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CABIN FEVER

From the diary of a wimpy kid series , vol. 6.

by Jeff Kinney & illustrated by Jeff Kinney ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 15, 2011

It certainly delivers what series fans have grown to expect: "hand-lettered" text on lined, faux-journal pages and cartoon...

In a world where "Wimpy Kid–like" has become a shorthand to describe a certain type of book, what is there to say about the sixth volume in the groundbreaking series?

Pub Date: Nov. 15, 2011

ISBN: 978-1-4197-0223-5

Page Count: 224

Publisher: Amulet/Abrams

Review Posted Online: Nov. 14, 2011

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Dec. 1, 2011

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From the diary of a wimpy kid series , vol. 14.

by Jeff Kinney ; illustrated by Jeff Kinney ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 5, 2019

Readers can still rely on this series to bring laughs.

The Heffley family’s house undergoes a disastrous attempt at home improvement.

When Great Aunt Reba dies, she leaves some money to the family. Greg’s mom calls a family meeting to determine what to do with their share, proposing home improvements and then overruling the family’s cartoonish wish lists and instead pushing for an addition to the kitchen. Before bringing in the construction crew, the Heffleys attempt to do minor maintenance and repairs themselves—during which Greg fails at the work in various slapstick scenes. Once the professionals are brought in, the problems keep getting worse: angry neighbors, terrifying problems in walls, and—most serious—civil permitting issues that put the kibosh on what work’s been done. Left with only enough inheritance to patch and repair the exterior of the house—and with the school’s dismal standardized test scores as a final straw—Greg’s mom steers the family toward moving, opening up house-hunting and house-selling storylines (and devastating loyal Rowley, who doesn’t want to lose his best friend). While Greg’s positive about the move, he’s not completely uncaring about Rowley’s action. (And of course, Greg himself is not as unaffected as he wishes.) The gags include effectively placed callbacks to seemingly incidental events (the “stress lizard” brought in on testing day is particularly funny) and a lampoon of after-school-special–style problem books. Just when it seems that the Heffleys really will move, a new sequence of chaotic trouble and property destruction heralds a return to the status quo. Whew.

Pub Date: Nov. 5, 2019

ISBN: 978-1-4197-3903-3

Review Posted Online: Nov. 18, 2019

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STEALING HOME

by J. Torres ; illustrated by David Namisato ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 5, 2021

An emotional, much-needed historical graphic novel.

Sandy and his family, Japanese Canadians, experience hatred and incarceration during World War II.

Sandy Saito loves baseball, and the Vancouver Asahi ballplayers are his heroes. But when they lose in the 1941 semifinals, Sandy’s dad calls it a bad omen. Sure enough, in December 1941, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor in the U.S. The Canadian government begins to ban Japanese people from certain areas, moving them to “dormitories” and setting a curfew. Sandy wants to spend time with his father, but as a doctor, his dad is busy, often sneaking out past curfew to work. One night Papa is taken to “where he [is] needed most,” and the family is forced into an internment camp. Life at the camp isn’t easy, and even with some of the Asahi players playing ball there, it just isn’t the same. Trying to understand and find joy again, Sandy struggles with his new reality and relationship with his father. Based on the true experiences of Japanese Canadians and the Vancouver Asahi team, this graphic novel is a glimpse of how their lives were affected by WWII. The end is a bit abrupt, but it’s still an inspiring and sweet look at how baseball helped them through hardship. The illustrations are all in a sepia tone, giving it an antique look and conveying the emotions and struggles. None of the illustrations of their experiences are overly graphic, making it a good introduction to this upsetting topic for middle-grade readers.

Pub Date: Oct. 5, 2021

ISBN: 978-1-5253-0334-0

Page Count: 112

Publisher: Kids Can

Review Posted Online: June 28, 2021

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15, 2021

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney - review

Are you a Wimpy Kid fan? If you are then this book is for you. Jeff Kinney has finally published the next installment in the DOAWK series, which has been a bestseller for children and teenagers.

This book is about Gregory's "horror" experience before Christmas that includes dealing with bullies, fighting for publication of his newspaper, remembering to be on his best behavior to get presents and the constant fear in his mind about the involvement in damage of school property. Greg knows that the police are coming for him when the surprise blizzard hits. The plot thickens as the snow does too, surrounding their house and trapping them inside.

