Timmy Failure Books & Font © 2012 - 2019 Stephan Pastis

Timmy Failure Books & Font © 2012 – 2019 Stephan Pastis
EVENT KIT
Welcome to the World of
Timmy Failure, Ace Detective!
Book 1
Attention: Detectives in Training
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Thank you for hosting a Failure Friday party! Timmy isn’t

big on school, but he’ll do whatever it takes to become the
greatest detective ever (defective detective is more like it).
We hope that this pack will help you to create an event
that’s fun for aspiring crime solvers everywhere – it won’t
take much to top Timmy!
Please read through the activities on these pages and decide

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wonderful support for this wildly popular series. And of

course,
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EVENT KIT
GETTING STARTED
This pack includes a number of suggestions for games and activities for your
fun event. You’ll have to gauge the size and the age range of your crowd to
determine which of these activities will work best and in what order.
We’d like to ask that you please kick off the event by reading the following
letter from the author to the group:
Hi, everyone!
Thank you so much for coming out to join the Failure

Friday party! I wish I could be there with you in person.
I want to say thanks to each and every one of you here.

You have made Timmy Failure a hit, and I want you to know
how much I appreciate that.
It has been so much fun for me to tell stories about Timmy

and his sidekick polar bear, Total.
We’ve put together a few activities for your fun event and
hopefully you’ll pick up some detective tips along the way.
Timmy needs all the help he can get.
Sincerely,
Stephan
www.timmyfailure.com

Totally Timmy Trivia Game
How to play: A moderator should read the questions

while a spotter watches for children raising their hands.
1. What is the name of Timmy Failure’s detective agency? (Total Failure, Inc.)
2. What kind of animal is his business partner? (A polar bear)
3. What detective is Timmy’s arch-rival? (Corrina Corrina)
4. What is the name of Timmy’s best friend? (Rollo Tookus)
5. What does Timmy borrow from his mum to conduct investigations? (A Segway)
6. What are Total’s favourite snacks? (Chicken nuggets and Rice Krispies Treats)
7. How old is Timmy’s teacher Old Man Crocus? (187 years old)
8. What colour is Timmy’s distinctive scarf?
9. What is the company motto/slogan for Total Failure, Inc? (Failure is an option)
10. What does Molly Moskins smell like? (Tangerines)
11. What is the name of Molly Moskins’ cat? (Señor Burrito)
12. Does Timmy know who his secret admirer is? (NO!)
13. Staci the polar bear is obsessed with what kind of toy? (A beach ball)

Observation Test
To be a crack detective, you need super-sharp
powers of observation. Test your eagle eyes
by looking at the image on this page. After
ten seconds, try to answer the questions below
without looking at the picture. How many
can you answer?
How many children are playing ball?

(Twelve)
What kind of animal is Timmy petting?

(Polar bear)
Are the children playing outside or inside?

(Outside)
Which character’s face is blocked out with a

black box? (Corrina Corrina)
How many children are cheering as they play?

(Three)
Collecting Clues
What can you sleuth out just by examining the cover of a book?
The author of Timmy Failure: Now Look What You’ve Done is
What colour is Timmy Failure’s scarf?

Answer: Timmy Failure’s scarf is red

Sleuth It Out
Hunt for Your Detective Tools
TO PREPARE TO PLAY
Print one Detective Tool-Kit Checklist for each Give each reader a Detective Tool-Kit Checklist
reader playing the game. and a pencil or crayon. Instruct them to search
for Timmy’s detective tools in a defined play/
Print the detective tools that follow and cut out
search area and to fill in the name of each tool
along the dotted lines.
on their sheet when they find it.
Hang the images in tricky places in your chosen
room for the children to find and note on their
checklists.
Image #1 — Detective’s Notebook


Image #2 — Disguise
Image #3 — Reliable transportation


Image #4 — Crime hotline
Image #5 — Distinctive scarf


Detective Tool-Kit Checklist

Master of Disguise
A great detective needs to protect his identity while he prowls around searching for clues.
Draw a disguise for Timmy that will keep him hidden from potential suspects.

Design Your Own Failuremobile
No professional detective can get around without
a sleuthy set of wheels. Timmy rides a Segway to
follow clues and make great first impressions on
potential clients.
What would you choose as the mode of transport

for your detective agency? Draw it here.

