The Great Waldo Search

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The Great Waldo Search
Author Martin Handford
Illustrator Martin Handford
Country United States
Language English
Subject(s) Where's Waldo
Publisher Little Brown & Co
Publication date September 1988
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 26
ISBN ISBN 0316342823

The Great Waldo Search was the third Waldo book, first released in 1989. In the book Waldo travels to fantasy lands in search of Wizard Whitebeard's magical scrolls.

The book was re-released as Where's Waldo: The Fantastic Journey in 1997, moving Waldo and inserting new characters (Woof, Wenda, Odlaw, the Waldo Watchers and others).

[edit] Scenes

  • The Gobbling Gluttons
  • The Battling Monks
  • The Carpet Flyers
  • The Great Ball-Game Players
  • The Ferocious Red Dwarves
  • The Nasty Nasties
  • The Fighting Forester
  • The Deep-Sea Divers
  • The Knights of the Magic Flag
  • The Unfriendly Giants
  • The Underground Hunters
  • The Land of Waldos

[edit] Notes

  • The book introduces the second recurring Where's Waldo character, Wizard Whitebeard. Readers are also asked for the first time to find the Wizard's scrolls.
  • The book introduces "The Land of Waldos" and the concept that Waldo is just one of many Waldos. The scene would become one of the most popular and well-known Waldo scenes, finding its way on to more merchandise than any other Waldo spread. The Land of Waldos would reappear in The Ultimate Fun Book (known as WaldoLand) and The Great Picture Hunt (known as WaldoWorld). It would later be shown that Woof and Odlaw also come from worlds of many others like them with the introduction of "The Odlaw Swamp" and "The Land of Woofs" in The Wonder Book.
  • The "secret person" hidden in all the scenes in this book (in the "special edition" only) is a red haired man, with a ginger beard and a green top.
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  • Also a character from the previous scene will follow Waldo throughout his journey.