Book 1

Where's Waldo?

by Martin Handford

Published 30 November 1990
The reader follows Waldo as he hikes around the world and must try to find him in the illustrations of some of the crowded places he visits.

Book 1


Book 3

The reader tries to follow Waldo as he embarks on a fantastic journey among the Gobbling Gluttons, the Battling Monks, the Deep-sea Divers, the Underground Hunters, and the Land of Waldos in search of a special scroll.

Book 5

The reader follows Waldo and other characters as they travel through various scenes and tries to find them and their lost objects in the illustrations.

Book 6

Waldo’s back in the picture! Find the bespectacled traveler in never-before-seen illustrations, along with special stickers and a slew of other novel features.

Waldo’s back, and he’s anxious to show you his pictures. But not so fast — you have to find them first. Enter Odlaw’s Picture Gallery and admire the framed images, then try to track them down in the crowded scenes that follow. Got the picture? There are hidden characters and objects to hunt for, spot-the-difference spreads, silhouettes to match with originals, and plenty more. Happy hunting!

Book 7

He’s a master of the paper trail! Keep your eyes peeled for Waldo’s amazing seventh adventure -- his most interactive journey ever.

Take a page from Waldo’s sketchbook —but first you’ll have to find it! In this classic title, fans follow the wily guy through more astounding scenes, each containing a maddeningly hard-to-find piece of paper torn from his sketchpad. Add in an exciting parade, a confounding maze, the trickiest spot-the-difference challenge in history, and Martin Handford’s incomparable artwork, and you’ve got one extraordinary hands-on expedition. 

Waldo lovers will have tons of fun with:
— A fold-out Muddy Swampy Jungle Game with press-out counters — and tongue-twisting forfeit cards
— A press-out circus for fans to put on their very own show


Take it on the road! Waldo’s activities will challenge and entertain fans for hours in a format perfect for travel.

Dial up the brainpower and dive into this crazy collection of mazes, memory games, spot-the-difference activities, matching exercises, quizzes, doodles, tangled line teasers, and more. They’re all tucked into a compact volume designed to go anywhere you do, with a classy elasticized closure for packing things up when you’re done.

Lights, camera, action! Waldo's in Tinseltown and he's never had so much fun!

Hey, Waldo fans! Sharpen your eyes and your wits, because Waldo is taking you on a star-studded adventure. That's right, you're going to Hollywood! Follow Waldo — if you can find him — through a cast of thousands on the bustling streets of the great movie classics. Is he there in the chorus line of that musical in production, or up on the ramparts of that epic war film? Or is our elusive, bespectacled hero right in the middle of the swashbuckling escapades of the Three Musketeers?

Join Waldo and friends on four fantastic adventures in search of treasures—while doing activities and solving puzzles using brain power and a pen.

Seek out four lost treasures (a shell, a gem, a feather, and a star) as you play games at sea, across landscapes, up in the sky, and in outer space. Divided into four journeys, this hands-on book is packed with hundreds of searches as well as mazes, word puzzles, matching games, quizzes, spot-the-difference activities, riddles, tangle line teasers, and more. Add the end-of-book checklists with lots of extra things to find and you have hours of mind-bending fun to return to again and again. Tremendous!


The travel companion that Waldo fans can’t get enough of—now with all the classic adventures!

Waldo seekers on their own voyages will be raring to go with this compact compilation featuring all seven of his renowned excursions:
Where’s Waldo?
Where’s Waldo Now?
Where’s Waldo? The Fantastic Journey
Where’s Waldo? The Wonder Book
Where’s Waldo? In Hollywood
Where’s Waldo? The Great Picture Hunt!
Where’s Waldo? The Incredible Paper Chase

Have YOU gotten a postcard from Waldo yet? The iconic traveler takes fans on a whirlwind tour with this cool collection of thirty postcards.

Who better than Waldo to be pictured on a postcard boasting of world travels? Armchair tourists, real-life travelers, and Waldo aficionados will want to get their hands on these thirty pull-out postcards, featuring artwork from some of the best-loved spreads in the Where’s Waldo? books. True to form, each postcard features prompts on the back to get the recipients searching for the bespectacled traveler and a few other items as well.

Puzzle over a Waldo jigsaw tucked in with six classic adventures in a magnificent foiled slipcase — wow!

What’s better than a slipcase full of Waldo’s six best-selling adventures in paperback? A cool collection boasting a Waldo jigsaw puzzle, too. Inside you’ll find:
An eighty-piece Where’s Waldo? jigsaw puzzle
Where’s Waldo?
Where’s Waldo Now?
Where’s Waldo? The Fantastic Journey
Where’s Waldo? In Hollywood
Where’s Waldo? The Wonder Book
Where’s Waldo? The Great Picture Hunt
Search no longer for hours of eye-boggling, puzzling fun!

A small, enticing, portable boxed set makes a gift-ready introduction to Waldo’s adventures for the younger crowd.

Finding Waldo is never easy. This diminutive collection of Waldo classics — the first mini-editions in paperback — would make the hunt downright maddening, were it not for the accompanying Waldo magnifier, official striped handle and all. Featured in this mesmerizing pursuit are five Waldo adventures:
Where’s Waldo? 
Where’s Waldo Now?
Where’s Waldo? The Fantastic Journey 
Where’s Waldo? The Wonder Book
Where’s Waldo? In Hollywood

So grab the magnifying glass — the super-hard search is on!

Waldo’s ultimate antidote to “there’s nothing to do” brims with searches, puzzles, and games of all stripes — plus a five-minute challenge on each page.

Flying off on vacation or taking a long car ride? Stuck inside for hours on a rainy day? Fend off boredom with this hefty compendium of searches and activities featuring everyone’s favorite wanderer and his wily friends. You’ll find mazes, matching games, connect-the-dots, coloring pages, word searches, quizzes, and more, all guaranteed to occupy sharp-eyed fans.

Love Waldo? Crazy about coloring? Pull out your pencils or markers and get ready to bring this adventurer’s world to vivid life. 

Dozens of scenes from Waldo’s books are enlarged enough to make the coloring a pleasure, with activity pages sprinkled throughout. Boasting flaps, an elastic closure, and a totally tote-able compact trim, here is one coloring collection kids will be eager to take with them on the road.

It’s pitch dark on the way to Odlaw’s haunted castle — but Waldo-seekers have a cool wand to light the way in a book perfect for the spooky season.

Somewhere in the darkness, Waldo is venturing across a swamp toward a looming castle, sneaking down to the dungeon and through a creepy gallery to . . . Hey! We didn’t see that twist coming! In Waldo's second adventure featuring this innovative, all-paper design, readers can slide a spotlight searcher under a series of totally dark scenes, illuminating small sections and stealthily moving the light to seek out Waldo and his friends. Everyone’s favorite vagabond is in costume as himself in this Halloween-worthy challenge for eagle-eyed fans.

Where’s Waldo? In the spotlight . . . somewhere! Now that the rest of the scene has gone dark, finding him is a spectacular new challenge.

Just when you thought you’d mastered the art of finding Waldo, along comes a whole new twist to tracking him down! In an innovative, all-paper design that simulates a traveling spotlight beam, each scene is completely dark until the savvy reader slides a wand underneath to “light up” a small section. The trick is to carefully move the magic slider around until the right spot is revealed. Each of the six classic nighttime scenes contains Waldo and four other favorite characters to find, along with bonus hidden content and additional games on every page. With an exciting new format that gives our wanderer the star treatment he deserves, The Spectacular Spotlight Search is a must-have for Waldo fans of all ages.