Advertise Your Awesome Agency Services
Timmy may not be much of a case solver, but his detective lingo is without parallel.
To create an advertisement for your own detective agency, fill in the top blank of the template that follows
with your agency’s name. Then create the text of your ad from this glossary of Timmy’s many sayings –
or make up your own. Fill in the last blank with your agency’s motto.
[Are you facing . . . ] [We offer . . . ] [We are experienced
in . . . ]
• industrial sabotage • invaluable expertise
• major international intrigue • multipronged strategies

• uncanny clue detection
• a possible lawsuit • b rilliantly conceived global • n ever-fail interrogation

techniques
planning
• a n unsolved crime, such as
candy larceny, hamster-cide, • teleconferencing capabilities
aking excellent first
•m
impressions (they are critical)
or TP vandalism
• h igh-tech surveillance
equipment
• investigatory enterprise
• free cheese
• ingenious infiltration tactics
• overall greatness

* *
Your Photo Here
Licensed & Bonded
Are you facing
or ?
Then you need us!

* * * * * * * * *
We offer ,
and .
We are experienced in ,
and .
GIVE US A CALL!
* *

Case Solving
Help Timmy solve the cases below, then read Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made to find out if you’re right.
Remember, you’re bound to be a better detective than he is!
The Case of the The Case of the The Case of the

Missing Halloween Candy Dead Hamster Toilet-Paper Devastation
Scene of the crime: Scene of the crime: Scene of the crime:

Empty table by Gunnar’s bed Max Hodge’s bedroom Weber residence
Victim: Gunnar Victim: Max’s hamster Victim: Weber house
Type of crime: Theft Type of crime: Murder? Type of crime: Vandalism
Missing items: Witnesses: Max Hodge Witnesses: None known

Plastic pumpkin filled with
Suspects: None Suspects: None
Halloween candy
Evidence: Evidence:
Witnesses: None known
1. M
otionless hamster in 1. H
ouse strung with toilet
Suspects: hamster cage paper
Brother Gabe sitting on his bed
2. Scratched-up hamster tube 2. Tops of trees strung with
Evidence: toilet paper
1. C
andy wrappers surrounding
3. Toilet paper hanging in Molly
Gabe on his bed
Moskins’ bathroom
2. Chocolate smeared on
Gabe’s face
3. Empty plastic pumpkin on

Gabe’s floor

Who Done It?
Have you ever thought about writing your own mystery story? Now’s
the time! Use this handy and possibly helpful planning form to
decide the important details of your story in advance. Then hurry
and write your mystery, because if you don’t Corinna Corinna will
steal your details and write her own story!
Scene of the crime:

Victim:
Type of crime:
Witnesses:
Suspects:
Evidence:

Wood Grain Maze

WELL DONE!
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HAS ACHIEVED GREATNESS!
www.timmyfailure.com • #TimmyFailure
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Thank you for hosting a Failure Friday party! Timmy isn’t

Please read through the activities on these pages and decide

wonderful support for this wildly popular series. And of

C andlewick P ress W alker B ooks UK W alker B ooks A ustralia

Thank you so much for coming out to join the Failure

I want to say thanks to each and every one of you here.

It has been so much fun for me to tell stories about Timmy

C andlewick P ress W alker B ooks UK W alker B ooks A ustralia

How to play: A moderator should read the questions

2. What kind of animal is his business partner? (A polar bear)

3. What detective is Timmy’s arch-rival? (Corrina Corrina)

4. What is the name of Timmy’s best friend? (Rollo Tookus)

8. What colour is Timmy’s distinctive scarf?

10. What does Molly Moskins smell like? (Tangerines)

11. What is the name of Molly Moskins’ cat? (Señor Burrito)

C andlewick P ress W alker B ooks UK W alker B ooks A ustralia

How many children are playing ball?

What kind of animal is Timmy petting?

Are the children playing outside or inside?

Which character’s face is blocked out with a

How many children are cheering as they play?

The author of Timmy Failure: Now Look What You’ve Done is

What colour is Timmy Failure’s scarf?

C andlewick P ress W alker B ooks UK W alker B ooks A ustralia

C andlewick P ress W alker B ooks UK W alker B ooks A ustralia