Insect Seek and Find Maze Challenge

Insect Seek-and-Find Challenge is part of the best-selling "Learn by Playing" maze picture book series by Japanese author and illustrator Gentaro Kagawa. The 12 highly detailed, beautifully illustrated, and visually accurate maze designs are filled with quizzes, riddles, and hidden objects to solve the quest. A child follows their frightened dogs into a mysterious insect hole, and all shrink in size. To solve the quest and exit from the mysterious insect hole, the child must find the dogs by solving a series of different challenges. Accompanied by a samurai, they travel to 12 new settings with new mazes, each focused on a different variety of insects to learn about and find. Clues are offered to help solve each maze, as well as an answer key.

Gentaro Kagawa, born in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, has loved mazes since childhood. His fascination with castle structures, resembling mazes, became a beloved hobby. He studied painting in high school, attended Musashino Art University, and completed graduate school in 1986. In 1989, he began illustrating castle restorations, later expanding to historical illustrations for magazines and textbooks. Inspired by his child's love for mazes, he published Maze of Time in 2005. Since then, 18 titles in the "Maze Picture Book Series" (PHP Institute) have sold over 3 million copies. Since 2017, he has co-authored with his daughter, Shiori Kagawa.