Who Would Win kits were created as a homage to the perennially-popular book series for early school-agers, Who Would Win by Jerry Pallotta. I have had this idea in my head for years but our youth programming schedule/my own personal schedule never allowed time for me to present this as an in-person program. Then, of course, the pandemic hit, so I chose to reformat this one as a take-home kit.
The Who Would Win series is so sought after for our 1st-3rd grade readers and it has spawned some other series that you might want to check out:
- Animal Battles series by Bellweather Media
- Scorpion Vs. Tarantula and others by Isabel Thomas
- Battle Royale: Lethal Warriors by Cherry Hill Publishing Group—This one departs from the animals versus animals theme and features cryptids and mythical characters, which I think is a cool take on the “versus” genre.
Who Would Win Kit Contents
For the Who Would Win kit, I included several materials—the most time consuming of which was the document I created to emulate the Who Would Win book format. This document is inspired heavily by the original book series in format and content and this choice was intentional. This isn’t to copy what Jerry Pallotta created or to infringe on his intellectual property at all, more so to give the vibe that program participants are creating the next book in the Who Would Win series.
Download the ready-to-print Who Would Win booklet below:
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The Who Would Win kit came with several items:
- Instruction sheet
- Who Would Win Booklet
- Blank sheets of paper for illustrating your animals
- Glue dots (strips of dots affixed to wax paper for easy use)
- Magazines (library discards—National Geographic Kids, Ranger Rick Jr., etc.)
The instructions for the kit include resources for kids to access for researching their animals. I included QR codes that would direct kids/grownups directly to our kid-friendly research databases. Of course, the kids were welcome to research the old-fashioned way and check out library books about their animals of choice.
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I like to design my kits so that they are all-inclusive. The only thing this kit does not include is a pair of scissors (that was cost-prohibitive). I don’t want to assume that any kiddo participating in my programs has access to a printer or computer at home so I don’t structure my programs so that either of those are necessary. I had 50 kids participate, and all those spots were snapped up pretty quickly after the program’s registration opened.
This program could be easily reformatted to be an in-person program once supply-sharing is given the green light by health officials. I love an opportunity to tie into our most popular book series. (I did another program series called Who Is/Who Was based on the “Big Head” books that circulate SO well.)
I really enjoyed making this one and the design of it was challenging but it was a lot of fun.
Want to use make a Who Would Win kit at your library? Download the PDFs at the links aboce, or write a comment or send an email (bookcartqueens@gmail.com) for editable files.