This book portrays the dark side of Greg's family and his daily urge to play videogames. He meets his old friend Alfrendo who, he discovers, makes a perfect comic stand. He must suffer the torment of living with his brothers Rodrick and Manny who he feels get more attention than him.

This book focuses on the relationship of Manny and Greg and shows that Manny is very pampered and always gets his way whereas Greg never gets away with anything that he does. Greg is the perfect average child who has his life "ruined" by siblings. This book will tickle your funny bone till you will not be able to keep a straight face for days on end.

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Cabin fever — “diary of a wimpy kid” series.

• Jeff Kinney

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• Amulet Books, an imprint of Harry N. Abrams Inc

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Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney has been reviewed by Focus on the Family’s marriage and parenting magazine . It is the sixth book in the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series.

Plot Summary

In his sixth cartoon-filled diary, middle schooler Greg Heffley prepares for the holidays and endures winter snowstorms. He writes about his family’s Christmas traditions, such as the creepy stuffed elf that sits on the mantle and supposedly reports everyone’s behavior to Santa. Greg talks about his school’s extreme measures to prevent bullying and injury. The school removes all playground equipment and forbids toys. The kids are no longer allowed to run at recess, but they’re also banned from sitting because it isn’t active.

Greg describes his efforts to take care of something other than himself. He had grown to love the doll his mom bought him in preparation for his new little brother. Then the doll vanished. He moves on to fulfilling every desire of his virtual pet Chihuahua, buying it mansions, pools and outfits, until he runs out of money. He recalls different fundraisers he’s seen in the past and decides to shovel snow to support what Mom calls his Net Kritterz “habit.” He ends up icing over driveways in his efforts to speed up the shoveling process. Dad makes him spend more money than he’s earned to buy rock salt to fix the problem.

Greg’s school tries to create a healthier lunch program and forbids energy drinks. Many of Greg’s classmates go through withdrawals and buy the drinks on the school’s black market. Greg talks about his school’s gift exchanges and holiday bazaars. He and Rowley decide to have their own holiday bazaar to raise money, but end up staining a school wall when their neon announcement signs get wet in the rain. The boys lie low as police look for the vandals who damaged the school. Rowley inadvertently rats out Greg, who gets stuck cleaning the walls alone.

A blizzard strands Greg, his brothers and his mom in the house for several days while Dad is “trapped” at a nice hotel. The basement floods, they nearly run out of food, and they experience what they believe to be a power outage in freezing conditions. A few days later, they learn Greg’s younger brother, Manny, has flipped all the breaker switches except for the one to his own room.

Greg puts his name on the Giving Tree at church, asking for a sponsor to leave money for him under the recycling bin. He shovels the walk at church in a ski mask to dig out the bin but is disappointed to find no one has left cash. The newspaper later reports that a mysterious do-gooder cleared the church parking lot, making it possible for the soup kitchen to open.

Christian Beliefs

Greg’s family attends church regularly. Rowley goes with them once and is confused about when to stand, sit and kneel. He thinks it’s funny that congregants say “Peas be with you” to one another before they leave. Another time, the family attends the folk service. Mom urges Rodrick to join the band. He imagines himself as a drummer but gets stuck playing maracas. Greg says he, too, was duped into joining a church-related activity once when he signed up for the pre-teen club. Since they were lax on their age requirements, the club ended up being full of little kids.

Greg puts his name on the Giving Tree for needy families, asking that someone leave money for him under the recycling bin behind the church. He pities people whose birthdays are too close to Christmas because sometimes they don’t get separate gifts. He says it’s probably been happening for thousands of years. He includes a cartoon drawing of the apostles giving a wrapped package to Jesus and telling Him it’s both a birthday and a Christmas gift.

Other Belief Systems

Authority roles.

Dad is patient with Greg, even when the boy does thoughtless or destructive things like using steel wool to clean their new sports car. He often scolds Greg for using poor judgment. Greg’s stay-at-home mom gives Greg fundraising ideas and tries to help him solve his problems.

Profanity & Violence

Sexual content, discussion topics.

Get free discussion questions for this book and others, at FocusOnTheFamily.com/discuss-books .

Additional Comments

Immodesty: The book includes some mild bathroom humor and a few non-graphic cartoon drawings of Greg sitting on the toilet or standing in his underwear.

