19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining, Feb 27 2004
By apoem "apoem" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Where's Waldo? (Hardcover)
This is a very fun book. I enjoyed the Waldo books when I was a preteen. The pictures teaming with people from every walks of life with lots of little stories in the greater scene.
Now my kids are old enough to begin looking for Waldo. My four year old son is very entertained by looking for Waldo. He has spent hours looking at this book.
This book you have to find the dog's tail, waldo, the thing he lost, and several Waldo watchers. It's fairly hard and yet my son still loves it.
Enjoy.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
My 3-year old's favorite., Jun 23 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Where's Waldo? (Hardcover)
Entertaining for both children and adults. This book is full of visual puns and amusing drawings like a flying Ace (of spades) and a human snowball. Long after we've found Waldo everywhere, we're still seeing something new and surprising. This is a great (but slightly bulky) book to keep kids entertained on long trips.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The first and the best, Sep 25 2011
By EcoDesigner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Where's Waldo? (Hardcover)
I will always be partial to the first 2 Waldo books in the series. There is real creativity, freshness, and fun.
My personal opinion is that the later books have more people (i.e., the people are packed on the pages like sardines), but less creativity/spunk. Honestly, when there are 5,000 people on a page like it seems there are in some of the later books, it can become more frustrating than fun. Instead of looking at the cute scenes and interactions between the characters, you're busy searching through a mass-reproduced mob for an all-but-impossible to find Waldo. It's like if another artist/illustrator tried to copy the original Waldo books, but lost some of the spirit of the books in the process.
I own all of the Waldo books, and as a general rule of thumb with Waldo books I'd say the earlier it was published, the better it is...with the exception of the Hollywood book, which is better than the 3rd.