Where's Waldo? (book)
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| Author | Martin Handford |
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| Illustrator | Martin Handford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Where's Wally |
| Publisher | Little Brown & Co |
| Publication date | September 1987 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 26 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0316342939 |
Where's Wally? (Waldo in the US)is the title of the first Waldo book, published in 1987. The book Where's Wally was released 2 months earlier in the UK; the character's name and other text were changed for the U.S. audience, while the artwork was the same as the other book.
In the book Waldo travels to everyday places where he sends postcards to the reader. The book became an instant bestseller. Where's Wally? was re-released in October 1997 in a special 10th anniversary edition form. The location of Wally was changed in each picture and additional characters were added for the reader to find (Woof, Wizard Whitebeard, Wenda, Odlaw, the Waldo Watchers and others).
The Wally series is quite evocative of an earlier children's book titled "Where's Wallace?" (by Hillary Knight), in which a red-headed orangutan escapes from the zoo and "hides" in highly detailed picture panoramas, including beach, department store, circus, stadium, and museum.
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[edit] Scenes
- In Town
- On the Beach
- Ski Slopes
- Camp Site
- The Railway Station
- Airport
- Sports Stadium
- Museum
- At Sea
- Safari Park
- Department Store
- Fairground
[edit] Banning Where's Waldo
The book has been challenged in libraries and schools because of a topless woman near the upper right of the "On the Beach" scene. It ranks #88 on the American Library Association's "100 Most Frequently Banned Books" list because of the exposed breast. The banned book list actually tracks "challenges" (attempts to have books banned) rather than actual bannings. [1] The woman was covered up for the 1997 special edition release.
[edit] Notes
- Where's Wally?" was the first Wally book and the first appearance of the character Wally.
- In each scene Wally loses an item that the reader is asked to find. These objects include his walking stick, kettle, mallet, cup, backpack, sleeping bag, binoculars, camera, snorkel, belt, bag and shovel.
- "The Railway Station" page was retitled "The Train Station" in the special edition.
- The "secret person" hidden in all the scenes in this book (in the "special edition" only) is a dark skinned man, with short black hair, wearing a white shirt and red tie.
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