The Where's Wally? series has sold over 72 million copies worldwide.
Search for Wally in this 25th anniversary reissue of the original eye-boggling classic!
Hours of fun and games await you in this celebratory 25th anniversary super deluxe reissue edition of the classic picture book which kick-started a world-wide phenomenon. Search for Wally and his friends fiendishly hidden in every intricately-detailed scene. Explore extra fantastic features such as great gatefolds revealing more things never seen or searched for before; a spectacular book jacket with a Wally poster on the reverse and a spot-the-difference stamp search on the cover to extend the entertainment of all happy hunters. Absolutely amazing!
Martin Handford spent much of his childhood drawing and his earliest influences were cinema epics and playing with toy soldiers. At art college he continued to draw what he calls "busy and militarily correct battle scenes" which led to his job as a freelance illustrator specialising in drawing crowd scenes for numerous clients. Martin now gathers his 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 humour; "I love their movement and energy." Gradually, from all this meticulous research, the inspiration for a picture emerges, which Martin embellishes with his own ideas to create astonishing scenes. Each picture takes Martin months to draw. "As I work my way through a picture, I add Wally when I come to what I feel is a good place to hide him," he explains. Read more about the author here.