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Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

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It's awsome

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This book had so many interesting details and funny things included. Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is one of my favorites to read and I recommend for you to read it.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid!! My childhood! I love Kinney's work, and he's a really nice guy (I got to meet him!). I highly recommend this entire series.

I love book series SO much that i just want to have the whole series, even the ones that have just released! (Only if one released)

Sooooo good highly recommend!

Reading it so far so good Highly recommended👍

i love it i love to read the seirise it is kinda wonkie lol

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Diary of a wimpy kid: cabin fever.

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Report this review, i have read this so many times, awesome book.

This title has:

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Love the part when Greg was a Criminal but at the same time he was not

Pretty good,once again not the best book., great snowstorm story, my favorite diary of a wimpy kid book.

Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever

Life is not easy when you’re just a kid. Always expected to do what adults request of you or get punished.

Never allowed to speak up or be disrespectful especially if you want Santa to shine his guiding light on your Christmas Day.

Remember he can see you even when you are sleeping and he knows your every move even when you are awake. I’m beginning to think he has his own GPS in every kid, radar, or Lojack to track our movements and thoughts. Is there no privacy in this world?

Now, that is not all of the troubles I am going to relate to you in my latest book by Jeff Kinney. For some reason, he’s created me, Greg Heffley, like the kid who never ceases to have trouble following him even if he tries his best to avoid it.

Now for example I did offer to help mom with the groceries. Did that put me on Santa’s good list? How about the evil-looking doll that my mom found when she was just a kid? It seems to follow me wherever I go, even in the shower. But wait: this is nothing.

My troubles have just started to begin. What would you do if your mother saved a picture of you and your older brother in the tub? Would you want that on display for the world to see? How gross is that?

Next, putting up the Christmas decorations only to have to take them down when my youngest brother throws a fit because he was napping and did not get to hang his ornament first. Manny can be a real pain in you know what if you know what I mean.

Mom loves to use the Santa Card as her ace in the hole to get us to behave at least between Thanksgiving and Christmas. After that, she has no real way to reel us in. Next, let’s not forget the anti-bully campaign and poster contest in school.

However, Dennis is the resident bully since the rest are gone so you would think or might think that he is the star of the assembly and the posters to rid the school of him of course. So, what else will happen to me, Greg Heffley to make life even worse? Oh yeah: I have to deal with Mr. Nasty Pants and his reign of terror.

Just how I deal with it is the work of author Jeff Kinney and you will have to read that for yourself. Name-calling, teasing, hitting and all the fun stuff kids like to do to each other are all considered bullying and I will have no part of it.

But, now let’s get to the bulk of the story so you can learn what other things create havoc in my life and how I had to spent too much time with my family and develop as the title says: Cabin Fever.

This is the first book in the series that I am reviewing and I love the cartoon-like pictures, the expressions on the character’s faces and the way poor Greg feels sorry for himself thinks life has dealt him a bad hand , and never owns up to his own failings.

There are many kids that never realize that maybe it is their fault, or you need to see the light, or spending time with your family snowed in can be fun or in this case drive a kid crazy. Added to that one little brother that reminds me of my brother when we were younger. Wait until you hear what else Manny has in store to get even with his two older brothers. You have to laugh.

Greg continues now: My mother does not want me sitting in front of my computer playing video games all day long. I invited my friend Rowley over for what she calls human interaction or just talking to someone in person about anything.

Rowley does not mind watching me play games but she sent her into the basement hoping we would find something to amuse us. We found these books that are just like Madlibs where you read a passage and add words to a sentence without really knowing what the sentence says.

You ask the person parts of speech and then you read it back and it is hysterical. Of course let’s not forget Alfrendo the doll that kept me happy but I lost. Alfrendo was like my security blanket and for the life of me I can’t figure out where he went or why.

Rowley and Greg decide to play hide and seek in the woods and what Greg does to get out of going into the woods is priceless. Teaching his friend the ropes in Church and getting stuck going door to door after a snowstorm to make some money to buy video games, Greg is a typical kid that needs to remember that things do not come easily and you might have to work for what you want.

Shoveling snow did not work out but some of the situations described with the people he asked were hilarious. Asking for money to shovel driveways should have been profitable but one lady made him stay and talk to her for an hour and the next driveway, although he did clear got covered over with more snow.

