How 'I Spy' Books Are Made

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The "I Spy" book series has captured the imagination of millions of readers. Part of what made these books so magical is that all of the images were created with real objects. Photographer and photo-illustrator Walter Wick carefully arranged each scene and hid the objects. Then author Jean Marzollo wrote the rhymes. Since "I Spy" Walter has written and photographed the "Can You See What I See" series and "Hey, Seymour!." Walter's newest book, "A Ray of Light", uses beautiful photographs to teach kids about the principles of light.
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How 'I Spy' Books Are Made

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@Emma.S. 3 года назад

I remember being in the library and some kid would whip this out and everyone would crowd around trying to find the thing first.

@tiramiisu0 3 года назад

@Nathan Bitman You have my respect

@lilyseiner8442 3 года назад

Omg yesss

@cmd0317 3 года назад

I always read those in the bathroom or at home so no one could take it

@Mecal21 3 года назад

Yes

@excuseyou7198 3 года назад

Yeah, when someone got out an I Spy book during silent reading time during kindergarten, everyone just huddled around that person.

@isaac4404 4 года назад

"I'll write the rhymes, you spend weeks building the sets." Seems like a fair deal.

@brianliveshere 4 года назад

Haha! I always feel like that for children's story books, where the author gets first listing for writing a few lines, and the illustrator gets second listing for spending hours and hours on vivid paintings.

@acidwaste00 3 года назад

@@brianliveshere but if the illustrator could write a few lines, then why would he need the author?? because the author has the full idea, what the story is, the characters you will draw, and the words they will say. the idea is the actual hardest part.

@ioncekilledamanwithmyshoe 3 года назад

You’re underestimating how much work writing is

@darthtyranus7447 3 года назад

I think you’re joking. But it actually is a fair deal.

@normalcat7296 3 года назад

Plus its even harder to make young reader understand and entertained

@blakehofmans8486 3 года назад

Reading these at my schools library always gave me this feeling I can’t explain. Like surreal and lonely / creepy but also made me happy and was an escape from the reality of my boring library class. I see a whole bunch of other people having the same feelings and it blows my mind.

@phobi3545 2 года назад

yeah it's pretty liminal

@jojoversus1100 2 года назад

I'm seeing several commenta from people all saying the same thing. It's odd. So many people feel the same way, yet cant describe it.

@nbachillzone8725 2 года назад

dude fr idk how to describe the feeling but we all felt it

@goldentronicc. 2 года назад

@@jojoversus1100 its called liminal spaces

@crumblenut4304 2 года назад

YES ITS FINALLY BEEN PUT INTO WORDS this man and his work has contributed to a large part of my childhood and even my personality today.

@jojoversus1100 2 года назад

I'm seeing a lot of comments all saying that these books gave kids a feeling they cant seem to describe. Everyone felt the same way, yet nobody knew anyone else felt that way & everybody shares the same emotion. It's very surreal.

@TheEncouragementKid 7 месяцев назад

fax

@antarcticmapper3460 6 месяцев назад

There’s something creepy with the books tbh

@gradystanley5812 6 месяцев назад

Not that surreal it’s just nostalgia

@NoneYuh-kg1qz 6 месяцев назад

Dude wtf r u on 😭

@Middle.Name.Redacted 6 месяцев назад

As children, you don't really express your feelings the way adults do. As children, we were too young to understand and explain these complex things to others

@jackhelm1796 4 года назад

I loved these books, but I also can’t describe a weird sense of loneliness I got when looking at the photos, especially recently with all the nostalgic feelings combined with it.

@kuharrr 4 года назад

It gave me some good vibes that I have never felt since

@travis3624 4 года назад

Omg same

@MemeRepublic 4 года назад

Jack Helm that’s so true!

@nicko24426 4 года назад

Melancholy is the word you're looking for. You're probably yearning for a simpler time in life, when things amazed us much more easily.

@ananassuzerain2291 4 года назад

Look, even Ol’ Donney enjoys I Spy.

@ajicycles 4 года назад

How 'I Spy' Books Are Made 1% paper 99% nostalgia

@_lizbeths_ 4 года назад

austin mcrayon awesome:)

@a.s.i.n.i.n.e 4 года назад

True

@user-zg5oo5yk2v 4 года назад

austin mcrayon 10% luck

@ForecieYT 4 года назад

Probably

@baudilior.1513 4 года назад

I remember these from my elementary school library 😂

@fatimaasif3761 2 года назад

i like how everyone in the comments are talking about this distinct feeling we all collectively felt

@Pearl1010 2 года назад

I don’t know what everyone means when they say that 😬

@aydenator2770 2 года назад

@@Pearl1010 too bad!

@joshhewitt6483 2 года назад

@@Pearl1010 Did you look at these books as a kid?

@Pearl1010 2 года назад

@@joshhewitt6483 I did! But I didn’t feel weird or alone or anything…

@joshhewitt6483 2 года назад

@@Pearl1010 Well everyone is not the same :) I think everyone is sayin they got a certain feeling but not everyone means the exact same feeling. For me personally it was a mysterious feeling like you're in a town with no one in it or something.

@jillianvanrhyn6860 3 года назад

For a kid with ADD/ASD the I Spy books kept me occupied for hours, they're a fond part of my childhood. So cool to learn more about them! Props to Wick for such a creative mind!

@Bat_andTalion 6 месяцев назад

For a kid who has ADHD, I had the same feeling. (I might be necroposting)

@imkrisyoung 6 месяцев назад

Same!

