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JOIN THE FANTASTIC WHERE’S WALLY? SCHOOL SEARCH AND WIN! On World Book Day, Thursday 2 March 2017 and to celebrate 30 years of Where’s Wally?, Wally-watchers will set off on a hunt to fi nd Wally hidden in schools nationwide. You are invited to hide Wally in your school for eagle-eyed Wally-watchers to spot. Children who fi nd Wally will receive an ‘I Found Wally’ card and a The Fantastic Where’s Wally? School Search certifi cate.Plus, send us a photo of your school celebrating World Book Day with Wally and you could win great prizes!

HOW TO TAKE PART1. Copy and cut out your mini Wally standee from the template provided. Mount on card and hide Wally somewhere in your

school on World Book Day for children to fi nd.

2. Advertise the event in the lead up to World Book Day with our handy The Fantastic Where’s Wally? School Search poster.You may want to create a Where’s Wally? display.

3. Photocopy and cut out the ‘I Found Wally’ cards ready to hand out to the children. You may want to choose a designated area where the children know to collect their card from once they have spotted Wally.

4. Children who correctly hand in the ‘I Found Wally’ card can receive the special Where’s Wally? certifi cate!

If you would like more copies of these resources visit www.worldbookday/resources.com to download The Fantastic Where’s Wally? School Search pack.

COMPETITION TIME! Share with us how you celebrated World Book Day with Wally and you could win some fantastic prizes. It could be the most inventive hiding place, the most creative display or children dressed as Wally or Wenda! Simply send us a photo and the best school can win £100 worth of Wally books for your library, plus a Where’s Wally? standee, posters and stickers. Send yourentry to Walker Books, 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ or email competition@walker.co.uk with WBD Where’s Wally? School Search in the subject fi eld. For terms and conditions visit www.worldbookday/resources.com.

PARTY TIME!Why not host a special Where’s Wally? World Book Day celebratory event where the children receive their certifi cates. Children and staff might like to dress up as Wally or Wenda for a fantastic fun event! For simple, easy to follow costume ideas, visit the Book Aid International website www.bookaid.org/world-book-day. Children might also like to raise money for the charity by paying £1 to dress up.

SHOW YOUR STRIPESYou may want to let your local media know about your Where’s Wally? World Book Day plans or share photos of yourevent. Visit www.worldbookday/resources for our handy press release template.

We can’t wait to hear about the excitement unfolding in your school. Keep us updated by sharing any news andphotos via Twitter @WalkerBooksUK @WorldBookDayUK #whereswally.

Thank you for joining The Fantastic Where’s Wally? School Search, we hope your event is a great success!

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THE FANTASTIC WHERE’S WALLY? SCHOOL SEARCH Photocopiable Templates

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Where’s Wally? © 1987 – 2017 Martin Handford, published by Walker Books. All rights reserved. Where’s Wally? © 1987 – 2017 Martin Handford, published by Walker Books. All rights reserved.

Where’s Wally? © 1987 – 2017 Martin Handford, published by Walker Books. All rights reserved. Where’s Wally? © 1987 – 2017 Martin Handford, published by Walker Books. All rights reserved.

FIND WALLY CARDSPhotocopy and cut the cards out. Give one to each child who spots Wally in your school.

WALLYCopy and cut out your mini Wally and

mount on card. Hide him in your school for eagle-eyed Wally-spotters to find!

Where’s Wally? © 1987 – 2017 Martin Handford, published by Walker Books. All rights reserved.

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PRESS INFORMATION – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE FANTASTIC WHERE’S WALLY? SCHOOL SEARCH IS ON! On World Book Day, Thursday 2 March 2017, Wally-watchers will celebrate 30 years of Where’s Wally? with a hunt to find Wally hidden in (INSERT NAME OF SCHOOL in CITY/TOWN) and around the country! The school will be hiding a tiny Wally figure for eagle-eyed Wally spotters to find in order to receive an “I Found Wally” card and a The Fantastic Where’s Wally? Search certificate. Amazing prizes are up for grabs for the best photos of World Book Day celebrations with Wally, so fingers crossed for (INSERT NAME OF SCHOOL)! Where’s Wally? celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and is also part of the World Book Day line-up of titles available for £1. Children in the UK and Ireland will receive a book token for £1 that they can redeem in bookshops across the country, with many taking the opportunity to dress as their favourite book character on the day. (SCHOOL NAME) has been celebrating World Book Day with (INSERT DETAILS OF WORLD BOOK DAY CELEBRATIONS). Wally is the creation of Martin Handford, whose entertaining drawings of crowd scenes first swept the globe in 1987. Since then, the Where’s Wally? books have held a favourite spot on bookstore shelves the world over and have sold over 67 million copies worldwide in 31 countries. Wally has reached celebrity status: he has been referenced in the primetime American TV shows Frasier, The Simpsons and Friends; he appeared on the 1000th anniversary cover of Rolling Stone magazine as a cultural icon of the last 40 years; he has even been found on Google Earth! Martin Handford spent much of his childhood drawing and his earliest influences were cinema epics and playing with toy soldiers. At art college he continued to draw what he calls “busy and militarily correct battle scenes” which led to his job as a freelance illustrator specialising in drawing crowd scenes for numerous clients. Each picture takes Martin months to draw. “As I work my way through a picture, I add Wally when I come to what I feel is a good place to hide him,” he explains. In celebration of Wally’s longevity and popularity, Walker Books is teaming up with World Book Day and schools across the country, including (INSERT NAME OF HOST BOOKSTORE) here in (INSERT NAME OF CITY/TOWN), to have fun and encourage people to share a love of reading and books.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FANTASTIC WHERE’S WALLY? SCHOOL SEARCH IN (INSERT NAME OF CITY/TOWN), call (INSERT NAME OF HOST

