Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Critics

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney

  It's all change for the wimpy kid. He's still as flummoxed by school life, and the social kudos gained by certain second hand textbooks. He's still not sure why he's not getting the attention at home that's now being delivered on his younger brother. ... (read full critics)

  thebookbag published on Fri, 26 Nov 2010

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A Novel in Cartoons By Jeff Kinney

  Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A Novel in Cartoons is told from the point of view of Greg, a boy whose mom makes him keep a journal about his life. A childlike scrawl and scribbly line drawings illustrate the story. The writing is sharp, and the ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

4 Reviews

• First Book Review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules

  I really like this book because it is a very funny, entertaining quick read for kids and, in my opinion, adults too. I really liked the comics in this book because they help to bring the characters to life and provide a interesting glimpse into the mind of a middle school student. Honestly, I real ... (continue)

  I really like this book because it is a very funny, entertaining quick read for kids and, in my opinion, adults too. I really liked the comics in this book because they help to bring the characters to life and provide a interesting glimpse into the mind of a middle school student. Honestly, I really liked everything about the book. There is nothing that really disliked about the book or would want to change. I absolutely love this series because it's so funny and it also gives me an excuse to have little mini book club sessions with my nine year old nephew. I made connections throughout this book when I read. Three examples are listed below.

  A. When I was in middle school, I was a lot like Greg. I was constantly worried about the way things would affect my popularity at school. Also, I had an older sister that was a lot like Rodrick. She loved to make my life as difficult as possible. She always thought of me as her annoying little sister.
  B. In the book, Rowley gets a new journal with a lock. Greg buys the same journal so that he can use the key to open Rowley's journal and read what he has written. I did the very same thing to my cousin, Haley, when we were kids. For Christmas she had gotten a new Secret Diary and I had used the key from my Secret Diary to pick the lock and read her diary.
  C. In the book there is a part where Greg recalls a time when his mother pretended that she couldn't see Greg under the table. She walks around calling out, "Greg. Has anyone seen Gregory?" I really connected with this part because I used to play that game with my nephew when he was little. I would pretend I couldn't see him until he revealed himself and came out giggling.

  This book could easily be brought into my future classroom. As a middle school educator my students could relate to this book because it discusses several issues that adolescence go through in middle school. In the Middle Level Education program we are not only taught how to teach our subject area along, we are also taught to be aware and sensitive of the difficulties that children of this age group face. There are many changes that these kids are challenged with in middle school and this book illustrates them perfectly with positive messages throughout. Since this book is not really about Science, I could have the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series in my classroom library so that they could have access to it in their free time. If they wanted to, they could check it out. Also, I could read excerpts of it if there were a situation where it would be relevant to something going on at school or in my class.

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  Avoisin1 said on Nov 1, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  Class Review

  1. I liked that this book related to the middle level age of students. I am a middle level education major, and this book really nailed it on how the social pressure affects many kids.

  2. I disliked how the book portrayed the father. In parts of the book, the author made the father out to be dumb. ... (continue)

  1. I liked that this book related to the middle level age of students. I am a middle level education major, and this book really nailed it on how the social pressure affects many kids.

  2. I disliked how the book portrayed the father. In parts of the book, the author made the father out to be dumb. Most parents are not that dumb. It almost takes away from the fact that Greg is struggling at school and at home. Kids at that age are also trying to figure out where they stand at home. It seems to only focus on the school part, which is OK; however, I would have liked to see Greg's dad be a little bit more authoritative, which would have been a little more realistic.

  3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid was easy to make connections to. When I was in middle school, I had an older sister that was in high school. It was a very similar situation to the main character, Greg, in the book. My twin sister and I would always look through her stuff and try to figure out what we had to do to "be cool." She thought we were stupid and was mean to us. When I was reading the book, I couldn't help but think about close the relationship between Greg and his brother resembled the relationship between my sister and I.
  Another connection I made to the book was the pressure that Greg felt to fit in socially. Middle school is such a hard time in any kid's life. Things are changing physically and emotionally. I remember not liking the same kids I had grown up with because I thought that they had "changed." Some tried to act like they were better than everyone; some were mean; and some were just behind everyone else. It was hard to find a place to fit in.
  Another connection I made to the book was the idea of the "cheese touch." When I was vacationing last summer, my younger cousin kept giving everyone the cheese touch. The only way to protect yourself was to keep your fingers crossed. For some reason, I played along because I didn't want the cheese touch either. I actually got him once and he cried. It reminded me that kids at that age take stuff so seriously. What difference did it make if he had the "cheese touch?" This was before I had read the book and looking back, I can see why he was so upset that he had it for a slip second.

