Where's Waldo? Amazing Journeys: The Ultimate Maze Adventure!:

Where's Waldo?

by Martin Handford

A-maze-ing! Follow Waldo on a journey through impossibly intricate mazes—with enough twists and turns to make you giddy.

Join Waldo on his most labyrinthine vacation ever, where every place he visits is a mind-boggling maze! Head to the airport and trace your finger along the paths to plot a route from start to finish. Blast off to an awesome space center, where the mission is following rocket trails to find one that reaches all the way to the orange moon. Line up to explore a cave, elaborate gardens, a museum, a film studio, a candy factory . . . even a disco where you can strut your stuff across the dance floor. More than fifty routes to tackle! And when you reach the end of the book, you’re not done yet—you’ll find checklists with over one hundred more things to search for throughout. Good thing the fun is always in the journey, because reaching your destination will take all the wits you can muster!

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

Published September 12, 2023

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

[Kailey (Luminous Libro) · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this activity book, you have to follow the mazes avoiding obstacles along the way, and find Waldo and his friends, and search for a checklist of items hidden in each scene. Waldo gets lost in mazes at the airport, the museum, the art gallery, the movie set, the chateau garden, underground caves, the candy factory, and even in outer space! Waldo finishes up his journey with a maze on the disco dance floor!

This is such a cool search activity book! I used to love the Waldo books when I was a little girl, and the addition of the mazes makes it even more special. In every scene you have to find Waldo, his dog, Wenda, the wizard Whitebeard, and Waldo's crazy opposite, Odlaw. There are also additional lists of things to look for in every scene, so that you can keep the game going as long as possible!

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts, and are not influenced by anyone.

[The Silvan Reverie | Sarah Street · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Waldo books and this is such a fun take to make some familiar scenes/pages into mazes. In addition to the mazes (and yes, some are VERY challenging) there are the usual suspects of people and items to find as well as bonus items to search for in the book. Overall this would make for a great gift for a Waldo-lover. There are 11 different mazes/spreads and a lot of fun that can be revisited.

***Note: I was given a review copy of this book via Candlewick Press. Opinions are my own.

[Mo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I almost couldn't find this book on Goodreads because the title is not spelled the same as on the cover of the book! It's A-MAZE-ING not Amazing!

Anyway... thoroughly enjoyed this one. Finding the dog just by his tail is quite the challenge on some of those pages!

[Nil Özköse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dit boek is heel gaaf 🐻🐻

[Tsugumi · Rating 4 out of 5]

ウォーリーをさがせと迷路、2種類楽しめるからおすすめ

[PottWab Regional Library]

SM

[Emma Archer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not too challenging