So for my Sunday (into Monday) Selection of the week, I "read" I Spy Treasure Hunt (1999). And I'm not going to lie to you, these books are harder then I remember them being as a child. However, maybe as I child I had more patience for the books and didn't think that they should be easy for me. So I appluad Mr Wick and Ms. Marzollo for yet another clever picture riddle book.
This book was a bit different from the other I Spy books because for the first time Wick decided to make one main set for most of the pictures. This developes more of a story from the pictures then any of the others had, which I thought was pretty cool.
However, I think that the interesting part of this book may be why it is that I have it. Of course my parents still own all the I Spy books that we had when I was a child, but this is the first one that I own for myself. And here is why:
If you have the chance to go and see the Walter Wick's exhibit at BYU's Museum of Art, I highly recommend it. I loved it, and I'm often hesitant to go to museums. The reason for this maybe that I was able to relive some of my childhood at this exhibit. However, I loved the memories that I had as I went through and looked at the different photos and rememebered studying so many of them as a child.
I also found that there are more books that Walter Wick has done. They include he's most recent series, Can You See What I See?, a set of books that are very similar to I Spy books but do not have the riddles by Jean Marzollo. Also, he created the books: A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder and Walter Wick's Optical Tricks.
So go find those old I Spy books that you had as a kid, or go to the library and check out some of the works of Walter Wick. I promise you that it will be worth it.
