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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Created by	Jeff Kinney
Original work	Diary of a Wimpy Child (2007; preceded by online version on Funbrain in 2004)
Possessor	Wimpy Kid, Inc. (IP holder) Abrams Books (publishing; under Amulet Books label) The Walt Disney Company (film rights; via 20th Century Studios)
Print publications
Book(s)	Books listing
Films and telly
Film(southward)	Film serial
Theatrical presentations
Musical(s)	Musical
Official website
wimpykid.com

Diary of a Wimpy Child is an American fiction volume series and media franchise created past writer and cartoonist Jeff Kinney.^{[ane] [ii]} The series follows Greg Heffley, a middle-schooler who illustrates his daily life in a diary.^[3]

Kinney spent eight years working on the volume before showing it to a publisher.^[4] In May 2004, FunBrain and Kinney released an online version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The website made daily entries until June 2005.^[5] The online version received almost xx million views as of 2009. However, many online readers requested a printed version. In February 2006, during the New York Comic Con, Kinney signed a multi-book deal with publisher Abrams Books to turn Diary of a Wimpy Child into a print series.^[4] The first installment was released in April 2007^[5] to firsthand success. In April 2009, Time mag named Kinney to the Time 100 nearly influential people.^[6]

Sixteen books in the serial have been released as of 2021; an action book has also been released. A spin-off series, centering on the character Rowley Jefferson, has three installments as of 2021.^[7] The get-go, second, fourth and ninth installments accept been adapted into films by 20th Century Fob;^[viii] two books take been released chronicling the production of the films.

Since the release of the online version in May 2004, most of the books take garnered positive reviews and commercial success. As of 2021, more than 250 million copies take been sold globally, making it the sixth best-selling book series of all time.^[9]

Chronology [edit]

#	Title	Date	ISBN
1	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	April 1, 2007	ISBN 978-0-8109-9313-6
The introduction to the series focuses on the protagonist, Greg Heffley, and his attempts to get popular in school.
2	Rodrick Rules	Feb 1, 2008	ISBN 978-0-8109-9473-7
Greg's blood brother, Rodrick, threatens to reveal an embarrassing incident that took identify final summer, and Greg must forbid this while putting upwardly with Rodrick's oppressive ways.
three	The Final Straw	January thirteen, 2009	ISBN 978-0-8109-7068-7
Greg'southward father, Frank, wants Greg to be stronger and plans to send him to a armed forces school. Greg must convince him to change his heed, whilst trying to impress his trounce.
4	Dog Days	October 12, 2009	ISBN 978-0-8109-8391-5
Over summertime holiday, Greg struggles with a boardwalk holiday, staying friends with Rowley, impressing a high school girl at the town pool, and coping with a new pet dog.
five	The Ugly Truth	November 9, 2010	ISBN 978-0-8109-8491-2
While starting a new school yr, Greg realizes he is growing up and has to face the challenges of this period, similar changing dentists, attending a school lock-in, and learning about puberty.
6	Motel Fever	November 15, 2011	ISBN 978-ane-4197-0223-five
The family is stranded in the house during a blizzard, while Greg fears that he will go to jail for accidentally vandalizing his schoolhouse.
vii	The 3rd Bike	November 13, 2012	ISBN 978-1-4197-0584-seven
Greg tries to discover a appointment for a school Valentine'south Mean solar day dance, and he and Rowley end up both taking a daughter named Abigail.
8	Hard Luck	November 5, 2013	ISBN 978-one-4197-1132-nine
Continuing from the last book, Abigail and Rowley are now a couple, leaving Greg out. When things get worse for him, Greg uses a Magic viii-Ball to brand his decisions for him and plough his life around.
9	The Long Haul	November 4, 2014	ISBN 978-ane-4197-1189-3
The Heffleys proceed a road trip over the summer, to Greg'south dismay.
ten	Erstwhile School	November iii, 2015	ISBN 978-ane-4197-1701-vii
Greg'south mother petitions the town to not utilise electronics for a weekend. Later, to avoid his dad subsequently accidentally ruining the machine, Greg goes on a school field trip to an old-fashioned farm.
11	Double Down	Nov one, 2016	ISBN 978-1-4197-2344-5
Greg explores his creative talents by playing an instrument, making a picture with Rowley, and attending a wild Halloween party.
12	The Getaway	November 7, 2017	ISBN 978-1-4197-2545-six
For Christmas, the Heffleys board a plane to a tropical resort.
xiii	The Meltdown	Oct 30, 2018	ISBN 978-1-4197-2743-6
In the winter, Greg and Rowley participate in a street-wide snowball fight.
14	Wrecking Ball	November v, 2019	ISBN 978-0241396636
The Heffleys receive an inheritance from Greg'south recently deceased great-aunt and apply the money to renovate their business firm. When structure goes wrong and Greg'southward schoolhouse has its funding cutting, the family unit looks for new houses to motion into.
15	The Deep End	Oct 27, 2020	ISBN 978-1419748684
The Heffleys discover themselves stranded at an RV park on a camping trip.
sixteen	Large Shot	October 26, 2021	ISBN 978-1419749155
When Greg has an awful field twenty-four hour period at school, he officially retires from doing sport-related activities until his mom forces him to endeavor out for basketball. Greg ends upwards on the worst squad and it's up to him to win them their kickoff game.