BOOKSTORE) on (INSERT PHONE NUMBER) or email (INSERT EMAIL ADDRESS)

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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE WHERE’S WALLY? PRESS COPIES OR SET UP A READER COMPETITION, PLEASE CONTACT

ROSI CRAWLEY, PUBLICITY MANAGER, WALKER BOOKS 020 7396 2468

rosi.crawley@walker.co.uk

NOTES TO THE EDITOR Where's Wally? illustrations © 1987 – 2017 Martin Handford, published by Walker Books Ltd. All rights reserved. ABOUT (ENTER NAME OF SCHOOL) (Insert information about the school) ABOUT WALKER BOOKS Home to books for all ages, Walker Books UK publishes many award-winning authors, illustrators and brands including Anthony Horowitz, Cassandra Clare, Lucy Cousins, Anthony Browne, Polly Dunbar, Patrick Ness and Where’s Wally? Walker Books UK is part of the vibrant international Walker Books Group that includes Candlewick Press in America, Walker Books Australia, the Walker Group Licencing division, and Walker Productions, developing Walker content for other media platforms, including Hank Zipzer for BBC. The Walker Books Group enjoys a unique ownership structure which includes all of its employees worldwide and more than 150 authors and illustrators. Walker is the world’s leading wholly independent publisher of English-language children’s books. Further information can be found at www.walker.co.uk About World Book Day World Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe.

World Book Day is a partnership of publishers, booksellers and interested parties who work together to promote books and reading for the personal enrichment and enjoyment of all. A main aim of World Book Day in the UK and Ireland is to encourage children to explore the pleasures of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their own. To mark the day, school children are entitled to receive a World Book Day £1 Book Token (or equivalent €1.50 Book Token in Ireland) supplied by National Book Tokens Ltd. The £1 Book Token can be exchanged for one of ten (eleven in Ireland) specially published World Book Day £1 Books, or is redeemable against any book or audio book of their choice costing £2.99 or more at a participating bookshop or book club. The World Book Day £1 Book Token will be valid from Monday 27 February–Sunday 26 March 2017. About National Book Tokens National Book Tokens are the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere and are the only gift cards sold and accepted in bookshops across the UK and Ireland, including all the major chains and local independents. As proud sponsors of World Book Day, National Book Tokens supports lifelong learning and improving literacy and access to reading for everyone. Visit www.nationalbooktokens.com for more information. The World Book Day 2017 books:

o Peppa Loves World Book Day (Ladybird) o Everyone Loves Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort (Simon &

Schuster Children’s Books) o Where’s Wally? The Fantastic Journey by Martin Handford (Walker Books) o Princess Mirror-Belle and Snow White by Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks

(Macmillan) o Horrid Henry: Funny Fact Files by Francesca Simon (Orion Children’s Books) o Good Old Timmy and Other Stories by Enid Blyton (Hodder Children’s Books) o An as yet untitled book by David Walliams (HarperCollins) o Butterfly Beach by Jacqueline Wilson (Corgi) o Island by David Almond (Hodder Children’s Books) o Dead of Night: A Front Lines Story by Michael Grant (Egmont)

Where’s Wally? School Search Competition Terms and Conditions

• This competition is promoted by Walker Books Ltd., a company incorporated in England under registered number 1378601 and having its registered office at 87 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HJ (the “Promoter”) and is not open to employees of the Promoter or their families

• The competition will run from Thursday 2 March 2017 until 30 April 2017 • Closing date for entries is 6 p.m. on 30 April 2017 • Entries must be submitted by email to competition@walker.co.uk or by post to Marketing

Department, Walker Books, 87 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HJ with WBD Where’s Wally? School Search in the subject line, before the closing date

• Your entry must be in photo form of how you celebrated World Book Day with Wally • There will be one prize winner for the most creative, enthusiastic or inventive entry • The prize is £100 (one hundred pounds) worth of Where’s Wally? books for your school

library, plus a Where’s Wally? standee, posters and stickers • The winner will be selected by a World Book Day representative and the Walker Books team.

They will be looking for the most creative, enthusiastic or inventive entry • The winner will be notified within 30 days after the closing date • By entering, all entrants grant to the Promoter a worldwide royalty-free perpetual licence to

edit, publish and use each entry in any and all media (including print and online) for publicity and promotional purposes

• No purchase necessary • Entries for any competition containing invalid e-mail addresses will be automatically

disqualified • The prize offered for this competition is non-transferable and there is no cash alternative; in

the event a prize offered is unavailable a similar prize of greater or equal value will be substituted

• To enter this competition you must be resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland and follow the entry instructions given, providing all the information requested

• Entries received after the closing date for this competition as stated will not be considered. • The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries that are late, lost, damaged, illegible or

corrupted in transit • The winner must claim their prize within 30 days of notification by the Promoter otherwise

they will forfeit their prize • The Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into • All personal details submitted with each competition entry will be held in accordance with

the Promoter’s Privacy Policy and the Data Protection Act 1998 • The Promoter will use any data submitted by entrants only for the purposes of running the

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• By entering this competition, entrants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions which may be amended at any time by the Promoter

• The rules of this competition shall be governed by UK law