@macjess13 6 месяцев назад

Same. I like to think it's because of the books that I'm so good at finding things all the time

@LilChuunosuke 6 месяцев назад

Same here! I used to get so restless waiting for my pediatrician at the doctor's office growing up, but they had I Spy books in the healthy kids waiting room, the sick kids waiting room, and every examination room. I used to kick my feet and look through the books while I waited for the doctor to arrive. The only time I ever enjoyed going to the doctor was when I had that doctor in that office.

@AWesomeDude23588 4 месяца назад

shut up go away this is ADD's turn not ADHD's turn let us have some time without you ADHD people barging in@@Bat_andTalion

@nicolewisse4536 4 года назад

there’s just something so whimsical about every photo he takes, especially the ones that are like mini landscapes. this man practically shaped my childhood

@santicheeks1106 4 года назад

They made me feel weird in a good way and bad way

@bobthebuilder7911 4 года назад

@@santicheeks1106 THATS EXACTLY HOW I FELT

@santicheeks1106 4 года назад

@@bobthebuilder7911 I dont know how to explain it, like sad, weirded out, happy, something I have no idea how to explain it

@seigeengine 4 года назад

They weren't really a part of my childhood, though I was aware of them, and had seen them occasionally. But there is something very compelling about the photographs.

@sharkie9975 4 года назад

Santi Cheeks I feel the exact same way looking back at the books and watching this video

@Halbairn 4 года назад

*Old elementary days:* Me and the boys spending most of the time in the library with an I Spy book.

@stinkabutt21 4 года назад

d sauce..... what a great name lol

@jesm5698 4 года назад

Ikr

@Kai_Keller02 4 года назад

That and guiness world records😂

@Halbairn 4 года назад

@@Kai_Keller02 basically the treasure finds in a library: I spy books, Guinness World Record books and those thick encyclopedias rich kids try to flex about.

@gabrielacarrillo1801 4 года назад

Yesssssss sooooo true😂

@samgspot 3 года назад

This guy came to speak to my school when I was in 3rd grade. Needless to say, we were all in presence of the living legend and all of us were in awe. He even brought Seymour, the little figure which was in all I Spy pictures!

@NoneYuh-kg1qz 6 месяцев назад

Lmao cute

@sourkoyote 6 месяцев назад

1 thing I’m not seeing being mentioned, is not only did he have all of this success, but he definitely inspired the “point & click mystery story” gaming genre where you have to find clues in specific scenes to progress the story.

@marcie5502 6 месяцев назад

i also feel like he has a huge influence in why now a days people who have had i spy books as kids are fascinated with things like liminal spaces. pictures that give us some sort of comfort but also like something isnt quite right. i remember reading these books and then having dreams of me being in the pages and feeling lonely yet comforted and nostalgic. this made me realize that things like the backrooms are attempts to recreate that feeling. ive noticed that horror games tend to reflect the childhood of the creator or the target audience but in a more creepy and unsettling way.

@chaosXP3RT 6 месяцев назад

I remember that game vaguely! Or one of them! My dad bought me the video game for his old work computer and I would play it after school while he worked! It was a really fun, but scary and interesting game. I remember some kind of Halloween theme

@joannelee5574 3 года назад

These always gave me such an eerie, quiet, melancholic vibe as a kid, but in the best way possible...?? Same energy as that train car filled with puppets from polar express or an empty grocery store late at night, they’re so otherworldly

@DuckInGameStop 3 года назад

Puppet car in the polar express was scary as hell, but i agree with the empty grocery store part

@BL4NK.F4C3 3 года назад

The word your looking for is saudade

@wowpow2263 3 года назад

Same i think it was because the picture was so vividly creative but so still and concentrated, otherworldly is the perfect word to describe it

@clu762 3 года назад

I got that feeling with the can you see what I see books. Just something about it was creepy but not the kind of creepy that you would be scared of

@lepain0278 3 года назад

Dude same! Glad I’m not the only one. Always got a lonely empty feeling from the photos

@Inflake 4 года назад

I spy with my little eye: _a blessed youtube recommendation_

@user-kb1yo2ny8e 4 года назад

You make music?

@Inflake 4 года назад

J McCoy yes!

@monaewilliams2187 4 года назад

For once 🤣

@crunchy_souls9188 3 года назад

Meapogoco Ooh

@Ah-tb9eg 3 года назад

Even a year later.

@oreo6623 3 года назад

Ok but lets take a moment to appreciate how beautiful the images he takes are

@TheB14HB14H 7 месяцев назад

That’s exactly what this video is doing lol

@BananaPhoPhilly 7 месяцев назад

@@TheB14HB14H youtube comments are so downbad these days

@TheB14HB14H 7 месяцев назад

@@BananaPhoPhilly dude don’t get me started lol

@MusicalJourneysThruCinema 2 года назад

The Rube Goldberg contraption page in the I Spy School Days book was my favorite. I loved figuring out how it would work as a kid.

@danieltapia-ruano1056 2 года назад

Absolutely, it was so cool

@killerkitten7534 2 года назад

Same here, that was my favorite one

@frogpaste4616 2 года назад

Yeah, I have many hours spent staring at that page.

@lofaber5664 7 месяцев назад

Im so glad all the people under this comment had the exact same experience as me

@ashkhol 7 месяцев назад

@@lofaber5664It lives rent free in my head, as does a lot of the other pictures in that book

@steakslapn9724 3 года назад

As a kid I used to spend hours just starring at the pictures blown away by all the detail. Especially the miniature scenes, those were my favourite. I still to this day have a love of making miniatures because of this man's photos.

@lastswordfighter 3 года назад

Same I especially love the Christmas scenes.