Trying to be resourceful he used a sprinkler system to remove the snow got paid and wound up having to salt the man’s driveway after it turned into an ice skating rink. Poor Greg could not win as the author recounts many other times he had difficulties in the past. What else he got into that he should not have you have to read for yourself to appreciate it.

From school lunch menus that were changed to food substitutions and the lack of power drinks in the vending machines author Jeff Kinney covers just about everything kids complain about in school and at home. But, the big snowstorm has hit and what happens next will definitely explain the true meaning of Cabin Fever to the reader.

But, first Greg complains about not being able to hit his mom for money although she does give him twenty for presents at holiday time. An original comic book he thinks is worth forty dollars. Should he trade it in to buy holiday gifts? Wait and see what he learns when he takes it to the comic shop.

Poor Greg is not very enterprising and what he learns will definitely not endear his mother to him. But, she does bail in out in other ways and when they decide to create a video arcade for the holiday bazaar he comes up with some great ideas but the end result was not exactly what he would have expected as he creates his own newspaper to help promote the bazaar.

What he does is ingenious but the Vice Principal of his school is less than enthused when he hands them out.

School vandalism seemed to be running high and this is where Greg’s troubles really begin. Graffiti on the front of the school and sketch artists creating the pictures of the culprit that just might look familiar. What part did Greg and Rowley play? What did he do and would he get caught?

Three feet of snow saved his life from having to confess what he did to his father. Imagine beginning snowed in with your mom and two brothers and my Dad is the lucky one staying in a hotel. I would be happy with the events since I did not have to go to school but my little brother blew all of my tokens and whatever I won playing Net Kritterz.

But, there is more. Imagine this little kid figuring out my password so that I can’t play anymore and earn the points and the tokens back. What is to become of my virtual pet? A flood in the basement, Manny throwing tantrums, Greg playing brother, mother, and father to him, and Rodrick hiding out in the basement. Dad still at the hotel did not sound upset even when we told him what was happening with us.

What happens next you will have to learn for yourself as Greg, Manny, Rodrick, and their mom learn the true meaning of the words Cabin Fever, and one young man learns the meaning of even more.

Characters that are real life and a story that teaches children that sometimes you cannot take things for granted and you have to deal with adversity and things as they come. Written in diary form each day of Greg’s experiences recorded and past events remembered. Can’t wait to see what happens next when and if the snow clears.

Would you want to be stuck with nothing to do, low on food supplies, your two brothers, one upset mother who tries to entertain the troops, and nowhere to turn? Read about what happens when Santa makes an unusual gift presentation to Greg and his family.

Born in the South Bronx, I grew up with people from many ethnic backgrounds. I learned to play and work with children in my school that came from other countries and different places. I was always over weight as a child and got picked on a lot by the other children in my class and even my teachers. I found it hard to do many of the sporting activities that my sister and cousins could do. I learned at an early age that kids can be mean and I promised myself that I would never retaliate or do mean things to other kids in return.

When I decided to write my short stories I realized that I had a lot to say about my youth and in both of my books I tell about a ten year old girl named Bertha who learns to deal with real life issues kids face today at home and in school.

As an educator I the New York City Public Schools for over 36 years, I realized just how unique and precious our children are. I was the reading and writing staff developer in my school and the dean. I loved the children and had the respect of my fellow teachers and parents. Teaching children to read was really very rewarding and introducing them to writing and creating their own stories was exciting for the students. I love reading different kinds of books in many different genres. I have started reviewing books of new authors and those that are more established. I love giving them great reviews and saying wonderful things about their writing. I have three Masters Degrees and PD in Supervision and Administration. Currently I am a member of Who’s Who is America’s Teachers and Who’s Who of America’s Executives from Cambridge. In addition, she is the author of three children’s books and a fourth that has just been published on Alzheimer's Disease in order to honor her mom and help create more awareness for a Cure. The title of my new Alzheimer’s book is Memories are Precious: Alzheimer’s Journey; Ruth’s story. My second Alzheimer’s Book is called Sharp As A Tack or Scrambled Eggs Which Describes Your Brain. This book should be out in June 2010. I was the musical director for shows in her school and ran the School’s newspaper. I write reviews for authors upon request and for several other sites. You can read some of my reviews on Ezine.com and on ijustfinished.com under the name Gabina.

