The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series

Third grade humor. Yes, grammatical errors, but a great example of an unreliable narrator so the book opens up discussions on perspective and who gets to tell the story and how the story might change if another character told it. Because of the grammatical errors it rings true to kids and even they can be discussed. My son enjoys these books - not as much as the Percy Jackson books, but enough that he has them all. He and his older brother, 12, have a great time reading them together in the car.

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