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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1)
by
Jeff Kinney
Boys don’t keep diaries—or do they?
The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to
It’s a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before...more
The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to
It’s a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
April 1st 2007
by Harry N. Abrams
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I got this book based on a quick skim in the store where I saw lots of funny line illustrations and large fonts that mimic handwriting. Although the tone was sarcastic, I thought that it would prove to be a good read-aloud for my 6 year old son, who still needs some enticement into stories. I pictured him, the boy who fancies himself an author and artist, just eating up this book. And actually, he would have--except after one night of reading this out loud I discovered that the content was defin...more
Reviewed by Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
If you work with middle grade kids, be sure to check out DIARY OF A WIMPY KID.
Greg Heffley is a 6th-grade weakling trying to make his mark in the middle school world. His family includes a mom, a dad, a heavy metal big brother, and a whiny, tattling little brother. His best friend is Rowley, another odd 6th-grader with overprotective parents and the world-class ability to annoy.
Greg is always a victim of the big, mean bullies in...more
If you work with middle grade kids, be sure to check out DIARY OF A WIMPY KID.
Greg Heffley is a 6th-grade weakling trying to make his mark in the middle school world. His family includes a mom, a dad, a heavy metal big brother, and a whiny, tattling little brother. His best friend is Rowley, another odd 6th-grader with overprotective parents and the world-class ability to annoy.
Greg is always a victim of the big, mean bullies in...more
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I don't see why this book is so popular. I zoomed through it in less than an hour and thought it was boring and immature. It has a biased idea of middle school life and I didn't find it funny at all, which it was obviously trying to be. Oh, and sheer amount of clichés made me want to gag.
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I don't see why this book is so popular. I zoomed through it in less than an hour and thought it was boring and immature. It has a biased idea of middle school life and I didn't find it funny at all, which it was obviously trying to be. Oh, and sheer amount of clichés made me want to gag.
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I read this for a conferance I'm attending about children's literature, and it's easily the worst thing I've come across in the 12 books or so on the reading list.
It features bland art that adds nothing (other than a misguided attempt to catch reluctant readers), boring characters who still managed to garner my dislike, a motionless plot with no character development or point. It was like a particuarly uninspired Saturday morning cartoon stripped of any of the facile enjoyment of animation.
It'...more
It features bland art that adds nothing (other than a misguided attempt to catch reluctant readers), boring characters who still managed to garner my dislike, a motionless plot with no character development or point. It was like a particuarly uninspired Saturday morning cartoon stripped of any of the facile enjoyment of animation.
It'...more
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Oct 05, 2007
Lori
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
everyone with a child in school
Shelves:
books-i-read-with-my-kids
While attending open house this year at my 10 year old sons school, he found this book for sale at the book fair. We thumbed through it, and thought it looked cute, so we purchased it, and read it together.
Its narrated by this middle-school aged kid in the form of a diary, with sketches and doodles included on every page, and basically follows his days from the begining of the school year to the end. He is a bit of a loser, and trys to create a better image for himself through attempts at being...more
Its narrated by this middle-school aged kid in the form of a diary, with sketches and doodles included on every page, and basically follows his days from the begining of the school year to the end. He is a bit of a loser, and trys to create a better image for himself through attempts at being...more
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Okay, so it's funny and offers some insight into the preteen boy psyche. A ton of boys in my 5th grade class are reading it. Graham read it, then Todd did. Todd laughed out loud frequently, and then went back and asked Graham if he thought it was funny, too. Graham responded "yeah", but not with as much enthusiasm as I thought he would. I guess, for Graham, it's just a bit too close to reality to be SO funny. Todd, however, can look back on middle school with some perspective and laugh more!
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I am reading diary of a wimpy kid. The authors name is Jeff Kinney he has wrote a series of these books but I am reading the first one. The two main characters are Greg and Rowley and they bath just got to middle school and right now there like the little kids in the school and every body picks on the sixth graders. Greg is not an out side Pearson for him a perfect day is sitting in his house playing video games with pop corn. And let's get this strate Greg's dad does not like Greg playing video...more
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it was an awsome and very funny book it got the laughes right out of me
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2. I'm reading some really great books right now. Some beautiful, thoughtful books, books that make you think and dream and hope.
