Wizard Pickles is a unique puzzle book. Every page is lavishly illustrated in a colorful cartoon style. Wizard Pickles includes everything from search-and-finds scenes and mazes, to logic problems and codes that will baffle readers for hours of mystery-solving fun. Proven appeal to kids, educators, parents and grandparents.
Aunt Wilma's lost her magic wand! Now it's up YOU to help young Mazie Pickles track it down, before the pesky critters who stole it cause any more mischief!
On your quest, you'll travel through a mysterious forest, visit a castle, escape a dungeon, and even ride a dragon. Yes, you'll get into all kinds of crazy pickles as you explore every inch of this richly-detailed, comic fantasy world.
Revised and expanded softcover edition, published by the author. Includes complete solutions.
About the Author :
Chuck Whelon is a cartoonist, illustrator, author, and game designer. Through his publishing imprint, Planet Urf Entertainment(R), he creates and publishes books and media for all ages.He is best known as the creator of the long-running humorous fantasy webcomic Pewfell-a semi-autobiographical epic fantasy sitcom that has spanned several graphic novels and over two decades of publishing, first appearing on the trailblazing ModernTales.com. Whelon is also the mind behind Urfspace: Cartoons of the Future and the glam-punk art and music universe of Astrokitty, which blends fashion, comics, music, and sci-fi into a vibrant visual narrative.An accomplished illustrator of children's books, Whelon has authored and illustrated dozens of internationally distributed puzzle and activity titles for major publishers including Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Dover Publications. His books include Where's the Mermaid?, Where's the Bunny?, Wizard Pickles, and the What to Doodle? series. His puzzle illustrations have appeared in everything from Highlights Magazine to Britain's Daily Mail.In the world of tabletop games, Whelon is the creator of the cult-favorite board game Legitimacy: The Game of Royal Bastards, and has illustrated numerous titles for Minion Games, including Those Pesky Humans, Nile, and Battle Merchants. For over two decades, he has also been a regular contributor to Dungeon Crawl Classics from Goodman Games, providing maps, cartoons, and cover art.Originally from Basingstoke, England, Whelon now lives in San Francisco's Excelsior District with his wife and son. He also lives with Spina Bifida Occulta, a hidden disability that has become more visible with age-an experience that informs his passion for diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in his work. His art champions imagination, education, science, and compassion for people, plants, and animals alike.
Review :
5.0 out of 5 stars Super, Fun Puzzle Book!Awesome. Yep, that describes this book.
As a kid, I loved puzzle books, especially ones with fantasy, tons of details and a touch of craziness. This book has all of those things. And let's not forget the illustrations because they are wonderful. There's so much detail and all sorts of little things thrown in, making sure that one discovers something new every time they go through the pages. The puzzles themselves vary enough in difficulty to insure that a kid will have some success, while others won't get bored.
I let my son and daughter (10 and 8) go through this, and they both adored it. Not only did they find the puzzles fun, but they enjoyed fingering through the illustrations and pointing different things out to each other. This is definitely one that my son will be placing next to his bed so he can take a peek before dozing off to sleep at night.
This is a book I can whole heartedly recommend. Between the fun puzzles and the very imaginative illustrations, kids (especially reluctant readers and knowledge buddies) will enjoy diving into this and be sucked into every page.
- Tonja Drecker
5.0 out of 5 stars Captured all our imaginations!My boys couldn't keep their hands off this book from the moment it entered the house. It really does suit all ages. It launched my 6-year old into drawing a slew of his own search-and-find books, while my 10-year old was possessed with figuring out the hidden code puzzles. We still haven't figured out all the puzzles, and that's fine by me! The colorful illustrations are wonderfully imagination-inspiring, and the characters and writing style are tons of fun. I hope Chuck does another... and another...!
-Christopher Watkins
5.0 out of 5 stars Chuck's awesome cartooning skills know no equalChuck's awesome cartooning skills know no equal, while the puzzles themselves are great fun for the whole family. Wish there were more activity books out there this good!
-D. J. Pereira
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome pickle-puzzling fun!Wow, what a fantastic book for people of all ages. I'm playing through this book with my 9-year-old daughter and we both love it. Every page has many levels of activities, from straight-up "where's the pickle gnome?" for the younger set, on through to logic and code challenges for older ones. The illustrations are whimsical, charming, and often laugh-out-loud funny (Owl Panda!). This book is so much fun that we wish we lived in the Wizard Pickles world.
-Chi-An Chien
As a kid, I loved puzzle books, especially ones with fantasy, tons of details and a touch of craziness. This book has all of those things. And let's not forget the illustrations because they are wonderful. There's so much detail and all sorts of little things thrown in, making sure that one discovers something new every time they go through the pages. The puzzles themselves vary enough in difficulty to insure that a kid will have some success, while others won't get bored. I let my son and daughter (10 and 8) go through this, and they both adored it. Not only did they find the puzzles fun, but they enjoyed fingering through the illustrations and pointing different things out to each other. This is definitely one that my son will be placing next to his bed so he can take a peek before dozing off to sleep at night. This is a book I can whole heartedly recommend. Between the fun puzzles and the very imaginative illustrations, kids (especially reluctant readers and knowledge buddies) will enjoy diving into this and be sucked into every page. -Tonja Drecker