Supplementary books [edit]

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book is an activeness book that features a blank department encouraging readers to keep their own journal in the fashion of the books.
• The Wimpy Kid Practice-It-Yourself Book (published after the second edition of Wimpy Kid Movie Diary and before Motel Fever) is the same volume as the first Exercise-It-Yourself Book, only with sixty extra pages and 16 more than full-color comics.
• The Wimpy Kid Motion picture Diary is a book about the making of the kickoff film, which features stills and brand-new illustrations. Jeff Kinney defended the book to the film'due south master stars, Zachary Gordon and Robert Capron.
• The Wimpy Child Pic Diary: Now Includes The New Movie Rodrick Rules is an updated version of the commencement book, now featuring stills from the second film Rodrick Rules, more new illustrations, and information on how the 2d film was made.^{[ verification needed ]}
• The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Story of All 3 Movies! is the 2nd updated version of the first book, now calculation stills from the third moving-picture show Domestic dog Days, and information on how this film was made.^{[ verification needed ]}
• The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Next Chapter covers how the flick The Long Haul was made. It is dedicated to Jason Drucker, the actor who played Greg in that movie.^[10]

Spin-offs [edit]

A spin-off series has been published, written from Rowley's perspective. The commencement installment, Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal, was released on April nine, 2019, and is a series of anecdotes about Greg and Rowley's friendship. The 2nd, Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Chance, is in the style of a fantasy adventure and was released on August 4, 2020.^[xi] The book's original release engagement was April 7, 2020,^{[12] [13]} but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The third, Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories, was released on March 16, 2021.^[7]

Audiobooks [edit]

Audiobooks have been released for each main installment in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. The Recorded Books versions are read by Ramon de Ocampo, while the Penguin Books versions are read by Dan Russell, who has done so since The Third Wheel, and in 2018 he re-narrated the showtime half dozen books for the markets where Penguin publish the serial.

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid (April 1, 2007)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (February 1, 2008)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (January xiii, 2009)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (Oct 12, 2009)
• Diary of a Wimpy Child: The Ugly Truth (November 9, 2010)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever (Nov 15, 2011)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel (November thirteen, 2012)
• Diary of a Wimpy Child: Hard Luck (November 5, 2013)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Booty (November 4, 2014)
• Diary of a Wimpy Child: Old School (November 3, 2015)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Downwardly (November 1, 2016)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway (Nov 7, 2017)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown (Oct 30, 2018)
• Diary of a Wimpy Child: Wrecking Ball (November 5, 2019)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End (October 27, 2020)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot (October 26, 2021)

Characters [edit]

• Greg Heffley is a middle school student, who is the master character and narrator of the series. He is obsessed with video games.
• Rowley Jefferson is Greg's best friend.
• Rodrick Heffley is Greg and Manny'southward older blood brother, who is rude, and the drummer in his ring Löded Diper. He ordinarily is noted for playing tricks on Greg.
• Manny Heffley is Greg and Rodrick's spoiled younger brother, who is known to exist a tattletale.
• Susan Heffley is Greg'due south mother. She often embarrasses Greg.
• Frank Heffley is Greg'south father. He always wants Greg to do sports and "to become a human being", and doesn't similar giving upward.
• Gramma is Greg'south maternal grandmother.
• Grandfather is Greg'southward paternal granddaddy who is sometimes noted for irritating Greg.
• Fregley is Greg'due south odd neighbour and classmate.
• Chirag Gupta is one of Greg'due south friends whom he once played a trick on, pretending Chirag to accept been invisible, then later pretended he was going deaf.
• Holly Hills is Greg'due south shell.
• Heather Hills is Holly's sister, and was Greg and Rodrick'south crush.
• Sweetie is the name given to the Heffleys' temporary dog, who annoys Greg. Subsequently on, they give him to Gramma, who spoils him and is the crusade of him becoming overweight.
• An unnamed pig was won by Manny at a county fair. The pig displays loftier intelligence, and walks upright. It eventually ran abroad.

