Detailed images, hidden pictures, fun mysteries, and visual puzzles entice readers to engage with the art and text of these "I Spy" style picture books recommended by the Library's Children's Services staff.
Seek-and-find books are great fun for reading with a buddy.
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Help Find Frank by Anne Bollman
Filled with detective-style evidence exhibits, maps, and detailed seek-and-find pages, this engaging story entices young adventurers to discover clues that Frank the French bulldog leaves behind on his adventure around town.
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The Bear’s Sea Escape, The Bear’s Song, and The Bear’s Surprise by Benjamin Chaud
In each book, readers help Papa Bear search for Little Bear when he escapes into the bigger world outside their forest home.
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A Thousand Billion Things (and Some Sheep) by Loic Clement
A redheaded girl takes readers through various everyday scenes as they are asked to locate items hidden in pages filled with delicately drawn clothing, vegetables, sea creatures, and more.
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The Lost House and The Lost Picnic by B. B. Cronin
Help Grandad and his grandkids find all the lost items they need for a fun day together.
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Where’s Waldo? series by Martin Handford
In this classic series, readers search highly-detailed illustrations to find the mysterious Waldo as he travels around the world.
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The Art Treasure Hunt: I Spy with My Little Eye by Doris Kutschbach
Visual puzzles, games, and large pictures will delight even the youngest children on this clever journey through great works of art.
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Search and Spot: Animals! and Search and Spot: Go! by Laura Ljungkvist
Invites readers to find objects hidden in an array of patterns and colors on each page.
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I Spy series by Jean Marzollo
Rhyming verses ask readers to find hidden objects in photographs filled with details.
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Where’s the Penguin? by Sophie Schrey
The viewer is challenged to find ten penguins in each scene throughout the book.
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Look! A Book?: A Zany Seek-and-Find Adventure by Bob Staake
Easy-to-read, rhyming text invites the reader to search for items on a different theme on each page, while celebrating the wonder of a picture book.
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The Odd One Out: A Spotting Book and Where’s the Pair?: A Spotting Book by Britta Teckentrup
Invites readers to browse patterned artwork spreads featuring animals and accompanied by rhyming text riddles to spot hidden details.
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Can You See What I See? series by Walter Wick
Identify dozens of hidden items throughout the books in this popular search-and-find series.