Last night I skipped over all those books and choose to go to bed with this one again. I'm lovin it!
1. This is one of the books that has made me say something ridiculous to my son like, "If you don't close that and go to sleep you're going to be grounded from books" (which sets off a stream of laughter as we both realize how ludicrious my threat is even as I'm speakin...more
Last night I skipped over all those books and choose to go to bed with this one again. I'm lovin it!
1. This is one of the books that has made me say something ridiculous to my son like, "If you don't close that and go to sleep you're going to be grounded from books" (which sets off a stream of laughter as we both realize how ludicrious my threat is even as I'm speakin...more
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A web comic turned novel, Diary of a Wimpy Kid strikes the funny bone of kids everywhere.
This "novel in cartoons" is a hilarious addition to the tween fiction section. Presented as a 'journal' as the word diary is much to girly, chronicles the misadventures of Greg Heffley, middle school student. This was a fast read that was hard to put down. Each page featured at least one, sometimes many, cartoon illustrations that added to the humor of the book. Kids of the targeted age group will identify w...more
This "novel in cartoons" is a hilarious addition to the tween fiction section. Presented as a 'journal' as the word diary is much to girly, chronicles the misadventures of Greg Heffley, middle school student. This was a fast read that was hard to put down. Each page featured at least one, sometimes many, cartoon illustrations that added to the humor of the book. Kids of the targeted age group will identify w...more
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I know everyone seems to love this book, but it left me with a resounding "meh." Maybe it's because my own middle school experiences were so unpleasant that I have no desire to revisit them, even vicariously, but I think it's mostly because I didn't find the main character to be particularly interesting, or even worth my time. The kid's a little turd who sails through life learning nothing. Protagonists aren't required to be likable, but they should have some noticeable character arc, and this k...more
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I seldom give five-star ratings, but I feel the need to balance some of the negative reviews. First of all, this book is intended for slightly older readers--say, 9 and up. Second, anyone looking for profound wisdom will be disappointed. It's just a funny book, a very funny book. I'm not sure I'd go as far as to call is a graphic novel, either. The doodly illustrations enhance the "story" (such as it is), but they don't tell it. Jeff Kinney is an obvious disciple of Matt Groening (not Simpsons-G...more
Jesus, what an asshole.
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I have five copies of this in each of my two middle schools and still have a waiting list. I bought another copy and read it before bringing it in to school, not because it needed promotion, but because I needed to know what to recommend to the fans next while they wait for more sequels. I can see why the boys are eating this up. I loved the snarky, self-deprecating humor and the take on middle school. The drawings are delightful. I'm thinking Gantos' Jack Black books might be a good follow up.....more
Oh jeez. I absolutely understand why kids (especially little boys) are all over this. It's funny and very easy to read, and it captures something true about being a kid, but JEEZ. These funny books with a touch of gross out humour capture traditionally reluctant readers, and yep that's great! Get kids into books! But why does it have to centre so completely on white kids, and why do girls appear as little more than punchlines, and why is the kid who seems to have mental health issues treated so...more
This book was hilarious. It may be a fun book for a kid in middle school, but I am twenty-four years old and enjoyed it immensely. It's refreshing to read a book like this where the main character is a boy. Most books with a diary style are aimed at girls, and while I find the Princess Diaries to be very entertaining, I find this book to be much more funny. This is a very normal boy who writes his true and simple thoughts about the middle-school world around him. It's the sort of simple honesty...more
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My 8year old's review, now posted on her very own blog
I think it is LOL is funny. I think everyone should read it. Get it from the library. I like it better than the Big Nate books. I like how this book is about greg's life and all the funny things that happen to him. It makes me think about what high school is gonna be like.
Greg only has one friend and the rest of the guys are bulies. They pick on him, and one of them actually punched him!
[I asked my daughter what happened next? Did he fight...more
I think it is LOL is funny. I think everyone should read it. Get it from the library. I like it better than the Big Nate books. I like how this book is about greg's life and all the funny things that happen to him. It makes me think about what high school is gonna be like.
Greg only has one friend and the rest of the guys are bulies. They pick on him, and one of them actually punched him!