@authenticpug 3 года назад

yo same, im obsessed with miniatures and its definitely because of this man's work :3

@AbelG8781 3 года назад

No lie, I've been model railroading since I was in diapers back in the late 90s, these books were definitely some of the best a kid could have, I loved seeing the trains in there lol

@jasonandriulaitis7885 3 года назад

Indeed.

@kindaakaii867 3 года назад

I _loved_ that space one

@Alexandriandria 4 года назад

This man was a distinct part of my childhood without even realizing it. I’m so appreciative of his work

@ForecieYT 4 года назад

Same

@uhhmax 4 года назад

Alexandria M same

@grobanite4ever85 4 года назад

Same!

@zelent 4 года назад

Same here!!!

@Aprildiamonds123 4 года назад

Same!

@hawkwardwrx 2 года назад

"did you know these were made with real items?" *literally everyone*: "yes"

@Its_Just_Ibarra_here.302 2 года назад

These books looked more real than 3D movies now days

@emmarounsville1479 2 года назад

Dude this guy is my hero, I loved I Spy as a kid, there was even a whole series of CD ROM games I used to play on my computer. The worlds he made were always so immersive, they made me feel like I could escape into them, and I've been chasing that feeling ever since

@Zoopop13 6 месяцев назад

i still have my spooky mansion copy i play from time to time. i had school days and treasure island as well

@AndrewJohnson-ny5nx 6 месяцев назад

Treasure Island was my JAM. I loved the miniature town you explored in that game.

@emmarounsville1479 6 месяцев назад

@@AndrewJohnson-ny5nx YEAH!! Do you remember the ice cream shop? That room SLAPPED

@dineez627 6 месяцев назад

I loved everything I Spy. I even had the CD ROM I Spy Fantasy, Mystery, the spooky mansion one.

@dougthedonkey1805 3 года назад

Imagine being invited into his studio and accidentally knocking down a scene he’s been working 15 days on

@lagtim327 3 года назад

I would immediately begin scouring the studio for a toaster and a bathtub.

@dougthedonkey1805 3 года назад

@@lagtim327 that’s not good

@hah-no. 3 года назад

@@dougthedonkey1805 no, no I don’t think so

@narrator6003 3 года назад

@@dougthedonkey1805 no-no he has a point

@iwonthesitateebltch3319 3 года назад

@@dougthedonkey1805 welp

@lil_sixxo 4 года назад

Damn this man needs a raise I thought this was only printed not real objects 👏👏👏

@maurialfaro7394 4 года назад

Michael Mendez are you have stupit

@misprinc1928 4 года назад

He gives himself what he believes he’s worth. He’s self employed

@peep6017 4 года назад

lunx BaSick he is his own boss, he works for no one

@awesomeman8385 4 года назад

Let's say he gets just $1 from every book sold (most likely much more) that's $45,000,000. He's doing just fine

@peep6017 4 года назад

Awesome Man his net worth is 1.6 million now but back then he was rich

@LouSassles Год назад

Does this man realize how he was literally involved in most peoples childhood? Holy shit lol he sure as hell was in mine. I never cared for the words, it was always the pictures. I loved the models and the attention to detail. I blame him for the reason why I am SO detail oriented to everything

@olisiac6529 3 года назад

I really want to buy A Drop of Water and A Ray of Light to support him. He said he was scared of releasing them and I just hope those books received deserved attention. I hope further his career he isn’t scared to release other projects. I adore this man so much and not even because of what he creates, but in the couple of minutes that we got to know him, he seems like a genuine man. I love him, he’s a beautiful being.

@floridakid7975 6 месяцев назад

buy them all! I am, and someday my kids will experience his magic, its not like it used to be

@veronicahuffines7707 6 месяцев назад

My mom, a children's librarian, gave me A Drop of Water when I was taking fluid dynamics in collage. It is a great book!

@intermilahn6245 4 года назад

Damn, I didn’t realise how complicated it is to make these books. Massive respect🙌🏻

@vivien59 4 года назад

1st comment

@jamesruppert3152 4 года назад

Well he chose to be more difficult than It had to be. TBH

@dmoneyswagg64 4 года назад

James Ruppert good things are rarely easy to do. I spy is the most popular search and find style of book because it is the most complicated and because it takes great time and detail.

@pelicantacos9993 4 года назад

When the teacher asked you to choose a book to read and you choose this because it had more pictures than letters

@moisesm9602 4 года назад

That stops in 3rd grade

@Ben23464 4 года назад

@@moisesm9602 every body did that in my 5th grade class

@magix4152 4 года назад

@@moisesm9602 i still do it and im 15 and I hate books

@aivlysplath 4 года назад

@@magix4152 That's sad. You should try reading graphic novels.

@magix4152 4 года назад

@@aivlysplath NEVA

@theodorevlachos6824 3 года назад

You know as a kid you take these kinds of books completely for granted, like “yes, this is a fun thing that exists.” But as a kid I’d spend a lot of time finding all the hidden things and not once did I ever ponder about who and these books are made. I just love them even more now❤️

@GulperCatfish 7 месяцев назад

I love these images. It's like a surrealist artwork focused towards kids and I mean that in the best way possible. It still keeps that nice warm and fun kids book vibe while also mixing the surrealist confusion you get from looking at any surrealist art piece and that being put towards a search and find book is the aspect of this book that I think is pure genius.

@faragar1791 3 года назад

When I was a kid, I never actually bothered to find the hidden items. I just liked looking at the cool pictures.

