About the Author

Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and the Awesome Friendly Kid series. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award winner for Favorite Book and has been named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England, where he and his wife own a bookstore named An Unlikely Story.

Reviews

The world has gone crazy for Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
*Sun*

Kinney is right up there with J K Rowling as one of the bestselling children's authors on the planet.
*Independent*

Hilarious!
*Sunday Telegraph*

The most hotly anticipated children's book of the year is here - Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
*Big Issue*

Is there a better remedy for the back-to-school doldrums than getting to see how Greg Heffley spent his summer vacation? If nothing else, the comedy of errors and indignities he suffers will make readers feel a whole lot better about any family vacation disasters of their own. In the fourth book in Kinney's bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Greg has a falling-out with his friend Rowley over a failed lawn-care business, puts up with his parents' attempts to get him out of the house (Mom organizes a book club for boys who pick out titles like "Sudoku Insanity" and "Ultimate Video Game Cheats") and tries to shake off the twin horrors of the murderous "muddy hand" from a horror film he watches and the terrifying sights in the men's locker room at the pool. Kinney's gift for telling, pitch-perfect details in both his writing and art remains (such as the cursive script and cutesy content of Mom's photo album captions). No reason to think kids won't devour this book as voraciously as its predecessors. Ages 8-12. (Oct.) Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.

The world has gone crazy for Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series * Sun *
Kinney is right up there with J K Rowling as one of the bestselling children's authors on the planet. * Independent *
Hilarious! * Sunday Telegraph *
The most hotly anticipated children's book of the year is here - Diary of a Wimpy Kid. * Big Issue *