The seventh annual Find Waldo Local promotion took place throughout July, with 250 bookstores nationwide hosting Waldo-themed scavenger hunts, costume parades, window displays, and more for young readers and their families. The event was co-sponsored by the American Booksellers Association and Candlewick Press. We’ve gathered a selection of highlights from this year’s festivities.
Waldos of all stripes and sizes at Copperfield’s Books in Petaluma, Calif.
Scavenger hunters outside the Bookloft in Columbus, Ohio.
A trio of Waldos at Bookshop Santa Cruz in California.
BriarPatch in Sperryville, Va., hosts a Waldo-themed party.
Fans searched high and low for Waldo at Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, Mass.
Browsing the Waldo titles at Edmonds Bookshop in Edmonds, Wash.
A celebration at Byrd’s Books in Bethel, Conn.
Finding Waldo is exhausting work, at Elm Street Books in New Canaan, Conn.
Odlaw makes an appearance at Sparta Books in Sparta, N.J.
Waldo also has a cameo at Sparta Books.
A young reader joins the search at BookTowne in Manasquan, N.J.
A festive window display at the Rediscovered Bookshop in Boise, Idaho.
All of Boise got into the Waldo spirit, with bike races and more.