Other accomplishments: Book reviewer Radio show talk host: book discussion with Fran Lewis and authors all over the US and the world- how cool is that I get authors that even request a review. Would love to become an interviewer. Caregiver and expert on Medicaid and medicare Author of five books and writing number six The sixth book is based on a true story but will be written as a fictional memoir. Worked in the same school for 36 years as the reading and writing staff developer I was the dean of discipline and assisted the Principal and AP when needed I was the test coordinator for the school and instructed teachers in testing procedures –administrated the tests and oversaw the reading, math and other tests to make sure that everything ran smoothly.

I am an expert in the ELA or any test prep for reading and writing I can take an author’s book and even if it is not five stars write a five star review for them by looking for the soul of the book and for something positive. I am a member of Who’s Who of America’s executives, teachers and professionals and belong the Cambridge’s Connect and Pen with Sword I would like to take my three children’s book plus the fourth one and put them together in one book. I played the piano as a kid and the violin. I was in the Bronx Borough Orchestra. I played the piano in Carnegie Hall –that was scary. I do consulting for some of the teachers in my school when they need help with lesson plans. I love writing for Robins Falls Magazine.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever Summary & Study Guide Description

“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever” is a young adult novel by Jeff Kinney. It is the sixth installment in Kinney’s “Wimpy Kid” series. “Cabin Fever” follows the misadventures of Greg Heffley as his attempt to earn money for Christmas gifts gets him in trouble at school just as a massive blizzard sets in. When the novel begins, Thanksgiving has just passed, and Greg is panicked about being as good as he can so that Santa Claus will bring him many gifts. Greg spends much of his free time playing the game Net Critterz online. Greg needs cash to buy his virtual pet Chihuahua various items, but his mom says she will not give him any money. Further, she reveals that Greg will have to earn his own money to buy gifts for others this year. Greg asks for money to be left behind the church in an envelope request on the church’s Giving Tree, where people help one another out anonymously.

Greg immediately sets to work trying to come up with ways to earn cash. His attempts at shoveling snow end in failure as he tries to use water to blast away the snow –which in turn causes a sheet of ice to build up instead. Greg and Rowley decide to have a Holiday Bazaar like the school does, and will sell concession snacks, offer games, and sell gifts. Greg and Rowley discover it is too expensive to advertise in the local paper, and the local paper won’t cover their Bazaar as they deem it to not be newsworthy. Greg and Rowley decide to then create their own paper to advertise their Bazaar, but Vice Principal Roy will not let them hand it out at school. Greg and Rowley decide to advertise for their Bazaar by creating signs and taping them to the school wall. When rain begins falling, it causes the signs to run – and green ink to stain the bricks. Greg and Rowley then flee when a teacher nearly catches them.

The newspaper carries a story about the vandalism. At school, Roy addresses the student body, demanding that the guilty parties, or anyone with any information, come forward. Rowley submits an anonymous note saying he and Greg are responsible for the vandalism. Greg refuses to identify Rowley as the co-conspirator, meaning that Greg must now clean the bricks alone. It takes him several hours, but he manages to do it. At home, Greg learns the police have paid his house a visit, but with no one home, have merely left a note. Greg is panicked and angered that Roy has brought in the police.

That night, a terrible blizzard sets in which rages all weekend and prevents the police from returning. Greg’s dad takes a hotel room near work since he cannot make it home. That leaves Greg, his mother, Rodrick, and Manny at home alone. Greg quickly gets bored, as there are only so many things that can be done. When Manny breaks their mom’s glasses, Greg is the one who must help his mom care for Manny. When the basement floods as a result of all the snow, Rodrick, whose bedroom is in the basement, must share Greg’s bedroom upstairs which annoys Greg even more. As Christmas Eve rolls around, Greg’s dad is able to return.

Greg is sent to drop off a toy donation at the Toy Drive bin outside the police station. Greg does this in a ski mask so the police do not identify him. He then swings by the church to see if anyone has left cash for him, shoveling the entire parking lot to make sure, but there is nothing there. The newspaper carries a story the next morning of an anonymous do-gooder who shoveled the school parking lot, enabling the soup kitchen to open. Greg considers publishing a second edition of his own newspaper to name himself as the do-gooder.

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Cabin Fever

In  Cabin Fever,  book 6 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?

ISBN: 978-1-4197-4191-3

• Published: Nov 01, 2011
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Famed for laugh-out-loud humor through words and cartoons, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books follow Greg Heffley as he records the trials and triumphs of middle school. More than 290 million copies have been sold around the globe!