@101shapshifter 3 года назад

Looking at these comments, looks like you're not alone. Even I was one of those kids.

@collt0916 3 года назад

Same tbh

@peps1943 3 года назад

Oh. How do you like being a serial killer as an adult?

@TruePT 3 года назад

@Faragar Same!!!

@moonshinewolf4840 3 года назад

Same I was just amazed by the style of the picture themselves

@misakikuran9027 4 года назад

I always wanted the toys and things that were in the “I Spy” books

@supersmilyface1 4 года назад

Me too. I once was looking through them just to see what things I wanted. XD

@fleetadmiral5938 4 года назад

supersmilyface1 SSF1 LoL same

@shermanwalsh 4 года назад

1k like

@socrates1168 4 года назад

Me too

@drinkmoreoil 4 года назад

SAMEEE

@greentoasterfish7772 7 месяцев назад

0:30 my name is Walter hartwell wick

@elijahhamilton4097 6 месяцев назад

These books bring deep personal memories for me. The smell of my elementary school library comes to mind. It would be a cold snowy day in December in rural Pennsylvania and I’d be in my library for reading time just super captivated by these books, so much so that I remember the feeling to this day. Honestly it’s wild, an actual core memory of my childhood. I’m 21 now, about to go on my second deployment. I remember being 8 years old, wanting to one day be where I am, but now? It’s weird, I kind of just want to be 8 years old again, flipping through an I Spy book in my cozy library, on a snowy winters day.

@milkmanconspiracy4346 4 года назад

I feel like the “rhyme writer” got the easier job.

@AtariWow 4 года назад

I spy a great way to make money

@reddybear8506 4 года назад

And I bet she was like let's split it 50-50 😂

@oh1runningtooth709 4 года назад

She might have got the easy part but she didn’t get the fun part

@chadls921 4 года назад

Lmao

@z_is_for_zombie7423 4 года назад

But not the fun one.

@KlLLERROBOT99 3 года назад

I’m amazed to know that the I Spy books were made with real objects.

@Tadfafty 3 года назад

I always thought it was obvious.

@coldstuff9784 3 года назад

I found out it was photographed on my own as a kid because you can see the camera on some reflective objects.

@calvinwilliams3526 3 года назад

I think that would be pretty advanced for the time if it was computer generated and harder to paint it in photorealism

@natashanabein 3 года назад

I knew but never thought about it yknow?

@Garbongoloid 3 года назад

@@coldstuff9784 iSpy Pro+ unlocked

@krystalhooper8508 3 года назад

I was always *terrible* at I Spy books, but loved to stare at them anyway. They were so surreal and dreamy, like little dollhouse worlds. The one with the colanders, I remember specifically as being very entrancing. I’m glad for the opportunity to learn about the artist behind them!

@the1ultimatet1u49 7 месяцев назад

i remember as a kid i could get utterly lost in these worlds, like i wasnt even looking at it anymore, i was literally immersed in it while my dad read the things i was looking for. These were awesome

@musicalmango5527 3 года назад

I can remember this so vividly. The sound the spine of the book makes when you set it on the desk, the grubby feel of the hardback cover because every other kid at school as held this book, your chin resting on the page as you scan it, the smell of the pages because you’re looking at it so closely, the satisfaction when you found everything, the excitement of turning the page to see a brand new photo, the disappointment when you realize you’re getting to the end of the book, then once you finish you look at the cover of the book, “Walter Wick” in the fancy gold letters, man oh man.

@thinkinyblinko6666 3 года назад

Who rests their chin on the book? Ngl that's pretty unique man I've never even heard of somebody doing that and the mental image is very funny lol

@jaycemcqueen306 3 года назад

@@thinkinyblinko6666 I disagree, everyone I knew did this with the bigger ones since sometimes it took them a while. We’re talking about little kids here not adults

@dylanspacedust7680 3 года назад

this reads like something out of the christmas story

@DBK_Productions 3 года назад

That was very well put!

@thinkinyblinko6666 3 года назад

@@jaycemcqueen306 I guess you have a point but I still don't think I've ever seen anybody do this even when I was a kid.

@peachthinks1853 3 года назад

As a dyslexic kid I was so glad there was a book I could enjoy without struggle. Now as a dyslexic adult I’m glad I can still enjoy them.

@COLMECTIGAMINGANDMORE 3 года назад

is dyslexia horrible

@whitneyafolabi2057 3 года назад

@Bread Yeah. If you have it really bad.

@littlefox717 3 года назад

@@COLMECTIGAMINGANDMORE I only have a mild version so for me it’s sort of annoying but those who have the severe version really struggle to read at all

@illbeyourmonster1959 3 года назад

@@littlefox717 Reading in public school is racist or classist or ableist or some shit now. Nobody is allowed to do it.

@arianight9011 3 года назад

I agree these books were my safe space

@chrishickory7907 7 месяцев назад

When I was 8 in 2010, these books, for some reason, made me nostalgic for the 90s. A time period that I never existed in.

@omu6740 3 года назад

I used to own the "Dream Machine" Can You See What I See? book as a kid, and I genuinely can't count how many times I've flipped through that book alone. I may not have the physical copy anymore, but the images are so ingrained into my mind. I even remember dreaming of walking around the small, empty town area that was in the beginning of the book, everything about those pictures were so mesmerizing.

