Looking for books like Where’s Waldo

[Anonymous]

My young kids (ages 2 and 4) recently discovered my old collection of Where’s Waldo books while visiting my folks recently and were completely transfixed for hours looking at the illustrations and trying to find Waldo, the wizard, etc. Does anyone have recommendations for similar books where you have to search for specific things or just books with interesting illustrations with lots going on to look at? They also like the Richard Scarry books but I’d love to find something a bit more updated, as both series of books feel dated and illustrate outdated depictions of things like gender roles, etc.

[Anonymous]

Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Day-Airport-Time-Goes/dp/1580138012 ???

They might also like an illustrated kids encyclopedia. Or field guides, which have tons of pictures in them.

[Anonymous]

Find Momo! Great look and find books featuring a dog.

[Anonymous]

Spot the cat by Henry Cole is super cute.

The Where’s the Dragon book by Jason Hook is also fun.

I like these two because they have a nice story with the search and find.

[Anonymous]

There is a huge collection of I Spy books.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=i+spy+books&crid=1Z0SZWQW3PB9O&sprefix=i+spy%2Caps%2C209&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_3_5

[Anonymous]

My daughter loves the Momoko series of books. You can follow the characters through a little story line from page to page. They are really awesome!

Welcome to Mamoko https://www.amazon.com/dp/0763668915/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_mkQ4CbHTJWAX5

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a huge collection of I Spy books.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=i+spy+books&crid=1Z0SZWQW3PB9O&sprefix=i+spy%2Caps%2C209&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_3_5

+1 on the ISpy books!

[Anonymous]

There's also this series. We have one and my kids love it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1973498669/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a huge collection of I Spy books.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=i+spy+books&crid=1Z0SZWQW3PB9O&sprefix=i+spy%2Caps%2C209&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_3_5

These are great once you have reader. My 4 year old did enjoy hunting, but I had to constantly read the words to tell her what she was looking for. So with a 2 and 4 year old, I'd try the other ones first, and once your oldest can read, try these out.

[Anonymous]

I spy books

Also Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go has little Goldbug hidden on every page and you have to find him. There's a story in this one too.

[Anonymous]

This is a great one:

https://www.amazon.com/Town-All-Year-Round/dp/081186474X/ref=pd_sbs_14_10?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=081186474X&pd_rd_r=293d113f-7b0d-11e9-a109-d74889de0019&pd_rd_w=U1fDW&pd_rd_wg=s9CfR&pf_rd_p=588939de-d3f8-42f1-a3d8-d556eae5797d&pf_rd_r=2HZPCQKMVTTFDVQYB7AX&psc=1&refRID=2HZPCQKMVTTFDVQYB7AX

In the Town All Year Round. No specific thing to find on each page, but there's a lot of detailed illustrations in each page, and each character has a specific wordless story that goes from page to page. So you can track what happens to the parrot from the beginning to the end of book, or what happens to the girl with the present....it's awesome.

[Anonymous]

On the Loose in Washington DC -- the animals escape from the National Zoo, and you have to find them in pictures of different DC landmarks.

[Anonymous]

Look online for the MoshiMoshiKawaii series of books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look online for the MoshiMoshiKawaii series of books.

My kids also liked the series by Usborne. Example: https://www.amazon.com/Usborne-Great-Undersea-Search-Searches/dp/0794512283 there are many in the series though.

[Anonymous]

Pierre the maze books are really fun!