Cover Revealed! Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
In my day job as an elementary librarian, I sometimes still marvel at the sustained appeal of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books. In the 5th-6th grade building I work at, they just cannot be kept on shelves. It’s a great thing. Another great thing is that the cover for the newest installment, “The Last Straw” was just released. Here it is:
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The thing that’s not great: we won’t get to see it until January 17, 2009. I may pull a Rip Van Winkle on this one – wake me up when the snow flies! Click here to read more at Publishers Weekly.
(Thanks to PW for the link)
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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diary of a wimpy kid is the most pimp book in the world you know it and I know it so don,t even think it is not
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is my favorite book ever!!!