I Spy Gold Challenger! A Book of Picture Riddles

I Spy

by Walter Wick (Photographer), Jean Marzollo

Search-and-find riddles paired with amazing photographs will captivate kids of all ages in the bestselling I Spy series.

Think you know every I Spy book out there? Think you've found every last bauble, bow, striped cat, and cloudy ship? Think again! Jean Marzollo has written her most challenging riddles yet to accompany Walter Wick's fabulous photographs culled from the original I Spy books. You've never seen I Spy like this!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Family, Collections, Art, Fiction

40 pages, Library Binding

First published October 1, 1998

About the author

Walter Wick is an American artist and photographer best known for the elaborate images in two series of picture book activities for young children, I Spy and Can You See What I See?, both published by Scholastic.

Reviews

[Libby · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love these books, in general. This one, as the title suggests, is more challenging than his other "regular" I Spy books, but it's still fun for all ages, I think. Plus, two kids can play "I spy" with each page amongst themselves, so it would provide endless entertainment. I like the additional challenges at the end where there is an additional poem and you have to guess which page it goes with. My 21-mo-old really liked it, even though he couldn't find most of what was expected, he just liked pointing out objects he knows the names of, or particularly likes. (like cars)

[Becky B · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of seek-n-find pages with a variety of themed collages.

Some of the pages in here are from other I Spy books, it just challenges you to find different items. I read this and did the puzzles with my 7 year old niece. She asked to skip the “creepy” page (looks like a scene in a haunted house) which I was happy to oblige. It took us a while to do all the puzzles, and there were still a couple items we never found. These things still are providing entertainment for youngsters decades later, and good exercise for kids with visual acuity issues.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter and I love all varieties of search-and-find books. Some items are VERY difficult to find, but still a fun book :)

[Stephanie · Rating 1 out of 5]

BV Library Checkout.

[PottWab Regional Library]

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[Cassandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

My toddler is a visual learner and loves all of the I Spy books. She always has one or two checked out from the library. They have been great vocabulary builders for her because there are so many items in the pictures that I would not otherwise think to show her. I do not usually read the text to her. We enjoy talking about what she sees, or I will randomly choose things to tell her I spy, and she looks for them. Sometimes, we will look for the items listed in the text together.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of seek and find puzzles for school-agers with rhyming text and bonus challenges.

Part favorites/part challenger this title was born out of the author/illustrator team's affinity for a few of their creations paired with readers' desire for another title that would really challenge them.

[Ramya Sukardi · Rating 4 out of 5]

adikku suka bgt buku ini!

[Evan D · Rating 4 out of 5]

We mostly like the rhymes and pictures in the "big kids" I Spy books. Sometimes he can't sit through the whole book.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

children love checking these out to search for pictures, its funny how many said they practiced their reading stills reading the words.

[Don Gubler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Exercise your eyes and mind.

[Miguel · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter's favorite book.

[Debbie · Rating 2 out of 5]

A little hard for young kids.