@starcherry6814 4 года назад

People used to think I was dumb as a kid because I wouldn't circle in the items That's because I want to use the book again!! 😤

@TeegMonkey 4 года назад

People circled the items?!? Noooo I would never do that

@effortcivilengineersinteri3784 4 года назад

Me too

@yudikurina1871 4 года назад

wth I hope it was their book not someone elses

@thesarahdilemma9752 4 года назад

Star Cherry use tracing paper karen

@DanteYewToob 4 года назад

My sister used clear overhead projector pages, and drew on those and just kept them in the book, or in a folder along with it. She had them for I Spy, Wheres Waldo... and bunch others. She lived those kinds of books and enjoyed finding not just the stuff in the list, but some of the other cool hidden details. Dang. I miss that, I wonder if she still has them

@fallingbed1 3 года назад

The haunted I Spy theme scared me as a kid

@Joe-kg2dv 3 года назад

A verified channel I see

@peepandstitch 3 года назад

Omg same I didn’t want to check that one out of the library But in our library there was a rocking chair for story time in school library time but if you go in at recess you can sit in the rocking chair and read, and me and my friend would squeeze into the rocking chair and find the eye spy together, each friend tackling another page! Too much fun, brings back memories 🥲😩

@ABIXWEEZY 3 года назад

Sameeeee but it’s forever my favorite!

@peepandstitch 3 года назад

@@ABIXWEEZY REALLY? you like the spooky one? I dont know anyone who likes it except my brother! hats off to you!

@ce8196 3 года назад

nobody would open that book in the because they thought it was “haunted”

@raphaelrobles8104 2 года назад

These photos give me this weird feeling, like I'm staring at a picture from another universe where these kinda wacky, kinda cute, kinda eerie photos were taken, and all of them are just living in a vacuum. Idk what it is. So weird.

@dontworryaboutit42069 3 года назад

These books were truly art to me as a kid, they still are to this day

@ThexDynastxQueen 3 года назад

I Spy books are so addictive. You can drop a book in front of the most jaded teenagers or cynical adults and they will compete to become the Sherlock Holmes of hidden tiny objects within seconds. I love it.

@epicwwiistuff6863 2 года назад

I never seen these books before !!!!

@ThexDynastxQueen 2 года назад

@@epicwwiistuff6863 Really?! I always see them in libraries and bookstores (well the remaining few left). They're really fun books especially in a group so go get one!

@TheDailyGlobe922 2 года назад

i remembered readinng these in elemntery

@Laura-jx7il 2 года назад

I’ve also never seen these books i guess they are a US thing, but they look soo cool

@Lunabyes 2 года назад

i know what my pals and i are doing next time we have a sesh lmaoo

@WhyTho-xq9qc 4 года назад

Teacher: Anyone with money please head down to the bookfair *Me with 20$* He he, ispy time

@lockheart619 4 года назад

I'M CRYING 😖

@joshuahawkes7218 4 года назад

At my schools' book fair, we could get one free book. (parents pre-payed about $6)

@cagedtigersteve 4 года назад

@@joshuahawkes7218 I always hated the book fairs. Because they would only have like one cool book like the Baseball Almanac that some other kid would grab and I would be stuck having to get books like Little Women.

@Aprildiamonds123 4 года назад

My parents always only gave me 10 bucks, and it was never enough to buy a good book, so I bought a lot of those smelling pencils and fruity highlighters

@WhyTho-xq9qc 4 года назад

@@Aprildiamonds123 remember the chocolate calculators

@jomiar309 7 месяцев назад

These were some of my favorite books as a kid, and now my kids are looking through them. I'm grateful to Wick for the attention and detail he put into them!

@plumbingstuffinoregon2471 3 года назад

I could still spend hours looking at those images. I love those books!

@brycej7961 4 года назад

I can smell these images. Man this brings me back to elementary school

@tiger_844 4 года назад

Same!

@fleekylady691 4 года назад

Same

@switchthechannel6317 4 года назад

Smelled like newspaper print and other musty books.

@thephilosopher5799 4 года назад

When the teacher only had a few and yoh would try to get to it before the other kids. That was my experience. I only got to read it a few times my whole school year.

@geoprism457 4 года назад

Tro Oli 😌

@katiethechef 4 года назад

Man .. I haven’t thought about these books in ages. I was a lonely kid and I used to just sit with those all day and not only find the list of hidden stuff but make new things. Like finding all the stuff that Starts with P or things in this room. This man literally shaped my whole life. Thank you

@comic12558 3 года назад

Same-

@theeasternspy266 3 года назад

Same...

@illbeyourmonster1959 3 года назад

How long until these get banned from society because they encourage the development of critical objective thinking?

@kate211d 6 месяцев назад

My childhood best friend lived in the same neighborhood, so we would get an 'I Spy' book every day and we would sit together on the bus the whooollee ride home spending the entire time reading these books. We were determined to find every single item, even if it took a few days. It's one of my most favorite cherished memories as a kid--we finished the series.

@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth 4 месяца назад

This man deserves a dedicated gallery in a major museum.

@fiddyboink 3 года назад

It’s so weird seeing these books in such good condition. Because, y’know. The other girls at my school library AIN’T GENTLE TF

@tiramiisu0 3 года назад

@andblanko f

@angelpesinaa4354 3 года назад

In my school they were taking care of good, and there was no ripped page or anything

@drenz1523 3 года назад

@andblanko i thought she was 2 until i clicked "Read More"

@drenz1523 3 года назад

@andblanko you know what, now i think she is too dumb to even have age

@slaughterosie 3 года назад

this is very off-topic but- ‼️FELLOW MAMMON SIMP SPOTTED‼️‼️

@ratelingo7526 3 года назад

Did anyone else have a strange feeling they couldn’t explain when looking at I Spy books when you were younger?

@averagechapstick 3 года назад

Yeah. I think they're called Liminal Spaces.

