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He talks about the new book “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days”, the character of Greg Heffley, how the series might end, and the new movie (here).

And here are the numbers to prove it.  In 2008, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid #2: Rodrick Rules” sold 1,222,091 copies, and “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Do-It-Yourself Book” sold 635,240 copies!  Even the original “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”, which was first published in 2007, still sold 1,171,687 copies in 2008.  That means that the whole series sold more than 3 million books in 2008!  A list of all of the children’s books’ sales for 2008 is (here).

A new interview with Jeff Kinney that includes a detailed history of how he became a writer, and exactly how the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books happened, is (here).

In this new interview, Jeff Kinney talks about how he kept working toward making his dream of creating “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” happen, and the interviewer makes the point that if you have a dream of doing something that you love, you should never give up on it.  In another interview (here), Jeff Kinney answers some interesting questions about Greg Heffley and himself.

Horror writer Jeremy C. Shipp gives the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books a surprising shout-out, saying that they were his favorite books from 2008, in his interview (here).

In this interview (here), he talks about the search for the kid to play Greg Heffley in the upcoming “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” movie, and also answers some fun questions.  In this interview (here), he talks about what his life is like now, as a very successful author, and talks about what he was like as a kid.  And, he answers some great questions asked by fourth grade fans (here) in this interview.

This reviewer (here) really liked the character of Greg Heffley, and how well the book was written. There are many favorable reader reviews of the series posted (here).

In both of these reviews (here) and (here – scroll up), the reviewers love that the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series is getting so many kids to read great books.

This reviewer (here) loved the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book” too.

One of the most recent is (here), with the reviewer talking about why the series has become so popular.

He talks about the series and his plans for the future (here).

The reviewer looks at “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and other popular kids’ books (here).

An in-depth look at how “Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ happened, and what Jeff kinney’s life is like, is (here).