[I asked my daughter what happened next? Did he fight...more
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Jess, my 8-year old little girl, gave it 3 stars.
Comments while reading:
1. "I want to read this book because all the kids in my class have read it."
2. "That's the CHEESE! Don't touch it! Why? Because if you touch it you'll have the 'cheese touch'."
3. "What is the 'cheese touch'? Just read the book!"
4. "He had to tie his fingers together so he won't get the cheese touch. And he got a D in handwriting."
5. "Is it true that if your hand is bigger than your face you have low intelligence?"
6. "What is...more
Comments while reading:
1. "I want to read this book because all the kids in my class have read it."
2. "That's the CHEESE! Don't touch it! Why? Because if you touch it you'll have the 'cheese touch'."
3. "What is the 'cheese touch'? Just read the book!"
4. "He had to tie his fingers together so he won't get the cheese touch. And he got a D in handwriting."
5. "Is it true that if your hand is bigger than your face you have low intelligence?"
6. "What is...more
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When I told my friend I was reading 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid', she said only one thing "What are you... 12"? If enjoying reading this book makes me 12, so be it. I liked this book. Its funny, a very quick read, unique and very cute. Worth a read for anyone who has a child living inside them.
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I am currently reading the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by: Jeff Kinney. The theme of this book is growing up and fitting in. I think this because throughout the book he's just trying to be a normal, regular, teenager. He tries to act like everybody else he even says in the book that he observes what everybody else does and he follows whatever they do, like he wears his backpack like everybody else because everybody wears one strap so Greg does to. He's showing that he's growing up b...more
Yes, I know kids love it. Duh. Kids are dumb. And so is this book. (Ok, that was mean. I apologize.)
One of my students gave me his copy of Wimpy Kid and then asked me every day for a month if I had read it yet. Not wanting to disappoint a student excited about a book, I finally sat down one afternoon and flew through it. Eh. The protagonist is a mean, unfunny little jerk. I freely admit that I probably "just don't' get it," and I'm okay with that.
I celebrate any book that makes kids want to re...more
One of my students gave me his copy of Wimpy Kid and then asked me every day for a month if I had read it yet. Not wanting to disappoint a student excited about a book, I finally sat down one afternoon and flew through it. Eh. The protagonist is a mean, unfunny little jerk. I freely admit that I probably "just don't' get it," and I'm okay with that.
I celebrate any book that makes kids want to re...more
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Don’t expect Tolkien, but this novel in cartoons will make you laugh.
Jeff Kinney is obviously still a big kid himself because he writes about the daily life of school boys with alarming accuracy.
Life as a school boy gives you plenty to deal with. You're the target of trick-playing big brothers, you endure the misfortune of landing in your school’s gifted reading group, and you're always on the lookout for ways to lower parental expectations (so they'll love whatever you manage to do).
Then there'...more
Jeff Kinney is obviously still a big kid himself because he writes about the daily life of school boys with alarming accuracy.
Life as a school boy gives you plenty to deal with. You're the target of trick-playing big brothers, you endure the misfortune of landing in your school’s gifted reading group, and you're always on the lookout for ways to lower parental expectations (so they'll love whatever you manage to do).
Then there'...more
Mar 20, 2012
Dolly
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
children starting to read graphic novels
Shelves:
2012,
childrens,
education-school,
christmas,
fitness-sports,
halloween,
middle-grade,
poetry-song-music,
zoo,
graphic-novels
This is an interesting and entertaining story that is a diary that a middle-grade boy writes about his life. It's the first book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Our youngest brought it home from her elementary school library, and we both read it and now her older sister is reading it, too. It was a fun, quick read, so now we'll likely continue on with the series - our youngest is already talking about borrowing the next one this week during her school library time.
The content of the story is...more
The content of the story is...more
I wasn't really sure what to expect from this book, I often feel let down a little by books that have received crazy amounts of positive reviews. Sometimes it's just impossible to live up to the hype.
