Where's Waldo? the Mighty Magical Mix-Up - by Martin Handford

Book Synopsis

"Displays Handford's knack for layering his cacophonous crowd scenes with humor." --The New York Times Book Review

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.

Review Quotes

The eighth book in Martin Handford's series starring the iconic bespectacled traveler -- and the first new one in 15 years. . . Scanning its pages, I felt a rush of nostalgia recalling the hours my kids and I spent oohing and aahing over Waldo when they were little. . . it delivers the goods nonetheless, displaying Handford's knack for layering his cacophonous crowd scenes with humor.
--The New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Martin Handford spent much of his childhood drawing, and his earliest influences were cinema epics and playing with toy soldiers. After art college, he began working as a freelance illustrator, specializing in drawing crowd scenes for numerous clients. He now gathers inspiration from a huge variety of sources: films, visiting museums and art galleries, reading comics and books, and collecting ephemera and trivia. He is fascinated by crowds and is attracted to their vibes, patterns, and details--especially humor. Gradually, from all this meticulous research, the inspiration for a picture emerges, which he embellishes with his own ideas to create astonishing scenes. Each picture takes many months to draw. "As I work my way through a picture, I add Waldo when I come to what I feel is a good place to hide him," he explains.