@BlaineMakesBeats 3 года назад

As a kid it was magical seeing a whole city made from toys

@Mikeocxlong 3 года назад

Yeah...

@HenryKrinkle420 3 года назад

Every copy of I SPY is personalized.

@gaiasguardian205 3 года назад

Yeah, I know it now as appreciation for attention to detail.

@meowmers2512 Год назад

These books make me feel so warm, fuzzy and nostalgic. Even as a child they made me feel that way. Love them so much. They are one of my favorite activities to do with a partner on a lazy day.

@celey-alien 4 месяца назад

These books have effected my personality and style in so many ways. I realized i would not be the same person without these books

@frankienarcimous7830 4 года назад

The librarians and teachers would always be like: “get a real book! That’s not a book.” Me as an 8 yo:?????

@billylondon2894 4 года назад

I mean... they were right

@HowBoutUHandleDeezNutz 4 года назад

Visual media will surpass written. Written won't go away, but...

@ErkFX 4 года назад

Leyla Purpus Me as an 8 yo: ”You’re a real book!” Me as a 26yo today: “You’re still real book!” I’ve changed so much!

@mcgriddle552 4 года назад

Exactly!!!

@RonPaulRevolution500 4 года назад

Me as an 8 yo: whateva I do what I want!

@itsabelle_arts 4 года назад

Me: Welp time to go to sleep so I can get things done tomorrow- RU-vid: WANNA KNOW HOW I SPY BOOKS ARE MADE Me: Me: Now I do.

@evolvedturtleproductions7600 4 года назад

The Weird Potato I don’t need sleep. I need answers.

@moldycheese5454 4 года назад

SAME. YES. it's 3:53 am exact rn

@Inexpressable 4 года назад

This is why there's a 'watch later' playlist. The only one preventing your sleep is yourself.

@shervonri 4 года назад

Inexpressable but let’s be honest how often do you go to your watch later

@da3329 4 года назад

@@evolvedturtleproductions7600 im telling that to my teachers when they ask why im late

@BindMedia 7 месяцев назад

Walter Wick and Gene Marzollo were a massive part of my childhood and this was such a cool way to revisit the series and peek behind the curtain. Mr. Wick, thank you for being, in my opinion, one of the most incredible visual artists ever.

@carsonm7292 4 месяца назад

I spent untold hours with these spectacular books. My mother and I would try to solve them together. Seeing the images again really is a blast from the past. Revisiting them today as a hobbyist photographer leaves me in awe of Walter's professional chops. So much creativity and skill went into every single one.

@klof361 4 года назад

Anyone remember searching for that one missing button, and then some kid would walk up and instantly find it😭😭😤

@doodlebug7250 4 года назад

That's how I feel with my mom whenever we play word puzzle games on our phone! We spend five minutes looking for one single word, and the other will lean over and be "Oh, it's so-and-so-word".

@BiteSizedCrafter 4 года назад

Lol yes.

@nishhx_x 4 года назад

And the thing is when they find one thing, they just don't stop. They go on a flow and find everything else too. ;-;

@keruo4425 4 года назад

The funny thing is...I was that kid!🤣

@chaoticcatastrophes3754 4 года назад

IKR

@kingofearls3752 4 года назад

Whoever favored the haunted mansion ispy edition the most raise your hands

@boffle539 4 года назад

King Of Earls me!

@trollreview5906 4 года назад

I PLAYED THE VIDEOGAME TAKE THAT BUDDY

@sirbiogaming3850 4 года назад

palm tree man THAT VIDEO GAME WAS THE BEST GAME IN THE WORLD

@trollreview5906 4 года назад

@@sirbiogaming3850 yes

@conorgarrett5893 4 года назад

✋

@flora_7719 5 месяцев назад

The innate sense of wonder and joy the sheer atmosphere of these photos evokes is a feeling that cannot be described by words .... ❤

@floridakid7975 6 месяцев назад

this man was my entire childhood as I would always run to find any ISpy books that weren't checked out. I would take the book home and keep it for as long as I could. That just resurfaced an old memory. I will definitely buy his books as nostalgia and for my kids to someday enjoy

@AugustGreen_ 3 года назад

For some reason whenever I look at an I Spy book i get that impending sense of sadness that feels like "woah, the party is over and it's never happening again." I don't know exactly how to describe it, but it's something like that. Like "this is the last time that something that has been happening for a long time is happening" feeling.

@nelson2145 3 года назад

It’s called nostalgia

@genesisp3884 3 года назад

Yeah, to me it was nostalgia for a world that I never got to experience. As a kid, the old toys from like the 1920s-1960s feel made me feel like I wanted to be in that time period, that almost magical world, but I obviously couldn't, so it's like a longing for something you can never access.

@tucker8071 2 года назад

@@nelson2145 I don't think it's nostalgia. I Spy books also give me a weird feeling as well, that nothing else gives. It is like the feeling of looking into an alien world or something. Not sure how to describe it, but that was why I always found the books so fascinating.

@louandlilly 2 года назад

@@tucker8071 like looking at a parallel universe of our world? … It’s the same but also different

@tucker8071 2 года назад

@@louandlilly yes!

@jian3734 3 года назад

DUDE I’d completely forgotten about these books and just got such nostalgia from this video

@sarathomas8499 3 года назад

Truthhh

@shennahniggins8594 3 года назад

PLS SAME I LOVED THIS BOOK AND POINTING OUT OBJECTS WAY FASTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE

@syrefayne8922 3 года назад

SAME! All the pictures my brain just went "I recognize that!"

