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A ''Wimmelbilderbuch'' (German, literally "teeming picture book"), wimmelbook, or hidden picture book is a type of large-format,

wordless picture book A wordless picture book or a almost-wordless picture book is a picture book whose narrative is expressed through the illustrations. Format Wordless picture books, according to Arizona State University professor Frank Serafini, have "visually rend ...

. It is characterized by full-spread drawings (sometimes across

gatefold A gatefold cover or gatefold LP is a form of packaging for LP records that became popular in the mid-1960s. A gatefold cover, when folded, is the same size as a standard LP cover (i.e., a 12½ inch, or 32.7 centimetre square). The larger gatefo ...

pages) depicting scenes richly detailed with humans, animals, and objects. Typically made for children, the drawings are filled with characters and items that may be discovered.

Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch (, ; born Jheronimus van Aken ; – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch/ Netherlandish painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, generally oil on o ...

Pieter Brueghel the Elder Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder (, ; ; – 9 September 1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called gen ...

and Hans Jurgen Press are regarded as the fathers of the format. Contemporary wimmelbook authors include

Richard Scarry Richard McClure Scarry (June 5, 1919 – April 30, 1994) was an American children's author and illustrator who published over 300 books with total sales of over 100 million worldwide. He is best known for his ''Best Ever'' book series that take ...

, , Ali Mitgutsch,

Rotraut Susanne Berner Rotraut Susanne Berner (born 26 August 1948, in Stuttgart) is a German graphic designer and illustrator. She illustrated '' The Number Devil'' by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. She is well known for a series of popular children's book, called Wimme ...

, and Eva Scherbarth. In the United Kingdom and the United States, wimmelbooks gained popularity with the success of the ''

Where's Wally? ''Where's Wally?'' (called ''Where's Waldo?'' in North America) is a British series of children's puzzle books created by English illustrator Martin Handford. The books consist of a series of detailed double-page spread illustrations depictin ...

'' series by the British illustrator

Martin Handford Martin Handford (born 27 September 1956)"Interview with Martin Handford"
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