Search-and-Find – Planet Urf

Chuck Whelon’s Search-and-Find Art Featured in the UK’s Daily Mail Treasure Hunt

August 8, 2025

The Daily Mail Treasure Hunt is on! In the summer of 2020, the UK’s highest-circulation newspaper, The Daily Mail, commissioned me to create a…

“Where’s Itsy Bitsy Spider?” in the Excelsior

August 15, 2022

This past weekend was the annual “Jerry Day” concert at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in San Francisco’s McLaren Park, followed by the Excelsior Neighborhood…

Itsy Bitsy Spider at The Cartoon Art Museum

July 28, 2022

On Saturday July 23rd, 2022 author and illustrator Chuck Whelon was invited for a Q&A conversation & signing of his latest search-and-find book “Where’s…

Books, Not Electronic Devices, Better For Bedtime Stories: Study

July 28, 2022

Repost From NewsConcerns.com: Going old school when reading your kids bedtime stories is better than using modern technology, according to a University of Michigan…

Wimmelbilderbuch

July 28, 2022

A wimmelbilderbuch (German, literally meaning “teeming picture book”), wimmelbook, search-and-find, or hidden picture book is a type of large-format, wordless picture book. It is characterized by full-spread drawings (sometimes across gatefold pages) depicting scenes…

The Itsy Bitsy Spider Song – Now on Bandcamp!

July 28, 2022

The Itsy Bitsy Spider song, as used in our Kickstarter video, was arranged and performed by musician Chris Porro. Isn’t it the best version…

“Where’s the Bunny?” an Amazon Best-Seller

June 2, 2022

Chuck Whelon’s book “Where’s the Bunny?” is now a bestseller in several categories on Amazon.co.uk, inlcuding Hidden Picture books for Children, and Children’s Books…

Where's Itsy Bitsy Spider Book Cover Image

Where’s Itsy Bitsy Spider? Kickstarting Now

March 8, 2022

Visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whelon/wheres-itsy-bitsy-spider to support the Kickstarter for my latest book: “Where’s Itsy Bitsy Spider?”, a search-and-find adventure for all ages. Itsy Bitsy Spider and…

Are you a Super-Spotter?

July 28, 2021

“Super Recogniser” is a term for people with significantly better-than-average face recognition ability. Super recognisers are able to memorise and recall thousands of faces,…

Wizard Pickles Process Tutorial

May 18, 2016

I’ve been asked to make a post outlining my process for creating a puzzle page. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while,…

“Wizard Pickles” A Kickstarter “Staff Pick”

August 20, 2015

“Wizard Pickles” is a Kickstarter “Staff Pick”. See more: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whelon/wizard-pickles-puzzle-adventure-book. Prepare to solve a magical mystery… Aunt Wilma’s lost her magic wand! Now it’s up…