Book Review: The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
The book is out; DVD released August 3
Courtesy Amulet Books.
The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Publisher/Release Date: Amulet Books; Mti edition/March 16, 2010
No. of Pages: 208
Reading level: Ages 9-12
The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary is not your usual wimpy book. It's not just a book based on the movie, but a great resource for those who want to know about making movies. It's also great for people who just want to read a good book.
With the release of the DVD of the movie version of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid set for August 3, now is a good time to check into this book. I was surprised that I couldn't put it down, enthralled from the beginning by the intertwining lives of the main character, both the one in the flesh, and the one on paper.
Actor Zach Gordon was born a month after the first doodle of cartoon character Greg Heffley was created. This book tells how they ended up in a movie together and "how a fictional cartoon character became a real boy."
Details and secrets of the moviemaking process are caught in the pages The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary. You meet the characters, and learn about blue screens and film editing. You get to see the filming locations and watch the tricks, like how they use stunt doubles and props. There are even funny cartoon strips added about back-stage life.
It isn't a novel that tells the movie's story, or a graphic novel, or even a nonfiction book about movie making. It's all that and more, starting with a normal kid and a wimpy doodle!
Be sure to check out Kid Reporter Christopher Gathers Cambell's review of the movie version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid!
KIDS READ
Do you need help picking out what book to read next? Find out what Kid Reporters are saying about all the latest books by reading their book reviews in this special report.
NEWS FOR KIDS, BY KIDS
Get the latest on national and international events, movies, television, music, sports, and more from the Scholastic Kids Press Corps.
- Scholastic Store
-
The Essential Spanish Phrase Book for Teachers
The Scholastic Store 
The Essential Spanish Phrase Book for Teachers
by Luisa Perez-Sotelo and Eileen HoganOvercome the language barrier with your Spanish-speaking students and their families with this handy guide and its indispensable tools: English-Spanish translation charts, idiomatic expressions, cognates (words in both languages that are very similar in spelling and pronunciation), and vocabulary pertinent to diverse topics that often occur in a school situation. This slender book, tabbed for quick access, is organized around three sections. Inside the Classroom, Inside the School, and Inside Family Communication and covers the typical situations and events in an elementary school day. For use with Grades PreK-6.
$11.19 You save: 20%
books;teaching resources;professional books | Ages 3-12
Ages 3-12 $11.19
- Scholastic Store
-
The Complete Year in Reading and Writing Kindergarten
The Scholastic Store 
The Complete Year in Reading and Writing Kindergarten
by Pam AllynProvides a detailed curricular calendar that's tied to a developmental continuum and the standards so you'll know not only what you should be teaching, but what your students are ready to embrace and what you can reasonably expect of them as successful readers and writers. Additionally, you'll find monthly units of study that integrate reading and writing so both work together to provide maximum support for your students. The units are organized around four essential components, process, genre, strategy, and conventions, so you're reassured you're addressing everything your students need to know about reading and writing. What's more you'll find ready-to-use lessons that offer exemplary teaching and continuous assessment, and a flexible framework that shows you how to frame a year of teaching, a unit, and a lesson and you can easily adapt all to fit the unique needs and interests of your own students.
For use with Grade K.
$20.79 You save: 20%
books;teaching resources;professional books | Ages 4-6
Ages 4-6 $20.79
