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Watch and Read—Spotlight on Media Tie-ins: Those Wimpy Days of Summer
Greg Heffley, the socially beleaguered but much-beloved star of Jeff Kinney’s reader-favorite book series (Amulet), returns to the big screen in a third live-action motion picture from 20th Century...
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Jeff Kinney LIVE!
Join us for a special presentation by Jeff Kinney and a first look at the seventh Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, The Third Wheel, on the eve of its release! Broadcasting LIVE from Clayton High School in...
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Wimpy Kid Author Jeff Kinney Talks About his Inspirations, the Road to Fame,...
The “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series (Abrams) is wildly popular, spawning spin-offs, a movie, and countless imitations, yet author Jeff Kinney never anticipated such success. In a live SLJ webcast on...
View ArticleWhen Colleagues Need Clarification About Restricting Books | Scales on...
As a K−6 elementary school librarian, I frequently hear other librarians debate the question: What grade level do you let borrow the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” (Abrams) and “Captain Underpants”...
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Author, Artist, and, Now, Bookstore Owner: “Wimpy Kid” Creator Jeff Kinney’s...
Jeff Kinney at An Unlikely Story. All photos by Brigid Alverson. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” author Jeff Kinney’s bookstore, An Unlikely Story, had its genesis in a book and a building. The book was Bill...
View ArticleFresh Alternatives Build Engagement | Scales on Censorship
My students are very enthusiastic and sometimes competitive readers. Last year our first graders became obsessed with Diary of a Wimpy Kid but the books were really above the reading level of most of...
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Page to Screen: Rowling Returns and “Children” Cut Loose
Eva Green in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Photo: Leah Gallo) Will the YA dystopian film genre go the way of “The Divergent Series”? In July, its distributor Lionsgate announced that the...
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Are We There Yet? |“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul” Movie Review
Charlie Wright, left, and Jason Drucker in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (David McFadden) The reboot of the film series based on Jeff Kinney’s wildly popular books lives up to its subtitle; the...
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