Little Shop Hosts "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" Author Jeff Kinney
Decatur Metro | February 6, 2009
Dave at Little Shop writes in…
Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, is coming to Decatur. Little Shop of Stories will be hosting Jeff at the Decatur Rec Center (on Sycamore Street, right next to the Decatur Library) on Wednesday, February 11th, at 4:30. Doors open at 4pm. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, currently #2 on the New York Times best sellers list, is written in the form of a blog / graphic novel. The books, which are enormously creative and fun, are written for kids 8 and up. (By “up,” I mean “UP” — I’m in my 50s and enjoy them.)
Jeff’s books will be available for purchase at the event and always at Little Shop of Stories.
Dave also reports that over 1,000 people showed up to hear author Greg Mortenson a couple weeks back. Wicked!
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I’m sad I’m going to miss this.
I haven’t read Wimpy Kid, but I’m a big fan.
Jeff Kinney had a great comic strip called Igdoof that ran in the University of Maryland at College Park’s daily newspaper, The Diamondback.
I hope the success of Wimpy Kid means an Igdoof compilation might be possible.
Oh my gosh – that’s the Igdoof creator?? I went to UMD when this strip started running. It was crazy hilarious off-kilter weird. I’m so glad he’s still writing/drawing.