I Spy (book series) Last updated July 02, 2025 Book series by Jean Marzollo
I Spy children's book series , first published in the 1990s, with text written by Jean Marzollo , and photographs by Walter Wick , from Scholastic Press . Each page contains a photo with objects in it, and the riddles (written in dactylic tetrameter rhyme [ 1] ) accompanying the photo state which objects have to be found.
Although the first I Spy book contains unrelated pages of still life pictures, subsequent books are more thematic. [ 2]
Several video games based on the I Spy books are available for Windows PC , Nintendo DS , Wii , iOS , Leapster , and Game Boy Advance , including I Spy Spooky Mansion , I Spy Treasure Hunt , and I Spy Fantasy . These served as early examples of an increasingly popular hidden object game genre.
I Spy merchandise has been sold in at least 31 countries worldwide. [ 3]
Wick stated in a 1997 news article, "My career can really be put into two categories: before I Spy and after I Spy . ... The success of the books has been really nice. I never got that lucky break in my commercial career, but all of that hard work ... was usable for I Spy ." [ 2]
Authors Jean Marzollo was the award-winning author of over 100 books, including Help Me Learn Numbers 0-20 , Help Me Learn Addition , Help Me Learn Subtraction , Pierre the Penguin , Soccer Sam , Happy Birthday Martin Luther King , The Little Plant Doctor , In 1776, Mama Mama/Papa Papa , and I Am Water , as well as books for parents and teachers such as The New Kindergarten .
Walter Wick is the author and photographer of the best-selling series Can You See What I See? .
Carol Carson Devine, the book designer for the first I Spy books, is art director at Alfred A. Knopf Publishers. She has designed covers for books by John Updike , Joan Didion , Alice Munro , Bill Clinton and Pope John Paul II .
List of books Multiple sub-series of the I SPY books have been released. [ 4]
I Spy Book title Release date I SPY Spring 1992 I SPY Christmas Fall 1992 I SPY Fun House Spring 1993 I SPY Mystery Fall 1993 I SPY Fantasy Fall 1994 I SPY School Days Fall 1995 I SPY Spooky Night Fall 1997 I SPY Super Challenger! Fall 1997 I SPY Gold Challenger! Fall 1998 I SPY Treasure Hunt Fall 1999 I SPY Extreme Challenger! Fall 2000 I SPY Year-Round Challenger! Fall 2001 I SPY Ultimate Challenger Spring 2003 I SPY A To Z Fall 2009 I SPY Spectacular Spring 2011 I Spy Love Fall 2024
I SPY readers Book title Release date I Spy Funny Teeth Spring 2003 I Spy A Dinosaur's Eye Spring 2003 I Spy A School Bus Fall 2003 I Spy A Candy Cane Fall 2004 I Spy Lightning in the Sky Spring 2005 I Spy A Scary Monster Spring 2005 I Spy A Penguin Fall 2005 I SPY Santa Claus Fall 2005 I SPY A Pumpkin Spring 2006 I SPY A Balloon Spring 2006 I SPY A Butterfly Spring 2007 I SPY Merry Christmas Fall 2007 I SPY I Love You Fall 2009 I SPY A Skeleton Fall 2010 I SPY An Egg In A Nest Spring 2011 I SPY An Apple Fall 2011 I SPY Thanksgiving Fall 2011 I SPY School Fall 2012
I SPY board books Book title Release date I SPY Little Book Fall 1997 I SPY Little Animals Spring 1998 I SPY Little Wheels Fall 1998 I SPY Little Numbers Spring 1999 I SPY Little Christmas Fall 1999 I SPY Little Letters Spring 2000 I SPY Little Bunnies Spring 2001 I SPY Little Hearts Spring 2009 I SPY Little Toys Fall 2011
I SPY 8 x 8 Book title Release date I SPY A Funny Frog Spring 2012 I SPY Animals Spring 2012 I SPY Letters Spring 2012 I SPY Numbers Spring 2012
I SPY miscellaneous Book title Release date I SPY Phonics Fun Fall 2007 I SPY Sticker Book Spring 2012
References ↑ Raugust, Karen (2011). "Celebrating 20 Years of I Spy". No. 1. Publishers Weekly (Online). 1 2 Wignall, Jeff (June 1997). "The Secret Worlds of Walter Wick". Photo District News . ↑ "Scholastic Media Launches New I SPY^TM^ Game on Nintendo DS^TM^". PR Newswire US . July 18, 2011. ↑ "I SPY" . This page is based on this
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