Yesterday I read Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I tutor at 826 NYC and one of the kids I’ve been tutoring for like, three years now, insisted I read Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He LOVES the series, and I am pretty sure he idolizes the main character.
This book was so snappy! I read happily, almost transported to my childhood. I read a lot of books that were similar in style to DOAWK but from the girl point of view. So this wasn’t like, a stretch for me, and it certainly felt nostalgic. There was something about this book that stood out though, the silliness, the jokes, the reality. DOAWK is rife with disappointments and triumphs, just like any real kid’s diary would be.
I really like that this series exists, it’s perfect in its complicity in pre-adolescence. I am glad that young boys like this book so much, maybe DOAWK can be a gateway book for them to try and expand their reading so we can change those gender reading statistics…
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