Did your school ever have a mock vote for the next president? I remember ours did. It was Michael Dukakis versus George H. W. Bush. Nevermind who I voted for—let’s just say my candidate did not win at our school—the experience of voting, even at that age, was exciting and different. It’s been many, many years since those days but I will always remember this first toe-dip into good citizenship.

Now, if my school had a voting kit like this brain-child of our wonderful illustrator, Kelly Angelovic, I think it would have been that much more exciting! While Kelly was working on her fabulous female empowerment series, she realized she also wanted kids to feel empowered, too. What you see below is the result of hard work and support from Kelly and Scholastic, Inc.

Kelly’s amazing color pallet is eye-popping perfection! Plus, do you see those stickers in the back?? Such a great touch!!

The kit includes a book to teach children all about voting. And, of course, it features Kelly’s wonderful hand-lettering!

And here’s a little peak behind the scenes! These are Kelly’s concept sketches and one of the mock-ups used to design that sweet ballot box.

Kelly says, “As a mom to two elementary-aged kids, creating something for our youngest citizens to teach them about voting and elections was deeply rewarding and FUN!! I'm thrilled with how it all turned out--the whole project was fantastic, from start to finish.”

We were so thrilled to be part of seeing this vision become reality. It was a beautiful, multifaceted project that has great meaning to us and, we hope, to your family and students, too! #votevotevote!