I Spy Spooky Night: A Book of Picture Riddles [Deluxe Edition] [Hardcover]

Jean Marzollo (Author), Walter Wick (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: I Spy

This "I Spy" book takes children through a spooky old house at night where they search for spooky items. Children look for bats, lizards, frogs, owls and tombstones. From its rickety gate to its cobwebbed attic, this haunted house contains 13 spooky environments. Readers will marvel at Walter Wick's beautifully executed photographs as they travel through each enchanting scene and solve the rhyming riddles, reading the story along the way. Over two million "I Spy" books have been sold to date.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 4?Another brilliant collaboration by this incredibly innovative duo. This time, the puzzles take place in and around a haunted house (an altered Victorian dollhouse). Readers are invited to search for mice, spiders, candles, bats, jack-o-lanterns, and bones among other creepy things found in the hallway, library, fireplace, and laboratory of the house, as well as in the graveyard and a garden of ghoulies outside. (How the miniature cobwebs were simulated remains a mystery.) Using a spooky sky for a backdrop, various props, and some very creative lighting, Wick achieves a definite dramatic effect. Marzollo's clever rhyming puzzles add great flair, and, as in the earlier titles, readers are encouraged to solve more riddles at the end and to make up selections of their own. This book is fun for a wide range of ages, as the picture riddles vary in difficulty and sophistication. A must, in multiple copies, for any Halloween collection.?Helen Rosenberg, Chicago Public Library, IL
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From Booklist

Gr. 2^-5, younger for reading aloud. Youngsters who enjoy a challenge will delight in this latest I Spy offering, in which rhyming riddles invite readers to locate various objects in the accompanying picture. For this book, Wick constructed intricate sets, then photographed them in dramatic lighting. The result is a series of spectacularly eerie pictures chock-full of hidden objects. Some objects are easy to see, ensuring even the youngest child some success. But there are always one or two items in each scene that require a sharp eye and a lot of patience. "Extra Credit Riddles," found at the end of the book, offer more challenges, as do the appended suggestions for creative writing tie-ins. With little actual reading required, the book will be ideal for encouraging reluctant readers or children who have reading disabilities. Lauren Peterson

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Cartwheel (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590481371
• ISBN-13: 978-0590481373
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #88 in Books > Children's Books > Social Situations > Social Skills

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful excursion into a world of details., September 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: I Spy Spooky Night: A Book of Picture Riddles (Hardcover)

This is much more than just a children's book (although I'm sure it delights kids.) Amazingly detailed and photographed scenes draw you through a series a pictures detailing a journey through a spooky house. Along the way you search for items in the pictures, but it's much more than a simple find-the-hidden-objects puzzle because the scenes are filled with dozens of weird things that you aren't even asked to find. This book is great fun with friends of all ages!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the BEST of the I SPY series, November 19, 1999

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Steve (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Spy Spooky Night: A Book of Picture Riddles (Hardcover)

If you like any of the I SPY series of books, you'll love this one. The photos are all quite gripping; ghosts, haunted houses, etc.... A perfect gift for any kid (or adult) who loves spooky puzzles!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars another hit, December 8, 2001

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Mangy Fox "dreadlock goddess" - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Spy Spooky Night: A Book of Picture Riddles (Hardcover)

This book is so much fun. I am a thirty one year old collector of "children's" books and I absolutely love this series. I discovered the I Spy books in a dentist's waiting room and simply fell in love. The riddles are challenging and I Spy "Spooky Night" like I Spy "Treasure Hunt" tells a story as you go along. I really hope that the plotted I Spys are a trend for the future of the series. The photographer of this series, Walter Wick, is an absolute genius.