The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series

While standing in line with my son, while we waited for his class to go in to school, someone gave him the "cheese touch." Not the cheese touch! He gave it to a little girl, who looked quite upset. I volunteered to let her give it to me and I brought it home. The kids were hysterical.

I know some of them learned about the "cheese touch" from watching the movie, but my son learned about it first from reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Kids probably should not miss out on this one because of the soon-to-be permanent cultural references. Written in diary format with drawings, the story deals with one boy's struggle to be "cool" and climb the social ladder in middle school.

I have not read this book, but as a second grade teacher this book often has to be confiscated due to its distracting nature in class. Often there is a crowd of boys surrounding a worn copy. These books travel with us to lunch, recess, computer, etc.

If you want to give an eight year old boy a book they will not put down, you have found it here!

"I really liked it because I thought it was very funny and I thought it was the last book, but it wasn't." - Cameron, an 8 1/2 year old boy and the reader of the book.

"I did not read the book, but my son loves this series. He is a very big reader anyway, but these books are something new and he read each of them in a day." - Monica, Mom of Cameron

Kinney strikes again in his fourth installment of in the Wimpy Kid series starring the hapless Greg Heffley. As Greg looks forward to the dog days of summer glued to his video games, his mom has something else planned—a family retreat. Tweens won’t be let down as they will be eager to follow Greg and his vacation shenanigans.

I liked this book because you get to write your own story and play games in it. You also get to write your own life story. — Cameron, 8 1/2 year old boy

My son was excited to get this. Since the books are a combination of drawing and writing, this do-it-yourself book should help children use their imagination and create their own life story. — Monica, Mom of Cameron