Dawkoins

The challenge picture book · Ages 6–10 · Hard mode inside

Where’s Dawkoins? Spot the real one. Beat the fakes.

Every page is a trap. Dozens of lookalike frogs, one real Dawkoins — and only the real one wears the white powdered wig. Find him before your friends do.

The fakes get sneakier every round: same wig shape, wrong colour. Kids who beat this book pick up the flex plenty of grown-ups skip: check the mark before you copy, share, or believe.

  • Beat the fakes
  • Hard-mode near-misses
  • Media-literacy flex
  • School-safe
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Book cover: Where’s Dawkoins? Spot the real one. Beat the fakes. A crowd of lookalike frogs with colourful kid hairstyles; only one wears the white powdered wig. Badge: 1 real, 22 fakes, every fake a different hairstyle.
Can you find him on the cover?1 real · 22 fakes, no two alike. Cover mock; final print art ships with the book.
  • 1real Dawkoins per page
  • Dozensof fakes per spread
  • 0hints in hard mode
  • 0tokens, wallets, or sign-ups

How to win

  1. Find the wig. Only the white powdered wig is real. Every other hairstyle is a decoy.
  2. Dodge the near-misses. Same wig shape in the wrong colour? Fake. Look twice, tap once.
  3. Prove it. Point and say how you knew. That’s the skill: check the mark before you trust a picture.

Inside the book: six arenas

Cornrows, afros, buns, locs, bangs, cowlicks — every kid in the cast, one real Dawkoins. Each round is harder than the last. Think you’re fast? Prove it.

  • Round 1, Classroom morning: a grid of frog faces with different kid hairstyles; one wears a white powdered wig
    Round 1 · Warm-upClassroom morning
  • Round 2, Playground: frog faces with kid hairstyles around swings and a slide; one wears a white powdered wig
    Round 2 · The fakes close inPlayground
  • Round 3, Library: frog faces with kid hairstyles among bookshelves; one wears a white powdered wig
    Round 3 · Hard modeLibrary — no hints
  • Round 4, Field trip: frog faces with kid hairstyles around a yellow school bus; one wears a white powdered wig
    Round 4 · On the moveField trip — he’s on the move
  • Round 5, Art room: frog faces with kid hairstyles and head wraps among easels and paint splats; one wears a white powdered wig
    Round 5 · CamouflageArt room — hiding in the mess
  • Round 6, Assembly: frog faces with kid hairstyles in a school hall with a stage; one wears a white powdered wig
    Round 6 · Boss levelAssembly — the whole school is watching

What’s in the challenge

  • The picture book — seek-and-find spreads that ramp from warm-up to boss level. The tell is always the white powdered wig — if you look close enough.
  • Companion play (free) — timed rounds with the same cast. Warm up before the book or take a victory lap after.
  • Printable pack — sample spreads (PDF) and the teacher one-pager (PDF).
  • No reading gate — the hunt is visual, so pre-readers and English learners compete right alongside strong readers.

For teachers

  • The lesson: every strong image has an anchor feature. Here it is the white powdered wig. Kids learn to check the mark before they copy, share, or believe.
  • Time: a 5–10 minute warm-up, whole class on a board or one device per pair.
  • Talk prompt: “How did you know it was the real one? Where else do we check before we trust a picture?”
  • Every kid in the cast: the lookalikes cover many hair types and styles, so every child can spot someone like them.

Separate from the grown-up game

The kids’ book section is school-safe: school cast only, book-first, kid-fair timing, and no token or wallet language. Grown-up meme decoys live in a separate web game on the main site.

For schools, libraries, and districts

A media-literacy warm-up that never sells anything to kids. Print book for classrooms; the digital companion play stays free and runs in any modern browser with no accounts or installs. English edition first. Classroom pilots are open to schools anywhere; our first pilots start in Atlanta, where the cast was born. Pilot inquiries: [email protected].

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