Where's Waldo? The Mighty Magical Mix-Up: A Spellbinding Search & Find Adventure

Where's Waldo?

by Martin Handford

Wizard Whitebeard’s magic staff is missing—and is going wild transforming everything! Join everyone’s favorite wanderer and search through twelve Where’s Waldo? scenes as you’ve never seen them before.

Wizard Whitebeard has lost his magic staff, and it’s stirring up mischief everywhere. Dragons are making a spectacle at the seaside, robots have crash-landed in the Stone Age, dinosaurs are wandering in the Wild West, there’s a sticky situation at a castle made of cake . . . The magical mayhem seems unstoppable! Follow Waldo and his friends on a quest to find the sneaky staff and unravel this mighty mess. With twelve marvelously mixed-up scenes and hundreds more things to look for, Where’s Waldo? The Mighty Magical Mix-Up is a truly mesmerizing search adventure.

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

Published September 10, 2024

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. The turning point came when he was asked to create a book showcasing his impressive talent, and the character Waldo was born—originally to provide a link between each scene. "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 may not have occurred to them." Martin Handford lives in England.

Reviews

[Lorellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tot didn't read this. It kept me busy while she played with toys in the library floor. I am pleased to say I found all the Waldos.

[Jill Jemmett · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved reading this Where’s Waldo book! It brought back memories of searching for Waldo in the detailed illustrations when I was a kid.

In this book, there are magical settings, including a beach full of dragons, a museum where the artifacts come to life, and a movie set.

Where’s Waldo? The Mighty Magical Mix Up is a fun book for kids and adults!

Thank you Penguin Random House Canada for sending me a copy of this book! This book was gifted to me from @penguinrandomca as part of the Holiday Book Magic Campaign! The Holiday Book Magic books are a curated list of books that are perfect for gifting and enjoying all year long!

[Holly Keimig · Rating 5 out of 5]

A new Where's Waldo book with fun new scenes!

[Paul Delacruz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fun Where’s Waldo? book to enjoy with others as a challenge contest.

[Nathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nostalgic scenes from previous books, with lots of fun, new twists.

[Bookread2day · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been reading all the Where’s Wally book in the series. I highly recommend them to children to keep them occupied during the long travel journeys, or have a sleep over and enjoy this Where’s Wally book with friends or for family fun. Boys and girls will love the bright colourful pages, with all sort’s hidden in the pictures that can be found. The searches includes, A SANDY SPECTACLE with dragons. SPACE AGE MEETS STONE AGE with a mixture of Stone Age and aliens, My favourite search was A SPELL IN THE LIBRARY. At the back of the book there’s more The Mighty Magical Mix-Up Checklists, Before the magnificent mayhem is over, children can have another look through the scenes and search for all the curious things in the checklist that have been selected, to find.

[Becs · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m getting to the point where I feel like Wally is a cash cow that just keeps getting milked.

How many times can we see this guy get lost before it gets boring? This many times, I guess, because I’m now completely over Where’s Wally and have literally no interest in helping him be found.

Seen one? You truly have seen them all. This one tries to make it more exciting by mixing two scenarios together that wouldn’t ordinarily make sense to try and make it funnier, like a castle made of cake for example, but honestly unless this is the one and only Wally book in your collection I really wouldn’t bother.

ARC provided from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.