware of what’s going on around them. I’d like them to see wonder in places that might not have occurred to them."

From Publishers Weekly:

An oversized picture book with hoards of people milling around on each pageamidst this humanity readers must try to spot Waldo, identifiable by his clothing and hiking paraphernalia, in a game of concentration. It's difficult to find him in the middle of a crowd because he does not stick out head and shoulders above the teeming masses of pedestrians, beach-goers or vacationers. He's hiking his way across the world, and sees mermaids in canals, cows escaping from train cars, a helicopter chopping down flagpoles, a mummy's baby in a museum, a capsized desert island, a hat-eating giraffe and a glove attacking a man; he tells all in postcards, considerately short and friendly. Toward the end, Waldo has lost everything but his hat, and readers are expected to find those objects, too, in this amusing game of concentration amidst a sea of distractions. Waldo cuts through a maze of people and participates in numerous activities, but, unlike readers, seems to know where he is going. The pictures are astonishing in variety, detail and humor, and the pages are filled with so many people that readers will marvel at the artist's patience. All ages.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0763622370
• ISBN 13: 9780763622374
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Handford Martin