Wizard Pickles
$5.99
Prepare to solve a magical mystery puzzle adventure like no other…
When Aunt Wilma loses her magic wand, it’s up to you to help young Mazie Pickles track it down before the pesky critters who stole it cause more mischief.
On your quest, you’ll explore a mysterious forest, visit a grand castle, escape a dungeon, and even ride a dragon — all while solving puzzles at every turn.
Wizard Pickles is a children’s fantasy puzzle book packed with hours of interactive fun. You’ll tackle search-and-find adventure book challenges, kids logic and maze puzzles, cryptic codes, and hidden clues — all brought to life in a richly detailed, comic illustrated activity book setting.
With its colorful art, humor, and brain-teasing challenges, Wizard Pickles will delight puzzle-solvers from ages 7 to 107.
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Happy puzzling!
Booksellers can place wholesale orders through Ingram.
Description
Wizard Pickles is here to save the day!
Welcome to the whimsical world of Wizard Pickles, a one-of-a-kind puzzle adventure that blends the magic of storytelling with hours of brain-teasing fun. This children’s fantasy puzzle book invites readers young and old to embark on an interactive journey filled with colorful illustrations, laugh-out-loud humor, and a mystery that needs solving.
When Aunt Wilma misplaces her enchanted wand, it sets off a chain of mischief that only you — the reader — can help untangle. Alongside young Mazie Pickles, you’ll race against time to track down the missing wand before a band of troublesome critters can cause even more magical chaos. Your mission takes you through a richly illustrated comic world, where each turn of the page brings a new challenge to solve.
This isn’t just any search and find adventure book. Every spread bursts with hidden details and clever visual clues. You might find yourself exploring a twisting forest filled with secret pathways, uncovering treasures in a bustling market square, or sneaking through the candlelit halls of a grand castle. Along the way, you’ll encounter dragons, dungeon escapes, enchanted feasts, and plenty of “crazy pickles” to get out of.
Inside the pages of Wizard Pickles:
Readers will discover a variety of puzzles to keep minds engaged. From spotting elusive objects to solving cryptic riddles, from decoding secret messages to navigating tricky mazes, every challenge is designed to test your observation and reasoning skills. The result is a kids logic and maze puzzles collection woven seamlessly into a larger narrative — making each solution feel like a triumph in the story itself.
One of the things that makes Wizard Pickles stand out is its distinctive visual style. The book is a comic illustrated activity book, with every page drawn in vibrant, full-color detail. The illustrations aren’t just background art — they are an essential part of the puzzles. Characters’ expressions hide hints, shapes in the scenery reveal secrets, and the smallest details can lead to the biggest discoveries. This fusion of art and gameplay makes the experience immersive and endlessly re-readable.
Whether you are a parent looking for an engaging activity to share with your child, a teacher seeking a classroom-friendly puzzle resource, or simply someone who loves richly illustrated books, this book offers something special. The humor appeals to children, while the layered puzzles challenge older readers, making it truly suitable for ages 7 to 107.
As a children’s fantasy puzzle book, it encourages critical thinking, sharpens attention to detail, and nurtures problem-solving skills — all while keeping readers entertained with an imaginative, lighthearted tale. As a search and find adventure book, it turns reading into an active game. As a kids logic and maze puzzles collection, it strengthens reasoning skills. And as a comic illustrated activity book, it offers page after page of dazzling artwork that can be enjoyed even after the puzzles are solved.
Every journey through Wizard Pickles is unique. You might take a different path, notice a hidden joke you missed before, or tackle a puzzle in a new way. The replay value makes it a perfect gift book, keepsake, or rainy-day activity.
So open the cover, sharpen your eyes, and prepare your wits — Mazie Pickles is counting on you, there’s a magical mystery to solve! Will you find the wand in time? There’s only one way to know…
“Geek Dad” Reviews Wizard Pickles
Derrick Schneider of the Geek Dad blog writes-up Wizard Pickles:
I’m clearly a sucker for a puzzle book I can share with my daughter, and so I was happy that Chuck Whelon, a cartoonist, children’s book author, and boardgame illustrator, let me know about his Kickstarter project Wizard Pickles.
Once I saw the PDF, I quickly backed it myself. More puzzle books in the world are a good thing.
The art style in this tale of country fairs, wizards, and pickle gnomes evokes the Where’s Waldo series, as do many of the puzzles: Find some things in a chaotic picture. But the “thing” to find might be a door meeting a long list of criteria in a town square full of doors that are all somewhat similar.
That’s only one of the puzzle types you’ll find, though. Two spreads feature a maze you have to navigate. Another features a logic puzzle of truth and lies. Another makes you deduce which square on a map is the one to visit. Another is a spot-the-difference puzzle with a twist: Some of the items on one side are missing, and can in fact be found on the other pages.
Meta-references such as that are easy to find, giving the book a distinct Graeme Base feel. And the meta-references are just the start. A seemingly minor plot point at the beginning becomes an overarching puzzle to tackle. Practiced solvers will see many clues to this last challenge throughout the book, some obvious and some less so.
I’ve not yet dug into the puzzles deeply enough to solve them all, but I’m looking forward to paging through it leisurely with my daughter when the book ships.
KidsLit Reviews
Wizard Pickles tells the story of young Mazie Pickles and her Aunt Wilma. Aunt Wilma works as a wizard at the local castle. Well, she did, until angering Queen Blackthorne, who is set to award the Golden Cup at the annual Picklefest. For one, Aunt Wilma has lost her wand, which was found by pickle gnomes. The pickle gnomes had a glorious time using the magical wand to reek havoc throughout the village. Now, Mazie needs to help her aunt retrieve the wand before anything worse should happen (hint: it does!)
Every page in Wizard Pickles is filled with different picture puzzles for readers to solve. They range from simple search-and-find activities to muddling mazes, cryptic codes, and complex logic problems that will keep you baffled for many hours of puzzling fun! More than a puzzle book, Wizard Pickles contains a mystery story that runs throughout the whole book.
Review: Tonja Drecker – Bookworm for Kids
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.
I received a free copy for an honest review.
Wizard Pickles – a Kickstarter Staff Pick
Wizard Pickles was chosen as a “Kickstarter Stafff Pick. Being a “Kickstarter Staff Pick,” or the modern equivalent, a “Project We Love,” means a project has been recognized by the Kickstarter team for being exceptionally well-crafted and innovative, leading to increased visibility through special features on the platform and in the Kickstarter newsletter. This designation highlights outstanding projects that stand out for their creativity, strong visual storytelling, and a clear plan, helping them connect with more potential backers. See the original, successfully funded Kickstarter campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whelon/wizard-pickles-puzzle-adventure-book
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