@Angel_Billy4-30-23 3 года назад

Hahaha, I know. It's crazy to see how they actually made these. I saw the video a while ago but it just popped up in my recommended so of course I clicked again.

@znks7907 3 года назад

Me too

@andrec.fennell9255 6 месяцев назад

God theres something so specific about that exact style. Its uniquely I Spy and ONLY he can do it. That's absolutely amazing.

@BeautybySydney 2 года назад

this really hit home.. i’m almost 25 and it’s 2021 this was my childhood. i can’t thank him enough

@sovietunionball1290 4 года назад

This brings back so much nostalgia 😭

@lorimitchell9025 4 года назад

Soviet Union Ball this is my all time favorite book for kids. I still love them.

@crowfoodd 4 года назад

Soviet Union Ball wut...?

@done4195 4 года назад

Were you the Soviet knock-off books?

@No_timezone77 4 года назад

I know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ForecieYT 4 года назад

Yes

@fifiadera4682 4 года назад

Bruh the spooky night eye spy one was my absolute favorite. And I loved to make up stories with the books along with the things I found and acted like they we're clues and I was a detective. Bruh the nastolgia

@dylanr4854 4 года назад

Same that was the best one

@blackberry8615 4 года назад

SAAME

@linroo913 4 года назад

Same!!

@leah7610 4 года назад

kidkittdy _ I KNOWWW. I loved the page with the room and the red carpet with the knights. Wowow. Nostalgia.

@katherinegriffin23 4 года назад

Oh my god that book was the essence of my childhood

@WordsInVain 5 месяцев назад

A treasure from the 90s that only the 90s will be worthy of possessing... Thank you.

@thedustwhispered 3 года назад

even as an adult i love these books so much!! as a child i'd just stare at the spreads for hours and hours, they were so mesmerizing!

@0nizz802 4 года назад

I always imagined myself living in some of the pages and how I would spend my time into wondering around.

@jellybean7283 4 года назад

Same, the pages were always so calming

@moonmeadow 4 года назад

Me too, I especially loved the one with the clouds and the naturally themed one :)

@dachshund5340 4 года назад

Me too!!

@kimmyw010 4 года назад

Omg me toooo!!!

@user-tw4qo6xi3c 3 года назад

Me too OMG!

@DKay-gl3hv 4 года назад

I remember as a kid one particular item, "An ear with eyes", stumped the hell out of a group of us. A few days later, after careful studying, I realized the riddle referred to a literal "ear" of corn with eyes and a grin. Great memories with the "I Spy" series.

@renriquez1994 4 года назад

wait... Are you sure!? I've spent years just assuming it was a mistake from the writer!

@MrsBlack88 4 года назад

I know what you mean!! When I was younger my dad’s friend would read with me and one moment in particular stands out when we were looking through the Christmas book and it said “black and white keys”. Being four years old, I was looking for an actual ring of keys...and then when the friend spotted it I realized they meant piano keys :’) blew little 4-year-old me’s mind

@jojoversus1100 2 года назад

I always dreamt of how they did these as a kid. Absolutely amazing.

@LolaTheGardevoir 2 года назад

These books were what made my childhood special.

@juvx1039 4 года назад

I remember my classmates and I would be fighting the other classes in elementary school during library time so we could grab all of these books! Lol.

@user-ck9lm6xi1o 4 года назад

JUVX The trick is to put the book on a shelf where it doesn’t belong, so only you know the location of it. But of course, Id never do that *COUGH COUGH*

@rachelme4662 4 года назад

Ha, same.

@butaful101 4 года назад

And now all you see is kids fighting over who got the most likes on fb lol... God if only time can go back

@abbyw1125 4 года назад

My school library only allowed us to pick one book

@dhruvgarg3084 4 года назад

666:6:::66;66::66;:66:666

@alevalencia5671 4 года назад

Woah. I remember when Walter Wick came to my school to explain how he made those books. He pulled out a projector with all the pictures and explained how he took pictures of stand still drops of water. For a 1st grader, I was really shook. I still have to this day my autographed I Spy book from him.

@sneepsnorp1404 4 года назад

I bet that book would sell for a pretty penny!

@lockheart619 4 года назад

That's amazing!

@majorasiaa 4 года назад

You're so lucky. I would never sell the book, I'd cherish that shit forever

@fiferplayeralt7118 4 года назад

Having an autographed I spy book would cost you thousands, if not hundred thousands, hell, millions, if much more to an experienced buyer? Billions. Keep that book for the rest of your life.

@jasmintorres5696 4 года назад

Yo what schools did you go tooooo. We didn’t get none of that

@genevievecrispin-frei6556 3 года назад

This makes me surprisingly emotional to see the painstaking effort that went into these! Some of my favourite memories with my siblings was looking for these hidden object! The haunted house one has a special place in my heart for sure. To this day I quote "As I was going out one day, my head fell off and rolled away!"

@jackgorfinkel9360 2 года назад

The one I remember the most is I spy a Treasure Hunt. The last line has always stuck out to me. ''Wherever ye may be, think of me and the sea.''

@user-wb9xi8qd7r 3 года назад

I absolutely adore this series!! I think ISpy was kind of a pioneer of all the ~aesthetic~ ~ambience~ contents that are super mainstream nowadays. I still have the I Spy Mystery game cd somewhere and I hope I could make it work after all those years😂 I never made it to the ending(does it have one?) but I always enjoyed playing it.

