Jeff Kinney was
named one of Time Magazine's top 100 most influential people a few years ago.
And I'm going to guess that unless you're in middle school, you've never heard
of him. What has Kinney done to merit such a nomination?
Besides
sharing a last (maiden) name with me, Kinney is the author of the wildly
popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid kids book series.
The Wimpy Kid in question is Greg Heffley and the "diary" is his
personal journal of life in middle school. What makes these books resonate so
with kids? They're graphic novels (educationally correct name for cartoons).
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poke fun at everyone in Heffley's young life, including himself. We empathize
with Greg's intimidation by tuned-out teen brother Roderick and annoyance at
lisping, ever-innocent younger brother Manny.
Series
includes Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Last Straw, Roderick Rules, Dog Days, The
Ugly Truth, Cabin Fever, Third Wheel, Hard Luck, Greg Heffley's Journal and a
Do-it-Yourself Book. The Long Haul came out in November. Here are free
printable Diary of a Wimpy Kids activities for Children's Book Week 2015, May
4-10.
Fun
Brain has an online Diary of a Wimpy Kid book to read. Parent site Poptropica
has free Diary of a Wimpy
Kid printables. ESL Printables
has free Diary of a Wimpy
Kid worksheets. Here's a Diary of a Wimpy Kid
quiz to print from Quiz
Moz. Ed Helper has a make your own Diary of a Wimpy Kid
word wall.
Teacher
Vision has a free printable Diary
of a Wimpy Kid unit with writing activities, reading extensions,
text to text questions, text-to-life connections and text to self connections
based upon the book series. These sites have free printable Diary
of a Wimpy Kid coloring pages. Here's the other list of Diary of a Wimpy Kid
pages to print.