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Diary of a wimpy kid: cabin fever.

Written by Jeff Kinney

Illustrated by Jeff Kinney

Reviewed by Antonio T. (age 9)

It’s another adventure with the Heffly’s! It’s really funny! Do you like humorous books? If you like funny books this is perfect for you. Rowly and Greg make a Pacman arcade machine and when they were trying to fit the ghost in the machine, it broke apart. If you want to find out more, you should get this book.

I like the illustrations because they look like a comic book. Rowly is like me because he is funny. In my opinion the book is hilarious because of Manny. He is Greg’s brother and makes up lots of random words and jokes that don’t make any sense!

I recommend this book to boys and girls who like to read books with a lot of humor.This book might interest a reader who enjoys silly stories. Reading this book might make them want to read the whole series.

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Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) Hardcover – November 15, 2011

• Part of Series Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Print length 224 pages
• Language English
• Grade level 3 - 7
• Lexile measure 1060L
• Dimensions 5.8 x 0.9 x 8.3 inches
• Publisher Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date November 15, 2011
• ISBN-10 9781419702235
• ISBN-13 978-1419702235
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Question: Given all the jobs that you have--game designer, fatherhood, Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie work, etc.,--do you have a certain time that you set aside to write?

Kinney: I still treat writing like a hobby, working mostly at night and sometimes on weekends. But when a deadline looms my hobby time gets extended into the wee hours of the night. It's not uncommon for me to work until 4:00 a.m., and I'm usually back at work by 9:00 a.m.

Q: Did you get to choose which character you would play in the Wimpy Kid films (Mr. Hills)? What do you enjoy most about working on the movies?

Kinney: I never any real desire to appear in the Wimpy Kid films, but one day my wife encouraged me to be an extra in one of the crowd scenes. So I walked onto the set, ready to ask the assistant director to put me somewhere in the back. It happened that right at that moment the director was looking for someone to play the role of Mr. Hills, Holly Hills's father. What I didn't realize was that I'd be front and center in the church scene, and in the new movie, I'm even more prominent. I'm incredibly self-conscious so appearing on-camera was a real stretch for me.

Q: In 2009 Time magazine named you as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World--what’s the first thing you did after you found out?

Kinney: I thought it was a practical joke, so I tried to track down the source of the joke. I eventually reached a voicemail of a reporter who said they worked for Time , and at that point I thought it was just a well-planned practical joke. It took me a while to realize it was for real. It was a big honor, but I don't take it very seriously. I'm the fourth most influential person in my own house.

Q: Would you ever consider making Wimpy Kid into a newspaper comic strip or creating another one? Do you have any favorite comic strips that you currently read?

Kinney: I've considered it. I set out to become a newspaper cartoonist but failed to break in. But I like the freedom books give me, so it would be tough to cram my ideas into three or four panels.

Q: What is (or could be) you motto in life?

Kinney: I was inspired to write by a Benjamin Franklin quote: "Well done is better than well said." But I always encourage kids to "create something great," because the tools to create something original and find an audience are available to them like never before.

Q: What was your favorite year in school, and why?

Kinney: Fifth grade was my favorite year. I had a great teacher, Mrs. Norton, who encouraged me to be funny and challenged me to be a better artist and joke-teller than I was. I liked it that she didn't coddle me.

Q: Kids now ask for a book that is “like Diary of a Wimpy Kid ,” and with this series you’ve created a whole new subset of books for young readers--how does it feel to be the person behind such massive book enjoyment, reaching reluctant readers, and spawning any number of titles that aspire to be “the next Wimpy Kid ?”

Kinney: I'm happy that kids are reading. I think graphical books reach kids who might otherwise see books as work. Books should be fun!

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• ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1419702238
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harry N. Abrams; 1st edition (November 15, 2011)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781419702235
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1419702235
• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 11 years, from customers
• Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1060L
• Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.8 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.8 x 0.9 x 8.3 inches
• #2,711 in Children's Comics & Graphic Novels (Books)
• #4,640 in Children's Humor

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Jeff kinney.

Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' and 'Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid' series. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for 'Favorite Book' and has been named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He is also the creator of Poptropica, which was named one of Time’s 50 Best Websites. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and later moved to New England where he and his wife own a bookstore, 'An Unlikely Story'.

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