Find Waldo Local
Where’s Waldo? In Winsted, Connecticut, of course!
Celebrating its twelfth anniversary in July 2024, Find Waldo Local has become a beloved summertime event in communities nationwide. This year, Candlewick Press and the American Booksellers Association are again teaming up with 310 independent bookstores nationwide, including The Curious Cat Bookshop, for some hide-and-seek fun designed to encourage residents to patronize their local businesses. There is no charge to participate, and the hunt lasts for the entire month of July.
Full details can be found at https://curiouscatbookshop.com/find-waldo-winsted.
Families love joining the scavenger hunt to find the iconic children’s book character, with his red-and-white-striped shirt and black glasses, hidden in twenty-three local businesses, including:
- 2nd Home Lounge
- American Mural Project (KNOCK when door is locked on weekdays. Free admission on museum days for 1 child/1 adult hunting for Waldo!)
- American Museum of Tort Law
- Annie Q. Simard, KW Realtor
- Beacon Pharmacy
- Beardsley Library
- The Colebrook Store
- Cura di Sé Nutrition
- The Curious Cat Bookshop
- Earthbound Yogi
- Edge Works Axe House
- F&G Richards. Jewelry
- Facials by Danuza
- Home & Cake
- Little Red Barn Brewers
- Live
- Mad River Music
- Peacocks & Lilacs Thrifty Boutique
- R&B Sports World
- Railway Cafe
- Rooted Market
- Spice 320
- True Value of Winchester
- Wild Ones Salon
Find Waldo Local is a wonderful way to support the Shop Local movement by increasing foot traffic to a variety of stores.
To join in the fun, people can simply pick up a “Find Waldo Local in Winsted!” stamp card at any of the participating stores. With each miniature Waldo they spot, searchers get their card stamped or signed by the participating shop. Eagle-eyed hunters can also look for Waldo’s special 2024 gold medal hidden in The Curious Cat Bookshop! Collecting store stamps or signatures at twenty or more businesses will entitle diligent seekers entry into a grand-prize drawing for Waldo books and other prizes. All participants are welcome to attend the celebration party at The Curious Cat Bookshop on July 27 at 3 pm.
Martin Handford’s collections of crowd scenes took the world by storm in the late 1980s, and since then the books have held a cherished place on bookstore shelves, in family libraries, and in classrooms around the world. More than 80 million Waldo books have been sold worldwide, and they’ve been translated into over thirty languages.
For more information about hunting for Waldo in Winsted, call The Curious Cat Bookshop at (860) 909-1014. To see a map of all participating stores, visit www.indiebound.org.