Achievements [edit]

Awards and honors [edit]

Accolade	Category	Event
#ane New York Times All-time Seller (664 weeks)		Won
2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Selection Awards	Favorite Book
2009 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards		Nominated
ALA Notable Book		Won
2010 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Volume[14]
2010 Most Favorite Book Around the World
2011 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Book
2012 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
2013 Nickelodeon Kids' Selection Awards		Nominated
2014 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards		Won
2015 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
2016 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Commercial success [edit]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid was well received from The Princeton Review, Gold Card Association, The Dallas News, The TRR Editors, The NW Printing, and The JJ Printing Company. The New York Times, which ranks children's serials collectively on a "Series Books" bestseller list, has included the Wimpy Kid series for 664 weeks equally of Dec 8, 2021.^[xv] U.s. Today, which ranks best sellers based on sales alone regardless of genre or intended audience, has listed Diary of a Wimpy Kid in its elevation 150, peaking at number 8, for 141 weeks as of April 4, 2010.

As of the same appointment, Rodrick Rules has been on the list for 117 weeks (peaking at number iv), The Final Harbinger has been on the list for 65 weeks (peaking at number 1), Dog Days has been on the list for all 25 weeks of its publication (peaking at number 1), and The Wimpy Kid Motion picture Diary has been listed for all three weeks of its publication, peaking at number 2.^[sixteen]

The series has sold over 200 million books ^[17] in 56 languages and 65 editions throughout the earth.^[18] The series has too generated over $500 meg in acquirement.^[nineteen]

Media [edit]

Films [edit]

Jeff Kinney announced that a film based on the offset book would be produced by 20th Century Fox. The motion picture was released on March 19, 2010, moved upwards from an Apr 2 release date.^[20] It was directed by Thor Freudenthal, who also directed Hotel for Dogs. The film starred Zachary Gordon every bit Greg, Robert Capron as Rowley (Greg's best friend), Steve Zahn as Frank (Greg's father), Rachael Harris as Susan (Greg's mother), Devon Bostick as Rodrick (Greg's older brother), Connor and Owen Fielding as Manny (Greg'due south younger brother), Chloë Grace Moretz as a new character named Angie, and Grayson Russell as Fregley.^{[8] [21]}

There is a second picture in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid pic series that was released on March 25, 2011,^[22] which was based on the second volume Rodrick Rules, with Zachary Gordon returning as Greg Heffley. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules was likewise filmed in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The film besides contains some scenes from The Last Straw.

The third film combines the third and fourth books The Concluding Straw and Domestic dog Days, taking stories from both, simply mainly from Dog Days, from which it took its title. The determination to blend the two films was made to keep up with the ages of the actors. The film was released on August three, 2012.^[23]

The likelihood of a fourth alive-activity picture show was slim. Kinney has announced the possibility for an animated film to be based on Diary of a Wimpy Child: Motel Fever as the side by side installment. In an interview for the book Hard Luck, Jeff Kinney stated he was working with Trick on a half-60 minutes special of Cabin Fever, which was to be aired in late 2014,^{[24] [25]} just as of 2021 no updates on the special have been announced. In September 2016, Jeff Kinney announced officially the production of a fourth film, Diary of a Wimpy Child: The Long Haul, on his Twitter account.^[26] The film was released in May 2017 and was based on The Long Haul, Hard Luck, and The 3rd Wheel. On August 6, 2019, Disney appear they would reboot Diary of a Wimpy Child, Domicile Lone and Dark at the Museum for their streaming service, Disney+.^[27]

On December 10, 2020, Disney announced at their 2020 Investor's Day that an animated Diary of a Wimpy Child pic would exist coming to Disney+ on December 3, 2021.^[28]