@AkinduDasanayake 4 года назад

"How are 'I Spy' books made?" is probably the biggest question I never knew I had

@mynamewasunironicallyyuri973 4 года назад

I was literally thinking about this all week. Nice try FBI man. I’ll see you at area 51

@sewermilk3411 4 года назад

Damn it.....

@peydaddy 4 года назад

ME TOO WTF i literally thought about it a few days ago

@moon-shadow6239 4 года назад

What do y'all mean ????? 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

@Jayeljustvibin 4 года назад

😂

@dianag59 4 года назад

y’all caught him

@zachwatson 2 года назад

the images in these books always gave me a sense of comfort and simplicity for some reason

@PurpleAmharicCoffee 7 месяцев назад

These people gave us a lot of childhood joy and wonder, I remember learning what a spool was through I Spy.

@anoja31 4 года назад

This took me waaayy back ugh. the nostalgia hit me like a train

@luchilenium 4 года назад

A little wooden one?

@Yahmeen 4 года назад

Made from scratch?

@wolfetteplays8894 4 года назад

anoja31 same

@saltysweettart8873 4 года назад

Same!!!!!

@lawrence3710 4 года назад

Yay the big 800!👏👏👏👏

@RonPaulRevolution500 4 года назад

My childhood. Goosebumps and I Spy books. It's crazy remembering every picture they showed in this vid.

@SalCapone6499 4 года назад

Steve Robinson ERRRMURGURGD!!!! GOOSEBUMPS AND I SPY BUURKS!!!

@pattycustodio4995 4 года назад

Literally same

@imjakepaul4497 4 года назад

Steve Robinson true

@Timbz47 4 года назад

@johnrachmiel2245 4 года назад

This comment hits. I started collecting them as of this moment haha

@connorthecanoe 6 месяцев назад

Anytime I went to the library, I'd always grab one of these books. I'd spend most of my time there reading the book, but then I would still bring it home and reread it. I'd read them in the car, anywhere. I remember one day in class we read a Christmas-themed I Spy book and there was this one image that I absolutely fell in love with. I tried to find it at the library, but no luck. I tried to find it at Barnes and Noble, but still no luck. These books are just a different kind of magic and I love them so much

@harryspringiv2966 7 месяцев назад

His books gave me the strangest feeling of safety and happiness; and I started feeling it again when I was watching this video.

@Gojirius 3 года назад

When I was a kid, my dad had an accident and was in the hospital for a while. My mom spent countless hours keeping me busy by doing these with me. I absolutely adore these books!

@christianthorpe935 3 года назад

I read that as "had an accent," which is probably why I sucked at these books as a kid. I hope your pops ended up OK.

@Sophie-gn8jw 2 года назад

I hope you're dad is doing well now, sending much love 🙏🏻💞♥️

@samihahamzayeva9113 4 года назад

wow men named walter sure are a huge part of my childhood huh

@thatkid9970 4 года назад

Walter white

@Burn143 4 года назад

True Walt Disney

@bettiecrosby8042 4 года назад

Remind me to name my future kid walter

@KermitFrogMan 4 года назад

Fire trucks and monster trucks

@don-wb2fl 4 года назад

SaffronColt walter

@cactus2 2 года назад

I get a weird sense of nostalgia when reading these books. The photos seem so abandoned to me, so lonely but yet so full of life.

@TommyViper 6 месяцев назад

I absolutely loved I Spy books as a child! Definitely takes you back to the simpler days.

@Bumbly_Vee 3 года назад

These books were so comfy. Something about the clutter of the pics always made me feel cozy. 😌

@corey-bird3489 2 года назад

I only hope my channel feels like an moving extension of these books.

@coreyw5981 2 года назад

Ha it hygge before it became trendy

@williamodonnell6610 4 года назад

These scenes were so in depth that sometimes it would actually give me anxiety

@saintkohle 4 года назад

Same. I especially remember a few scenes from I Spy Spooky Night, Funhouse, and Mystery giving me a weird feeling of unease as a kid. I still loved the hell out of those books, though!

@carolineneumann3523 4 года назад

I get what u mean. When I was a kid and I would stare a little too hard at the pictures it was like I could get sucked in if that made sense. It felt realistic even tho it was a picture. I distinctly remember the Ghost in the Attic one made me feel like that

@goop1233 4 года назад

Yeah it would make me kinda uneasy

@sophliberty 4 года назад

i totally agree with you. it was exhilarating looking at his photos. i remember studying each element of the scene even after i had spied every hidden object.

@user-jl8td7tb9y 7 месяцев назад

I Spy books were not only my childhood but some of my favorite books to look through.

@bluesquare23 6 месяцев назад

That feeling is called imagination. It gets hard to feel it as you get older. But these books are a good reminder.

@KatBlaque 4 года назад

This was my FAVORITE part of being a kid. So much nostalgia. Thank you!

@lemonwedge6664 3 года назад

hi i think i know you

@lemonwedge6664 3 года назад

i was just watching your video lol:)

@COLMECTIGAMINGANDMORE 3 года назад

damn that is strange

@elainad6728 3 года назад

Ikr i loved them

@elainad6728 3 года назад

EVEN THE SHOWWWW

@lindsteele898 3 года назад

Knowing someone built the sets just makes each book just that much more special

@charlesdaffy3726 6 месяцев назад

These books hold a very special place in my heart. The care and detail put into each image. The colors and themes. It's all deeply engrained into my personal sense of taste and style. I have all my copies handy to look at whenever I need some inspiration or happiness.

@godofspacetime333 4 месяца назад

There really is something special about these books. And I think you have to have experienced them as a child to appreciate that very unique feeling you got from looking at them. There was something really hypnotic about those pictures.