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Local Establishment Joins Forces in Beloved Annual Event

Search for Waldo Starting July 1

 Where’s Waldo? In Davidson, North Carolina of course!

“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 325 independent bookstores across the country, including Main Street Books, for some hide-and-seek fun designed to encourage residents to patronize their local businesses. There is no charge to participate, and the hunt starts July 1 and ends at our Where’s Waldo Grand Finale Party on Saturday, August 1.

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 33 local establishments, including the Davidson Public Library, Homewood Suites, Knotty & Board, and Whit’s Frozen Custard.

“Find Waldo Local” is a wonderful way to support the “Shop Local” movement by increasing foot traffic to a variety of establishments. “This July, Main Street Books is so happy to bring the Where’s Waldo hunt back to Davidson,” said owner Adah Fitzgerald. “We love the enthusiasm of Waldo seekers, and how the community gets to celebrate and enjoy our local businesses, retailers, restaurants, and other participating locations.”

To join in the fun, people can simply pick up a “Where’s Waldo?” passport at any of the participating locations or download here and print. With each miniature Waldo they spot, searchers get their passport stamped or signed by the participating location. Eagle-eyed hunters can also look for a special Wizard Whitebeard ONLY in Main Street Books!

Prizes
• Collect 15 stamps or signatures, return to Where’s Waldo HQ (Main Street Books), and pick a prize from the treasure box.
• Collect 28+ stamps or signatures for entry into a grand-prize drawing for Waldo books. All participants are invited to attend the Grand Finale party at the Davidson Farmers Market on Saturday, August 1 starting at 9:30 a.m., where other prizes, including items from Ben & Jerry’s, KF Studios Handmade Marketplace, Copeland Richards PLLC, and Honeysuckle Home will be awarded via raffle.
• NEW THIS YEAR: Wear your favorite Waldo look to the Grand Finale party, and we’ll choose a winner that morning!

Grand Finale party, Saturday, August 1
• 9:30 a.m. – Get your raffle ticket! Bring your stamp card (aka passport) with 28+ stamps to enter our prize drawing. We will be giving away dozens of kid-friendly prizes donated by our generous Find Waldo locations.
• 10:00 a.m. – Live prize drawings and Waldo look-alike contest judging for a prize.

Additionally, party-goers can enjoy
• Party snacks and drinks, complimentary for Waldo Searchers
• A mini scavenger hunt around the Davidson Farmers Market
• DFM Kids Club activities

Many thanks to all our participating locations
• Bamford Fine Violins
• Ben & Jerry's ice cream
• Bungalow Market
• Carrburritos Davidson
• Catawba River Outfitters
• Copeland Richards, PLLC
• Davidson College Store
• Davidson Library
• Davidson Provision Company
• Davidson Soda Shop
• Davidson Village Inn
• Dwell Home Supply
• Famous Toastery
• Fifth Third Bank
• GiGi's Gelato
• Hearts On Fiber
• Homewood Suites Davidson
• Honeysuckle Home
• Howard Hanna Allen Tate Real Estate
• The Jewel Box
• KF Studios Handmade Marketplace
• King Canary
• Knotty and Board
• Mestizo Mexican restaurant
• NOVEL Davidson
• PostNet LKN Davidson
• Rumor Mill Market
• Sincerely Tea House
• Storyhill Church
• Summit Coffee
• The Village Store
• Whit's Frozen Custard

ABOUT WALDO
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 Davidson, call Main Street Books at ‭704-892-6841‬ or visit our website to learn more.

ABOUT MAIN STREET BOOKS
Main Street Books, established in 1987, is located in the heart of Davidson, North Carolina, just 20 miles north of Charlotte and across the green from Davidson College. We serve the four Lake Norman towns - Davidson, Cornelius, Huntersville, and Mooresville, and greater Charlotte region. Situated in the heart of our college town, we take seriously our role in introducing new literature to our readers and hosting literary events and groups. We are an independent, general interest bookstore with robust fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children's books collections.

Main Street Books' mission is to enrich and sustain the reading lives of local readers and writers with an inclusive, thoughtful literary collection, a creatively curated events calendar, and an engaged staff. We believe that books serve as windows and mirrors. As windows, books are portals into someone else's lived experience. As mirrors, books can reflect - and validate - one's own experiences.

We build our book collection so that when one walks into our bookstore, they have opportunities to imagine, learn, and empathize while finding themselves in stories, too.