# Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 20, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid/438449 "2008-02-20T23:00:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid/438449/1 "2008-02-20T23:00:55Z")

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My kids love this story (web book?). Here’s an excerpt that had my daughter literally laughing out loud:

> [@](#):
>
> Originally from **“[Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Day 22](http://www.funbrain.com/journal/Journal.html?ThisMonth=2&ThisDay=20&ThisJournalDay=22&ThisPage=3&PageCount=2)”**
> 
> There was this book Dad used to read to me before  
> I went to sleep called “A Light in the Attic”.
> 
> It was an awesome book but on the back of it  
> there was a picture of the guy who wrote it,  
> Shel Silverstein.
> 
> Have you ever seen that guy? All I can say is  
> that he looks more like a criminal or pirate than a  
> guy who writes poems for kids.
> 
> Well, Dad used to leave that book right on my  
> end table every night with the back of the book  
> facing up, and it really gave me the heebie jeebies.

The author is Jeff Kinney, and it’s been online for a while, so it may not be new to anyone else, but I’ve never seen anything about it here. Just thought some other Doper parents might appreciate the corruption of their young’ns.

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**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid/438449/2 "2008-02-20T23:30:06Z")

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[QUOTE=ShibbOleth]  
My kids love this story (web book?). Here’s an excerpt that had my daughter literally laughing out loud:

The author is Jeff Kinney, and it’s been online for a while, so it may not be new to anyone else, but I’ve never seen anything about it here. Just thought some other Doper parents might appreciate the corruption of their young’ns.  
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I bought the second one (on paper) for my 8 year old in Barnes and Noble at around 2 pm Sunday. He read it cover to cover non-stop. Wonderful, peaceful, happy times in the **villa** house that afternoon.