Musical [edit]

A musical titled Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical was produced by the Children's Theatre Visitor in 2016.^[29]

References [edit]

1. ^ Browne, David (March 20, 2011). "All about Jeff Kinney". Parade . Retrieved December 27, 2011.
2. ^ "Ten years ago, Jeff Kinney created a new kind of comic hero". The Washington Post. Associated Press. April 26, 2017. Retrieved Apr 27, 2017. Abrams Books said the 12th book, coming November vii, will be chosen 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway.'
3. ^ Kinney, Jeff (Apr 2007). Diary of a Wimpy Child: Greg Heffley'south periodical. Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Amulet Books. ISBN978-0-8109-9313-vi.
4. ^ ^{a b} "WIMPY 2 Concluding". November 3, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
5. ^ ^{a b} "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". FunBrain. Family Education Network. Retrieved March five, 2011.
6. ^ Simpson, Forrest (2009). "The 2009 Time 100: Jeff Kinney". Fourth dimension.
7. ^ ^{a b} Yasharoff, Hannah. "How 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' writer Jeff Kinney became the rex of COVID-19 book tours". The states TODAY.
8. ^ ^{a b} ""Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)" on". Comingsoon.net. March 19, 2010. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
9. ^ Kantor, Emma (May 26, 2020). "Wimpy Kid 15 Cover and Title Revealed". PublishersWeekly.com . Retrieved December 17, 2020.
10. ^ Kinney, Jeff. "The Wimpy Child Motion-picture show Diary: The Side by side Chapter". Retrieved March 28, 2017.
11. ^ @wimpykid (March 18, 2020). "Hey everyone - we made the determination to filibuster Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure until Baronial 4th. (more)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
12. ^ Maughan, Shannon (February 13, 2020). "Jeff Kinney'due south First 'Wimpy Kid' Fantasy Adventure Due in Apr". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved February xiii, 2020.
13. ^ "Rowley Jefferson's Crawly Friendly Gamble". Abrams. Retrieved Feb xiii, 2020.
14. ^ "The 2018 Kids' Choice Awards - Kids Games, Videos, Pictures". www.nick.com . Retrieved October 21, 2018.
15. ^ Dixler, Elsa. "The New York Times Best Sellers: Children's Books". The New York Times . Retrieved December 8, 2021.
16. ^ "United states of america Today: Best-Selling Books Database". Us Today. April 21, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
17. ^ "Jeff Kinney to Striking the Route for The Meltdown". Publishers Weekly. September 25, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
18. ^ "Get Ready to Read Diary O A Wimpy Wean". Scottish Field. October 1, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
19. ^ Lewis, Andy (June 27, 2011). "Inside 'Diary of a Wimpy Child'due south' $500 Meg Franchise". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved December iii, 2015.
20. ^ "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules – On Double DVD and Blu-ray Now". Diaryofawimpykidmovie.com. Retrieved May vii, 2011.
21. ^ "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". Retrieved October 21, 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
22. ^ 'Diary of a Wimpy Child' Sequel to Bow Next March Archived March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Moviefone. Retrieved Jan 15, 2011.
23. ^ "Diary of a Wimpy Child: Dog Days". ComingSoon.cyberspace. CraveOnline. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
24. ^ "Hard Luck and Big Dreams: SLJ Chats with "Wimpy Kid" Creator Jeff Kinney". School Library Journal . Retrieved November 11, 2013.
25. ^ Minzesheimer, Bob (Baronial viii, 2013). "Narrator hits 'Difficult Luck' in eighth Wimpy Child book". United states of america Today . Retrieved Nov 11, 2013.
26. ^ Kinney, Jeff (September 13, 2016). "OK, this is really happening! Filming starts next calendar week in Atlanta!". Twitter. Retrieved Oct 15, 2016.
27. ^ "Disney Plans To Reboot Domicile Lonely, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, and DIARY OF A WIMPY Child". GeekTyrant.
28. ^ Polo, Susana. "A Diary of a Wimpy Kid animated pic is coming to Disney Plus". Polygon . Retrieved December 10, 2020.
29. ^ "Wimpy Kid #11 to Hitting Shelves This November". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved January vii, 2017.

External links [edit]

• Official website
• Online book on FunBrain
• Official blog
• Official film site

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