Greg's mom has decided that it would be a good idea for him to write his feeling and events of his life. He begrudingly goes along with it, making it clear that this is a "JOURNAL and not a diary" and if "she thinks he's going to wirte down his "feelings" in here, she's crazy!" He figures that some...more
Greg's mom has decided that it would be a good idea for him to write his feeling and events of his life. He begrudingly goes along with it, making it clear that this is a "JOURNAL and not a diary" and if "she thinks he's going to wirte down his "feelings" in here, she's crazy!" He figures that some...more
I bought this book for my 9 year old son, who had begged me for it relentlessly for over a month. After i got it, i would hear him giggling and laughing in his room, and when i would peek in, he was always reading this book. So when he was done, i picked it up and started reading it myself.... and it really is funny! The voice of the main character is very authentic - a thing which is hard to find. I wish that people had been writing material like this when i was a preteen.
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I'm rea...more
Edited to add:
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First book in the Wimpy Kid series.
Greg keeps a journal to record the events of his first year in middle school. He writes about getting put into teh gifted reading group, " I was pretty disappointed to find out I got put in the Gifted group, because that just means a lot of extra work."
Greg wonders about popularity and grades as he tries to figure out who he wants to be. His family doesn't help--his older brother is a creep and his younger brother tattles constantly. His parents, well, they ar...more
Greg keeps a journal to record the events of his first year in middle school. He writes about getting put into teh gifted reading group, " I was pretty disappointed to find out I got put in the Gifted group, because that just means a lot of extra work."
Greg wonders about popularity and grades as he tries to figure out who he wants to be. His family doesn't help--his older brother is a creep and his younger brother tattles constantly. His parents, well, they ar...more
May 11, 2008
Tuckerm
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
5th though 6th graders
Recommended to Tuckerm by:
Todd Ford
“Diary for a Wimpy Kid” is a worthless fictional book written by Jeff Kinney. Another interesting thing about this book is that it is some what of a graphic novel. Well, this novel or “Diary” is about the most pathetic kid ever, Greg Heffley. Greg goes to a middle school were more than half the kids in his school have gone through the big “P” (puberty) twice. Because of this, he finds himself constantly getting picked on because of his puny muscles, hairless pits, and twiggy figure. So he tries...more
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This was really funny, I don't know if it's supposed to be a kids' book or just meant to look like one. A fake journal of an awkward boy's first year of middle-school and his trials and tribulations, hand-written and complete with drawings. The voice is kind of like a less-savvy Nick Twisp from C.D. Payne's "Youth in Revolt." An example of a typical mini-storyline: the kid talks about how the only basketball hoop in his school's playground with a net has had a rotten piece of cheese underneath i...more
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In an impulse to do something rash to subdue my frustration I ordered the box set of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and finally got it delivered yesterday. Well as with most of my impulsive decisions this also seem to come out pretty rewarding. I now own my very first box set and the first book turned out to be amazing.
The book is a wimpy kid's diary, oh! sorry journal and his contains his various humorous and moving experiences in everyday life. I myself was a wimpy kid and thus am easily able to co...more
The book is a wimpy kid's diary, oh! sorry journal and his contains his various humorous and moving experiences in everyday life. I myself was a wimpy kid and thus am easily able to co...more
I originally bought it for my son, but then on skimming through it found it inappropriate for a 7 year old and ended up reading it myself. The cartoons are cute, other than that there isn't anything much to hold your interest. But then I like books about preteens and teens - these help me to understand a bit about what kids are doing or thinking nowadays. This was a quick and easy read - finished the book in a couple of hours. I understand that there are 3 more books in this series, but am not i...more
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| DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: What character would you be? | 20 | 12 | Jun 06, 2013 08:20pm | |
| Don't like any of this series. | 85 | 184 | May 31, 2013 08:30am | |
| So many people read it, but don't discuss it | 19 | 81 | Apr 17, 2013 09:15am | |
| DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: the movies | 30 | 24 | Apr 05, 2013 02:24am | |
| the funniest book ever! | 76 | 138 | Mar 26, 2013 09:00pm | |
| DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: the whole series! | 46 | 27 | Feb 20, 2013 06:10pm |
Jeff Kinney is an author of children's books including Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series. Jeff was born in College Park, Maryland, in 1971 where he created a comic strip called "Igdoof."He also created the children's website 'Poptropica'.
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“I'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons." - Greg Heffley,”
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