  4. Once way I could integrate this into my classroom is to discuss the social pressure that students are facing. As teachers, it is our job to also teach respect and morals. It would be an awesome whole class read that we could discuss daily as a class. I picture us sitting around talking about the social pressure that Greg is feeling and how it relates to the way everyone else is feeling. I think that every single middle school student out there could make some connection to the book. I would like the make this part of our classroom read and have students write a short essay on how it connects to their experience in middle school.

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  Cpowers3 said on Oct 31, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Diray of a whimpy Kid series

  My son wanted to first one and so I bought it, since then we both are hooked into the series. I always read have to read the book first because I read much faster :)

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  Alorenz1975 said on Aug 1, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

• 閱讀Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules，
  就像看一部充滿笑點的電影，
  文字對白極其有趣，
  搭配文字的漫畫趣味十足。
  閱讀這本書，
  充份體會閱讀樂在其中的感受，
  好幸福!

  在這本書中作者對Greg Heffley一家人有更多的著墨，
  也成了本書中的最佳賣點及笑點：
  Greg Heffley的哥哥只愛玩樂器，不愛做功課。書中誇張描述他打字的速度：
  Rodrick went in the computer room after dinner, and you could
  hear him typing about one ... (continue)

  閱讀Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules，
  就像看一部充滿笑點的電影，
  文字對白極其有趣，
  搭配文字的漫畫趣味十足。
  閱讀這本書，
  充份體會閱讀樂在其中的感受，
  好幸福!

  在這本書中作者對Greg Heffley一家人有更多的著墨，
  也成了本書中的最佳賣點及笑點：
  Greg Heffley的哥哥只愛玩樂器，不愛做功課。書中誇張描述他打字的速度：
  Rodrick went in the computer room after dinner, and you could
  hear him typing about one letter a minute. (p.48)
  Rodrick有次要交英語科報告，平時Rodrick的作業一向由他爸爸代勞。但是這一次他媽媽不准他插手，堅持由Rodrick自己動手做。但是他爸爸就是看不慣，於是:
  Dad waited for Mom to go to bed, and then he typed Rodrick's whole paper for him...(p.49)
  Greg Heffley的弟弟Manny超級愛揭他的瘡疤，神奇到可以告他兩年前的狀，Manny看到了Greg Heffley打破了玻璃門，但是那時Manny還不會說話。
  因此Greg Heffley心中大驚：
  So after Manny started talking, I had to worry about all the bad things he saw me do when he was a baby. (p.103)
  可見Greg Heffley不只在學校吃不開，在家也是處處碰壁，不像哥哥備受父母
  寬容，弟弟則是備受寵愛。
  書中的最後是Rodrick參加冬季才藝秀(the Winter Talent Show)，狀況百出，Greg Heffley的媽媽超級搞笑，反客為主，搶了鏡頭，Rodrick的明星夢也宣告結束。Rodrick怪Greg Heffley不幫他錄影才會讓他媽媽把事情搞得亂七八糟，於是Rodrick終於氣不住，向朋友抖出Greg Heffley暑假裡做的一件不能告人知的秘密...(p.p.204-215)，有趣的故事也進入尾聲。

  書中的俚語用的很道地：
  1. I could tell the sound of Rodrick typing was driving Dad totally
  bananas. (p.48)
  (drive somebody bananas=drive somebody crazy)

  2. Mom and Dad didn't have any evidence that I was the one who did it, so they couldn't peg it on me, and I was in the clear.
  (p.103)
  (in the clear=to be innocent)

  3. Grandma has kept that note all these years, and she's STILL holding it over my head.
  (hold something over someone's head:
  to have knowledge of something about a person and to use that knowledge to control the person. )

  閱讀Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules又是一個難忘的經驗，
  期待下一本Diary of a Wimpy Kid了!

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  Anniechan66 said on Feb 27, 2010 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Others 224 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0141324910
• ISBN-13: 9780141324913
• Publisher: Puffin
• Pub date: Feb 05, 2009
• Also available as: Paperback and Hardcover
• In other languages: other languages Libros en Español, Libri Italiani

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