Thursday, February 2, 2017

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book Series


Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book Series
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series is a joyous and comical book series, which I believe, can and will attract children all over the world. In fact, it already has. Many people all over the world, children to adults, can enjoy reading this book as it is very interesting and somewhat relatable to our lives for anyone at any age. It’s author, Jeff Kinney, has won a lot of awards for best children’s books. All of the books in the series are based on one main character, a weak middle school kid, Greg Heffley. “Since the release of the online version in May 2004, most of the books have garnered positive reviews and commercial success. For example, Diary of a Wimpy Kid was well-received from The Princeton ReviewGold Card AssociationThe Dallas NewsThe TRR EditorsThe NW Press, and The JJ Printing Company. As of February 2008, it has been purchased one million times.” Says Wikipedia. From this, we can tell that the book is a very interesting and successful one.  There has been many books from the books series which will be mentioned below:
·       Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Original)
·       Rodrick Rules
·       The Last Straw
·       Dog Days
·       The Ugly Truth
·       Cabin Fever
·       The Third Wheel
·       Hard Luck
·       Long Haul
·       Old School
·       Double Down
Since it is famous, it even has its own movie. So many fans not only like this book but they love it. This one wrote about why you should read the books.
#1 – It’s really funny. Even when I reread sections I still find them funny every time I read them.
#2 – It seems like its actually a 12 year old’s diary. The way it’s written with the text and pictures is just like someone would write in the diary.
# 3 – The way Jeff Kinney draws people is interesting. I don’t know why he does it, but he draws them with round heads and missing fingers. It’s weird but fun.
# 4 – Greg Heffley is the main character and my favourite. Fregley is this crazy kid who lives across the street and I’m always shocked at what he does. It’s funny but always strange when he’s around!
# 5 – Greg’s not very attractive and has a hard time getting a date at the middle school dances. It’s so real!
# 6 – There are movies inspired by the books and they are pretty good too. I prefer the books, but the movies are definitely worth seeing.
# 7 – I’m not in middle school yet, but I think it kinda shows you what to expect from middle school.