Pierre the Maze Detective: The Search for the Stolen Maze Stone

by IC4DESIGN

Overview

Pierre the Maze Detective has a new case. Mr. X has stolen the Maze Stone, which has the power to turn the whole of Opera City into a maze. Can you help Pierre and his friend Carmen find their way through the mazes – and stop Mr. X before it's too late?

This beautifully illustrated book features 15 full-spread illustrations of intricate, magical mazes. Take a trip through a fantastic world of underground cities, hot-air balloons, tree-top towns, and haunted houses. Trace your way through each maze, spot the clues, and solve the extra mystery challenges along the way.

Hours of puzzle fun, for all maze detectives aged 8+. A page of answers with the routes through the mazes and other solutions is included at the end of the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510230057
Publisher:	Laurence King Publishing
Publication date:	07/05/2022
Series:	Pierre the Maze Detective Series
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	8.55(w) x 11.75(h) x 0.35(d)
Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

IC4DESIGN are a collective of illustrators based in Hiroshima, Japan. Founded by Hirofumi Kamigaki, they were elected one of the 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide, and were one of American Illustration's and the Society of Illustrators' selected illustrators. Clients include Amtrak, The New York Times, Ogilvy Italy, Adobe, Newsweek and Toyota.

Editorial Reviews

10/05/2015
Kamigaki, founder of the Hiroshima-based design collective IC4Design, pits a dapper Sherlock Holmes–esque boy named Pierre against the villainous Phantom Thief, who has stolen a Maze Stone with “the power to turn everything into a maze.” Those mazes fill the pages that follow, as readers try to trace paths between “Start” and “Goal” signs through a museum, outdoor cafe, and more (in one spread, children must wind their way around more than 100 hot-air balloons). The paths themselves, slightly lightened as though with a pencil eraser, aren’t always easy to distinguish from their busy surroundings, but the Where’s Waldo? level of detail in the illustrations, along with secondary objects to locate and the unfolding mystery itself, ought to provide hours worth of entertainment for eagle-eyed readers. Ages 7–11. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly