{"id":184,"date":"2009-09-13T11:49:51","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T16:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.annakatedonovan.com\/?p=184"},"modified":"2009-09-14T11:43:20","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T16:43:20","slug":"martin-hanford-is-a-genius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/annakatedonovan.com\/?p=184","title":{"rendered":"Martin Handford is a genius."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t recognize the name?\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Handford\">Martin Handford<\/a> is the creator of the ever-popular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=wheres+waldo&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">Where&#8217;s Waldo<\/a>? series.\u00a0 These books are fabulous.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t know about\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Where&#8217;s Waldo<\/span>?, it is a series of books about a world traveler.\u00a0 In each two page scene, the reader must find Waldo and a bevy of other items.\u00a0 In one book you are looking for Waldo, his entourage of friends and his dog.\u00a0 In another, you are looking for a tiny book Waldo has dropped.\u00a0 In another, you must find all of Waldo&#8217;s equipment that he has lost.\u00a0 Each scene is meticulously drawn and has thousands of minute details.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of these books is in the target demographics.\u00a0 They are great for everyone.\u00a0 Laura (2) loves to find all the mermaids in the underwater scenes.\u00a0 Hattie (5) looks for Waldo and moves on.\u00a0 Abigail (8) wants to find everything on the list of things you are supposed to find.\u00a0 Robert and I find enjoyment in all of the crazy things Handford has included in the drawing.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that it is getting more and more difficult to find activities that everyone enjoys.\u00a0 Especially on a rainy day when we can&#8217;t go outside.\u00a0 The chances of all 5 of us wanting to watch the same movie or play the same game together aren&#8217;t great.\u00a0 With 2 of our children unable to read fluently, our options are limited even further.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Where&#8217;s Waldo<\/span>? bridges the gap.\u00a0 There is no reading required but you still have to use your brain.<\/p>\n<p>I have loved these books since they came out in the early 1990s.\u00a0 There is also a series of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=i+spy&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">I Spy<\/a> books that are similar but they lack the story that goes along with Waldo and his travels.\u00a0 Every time you look at a Waldo book, you will find things you&#8217;ve never seen before even if this is the 100th trip through the book.\u00a0 This is one of the few things that will stay on our shelves as other toys and books come and go.\u00a0 A rare find indeed!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/annakatedonovan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1271.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-187\" title=\"found it!\" src=\"http:\/\/annakatedonovan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1271-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"found it!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/annakatedonovan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1271-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/annakatedonovan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1271-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Don&#8217;t recognize the name?\u00a0 Martin Handford is the creator of the ever-popular Where&#8217;s Waldo? 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