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Who Is Jeff Kinney? (Who Was?) Paperback – Illustrated, August 18, 2015

by Patrick Kinney (Author), Who HQ (Author), John Hinderliter (Illustrator)
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Even as a kid, everyone thought Jeff Kinney was talented. People loved his drawings, and when he went to college, his comic strip Igdoof was so popular that it spread to other universities! Still, Jeff faced challenges. His cartoons were rejected by syndicates that claimed his art was unprofessional. Then, an idea struck: Jeff would write a journal from the perspective of a child, illustrated with doodles just like a kid might do. And so, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series was born--and it was a hit! In this biography, Jeff's brother, Patrick Kinney, provides a knowledgeable look at the life of this best-selling author/illustrator. From Jeff's childhood pranks to his job developing online games, kids will love the chance to learn more about the creator of the popular Wimpy Kid books.
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  1. Reading age
    8 - 12 years
  2. Part of series
    Who Was?
  3. Print length
    112 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    3 - 7
  6. Lexile measure
    830L
  7. Dimensions
    5.31 x 0.24 x 7.63 inches
  8. Publisher
    Penguin Workshop
  9. Publication date
    August 18, 2015
  10. ISBN-10
    0448486776
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0448486772
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Who Is Jeff Kinney?
 
Patricia and Brian Kinney’s home in Virginia, there is a framed newspaper article hanging on the wall. The headline reads: “Igdoof Takes On the Real World.” There is a photo of their son Jeff, twenty-two years old, grinning next to a drawing of a bug-eyed cartoon character. That character was Igdoof. In college, Jeff wrote and illustrated a popular comic strip about him. The article predicted that Jeff would have no trouble becoming a professional cartoonist. That was his dream.
 
But after several years of disappointment, Jeff wasn’t so sure. When he came home to visit his parents, he’d look at the article and frown. He wondered if his dream would ever come true.
 
In college, Jeff had been a celebrity. Fans of Igdoof asked Jeff for his autograph. They wore T-shirts with characters from his comic strip on them. Besides Igdoof, there was a green bean named Pooshfa. Another was Jerome, a man with incredibly red lips.
 
But to become a professional cartoonist, Jeff needed a syndicate. That’s a company that sells comic strips to newspapers all over the United States. The trouble was, no syndicate liked Igdoof.
 
The rejection letters began piling up. One thing became clear to Jeff. His illustrations weren’t good enough. They didn’t look as professional as the artwork in Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, and other comic strips in the big newspapers. Jeff’s drawings looked more like the doodles of a kid in middle school. Even so, Jeff knew he had funny ideas. He just needed a way to share them with an audience, the way he had in college.
 
Jeff got an idea that might work. What if he wrote an illustrated journal from the point of view of a middle-school kid? Then his drawings wouldn’t have to be all that good.
 
That idea was the beginning of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, one of the most popular children’s books ever.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Workshop; Illustrated edition (August 18, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0448486776
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0448486772
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 830L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.24 x 7.63 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Patrick Kinney has written several titles for kids, including the adventure novel Lunar Colony, as well as Who is Jeff Kinney?, a biography about his older brother and author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. In addition to writing, Patrick owns and operates Custom Fit Training, a fitness studio in Plainville, Massachusetts. Among his favorite things are Polar seltzer water, the Dracula song from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and the Hives, a rock band from Sweden. He dislikes mayonnaise, horseflies, and when time runs out before they get through all the clues on Jeopardy!

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charlotte
5.0 out of 5 stars Who is... Great books
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I love the Who is series. I bought this book to pair with the newest Wimpy Kid book as a gift.
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Mariana
5.0 out of 5 stars Getting to know
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Great book to understanding the author. Get to know him is a easy conception of his ideas.
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Tom Zalaski
5.0 out of 5 stars Grandson Loved It
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Grandson is a Wimpy Kid freak! Has all the books so he really wanted to know all about Jeff. In fact, my grandson who is 9 is now writing his own book!
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Laura Bayless Johnson
4.0 out of 5 stars Great resource on this popular author's biography
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It was a main source for my 3rd grade son's "wax museum" school project, where he had to do biography presentation on the famous person. All 3 of my sons love the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and read the books throughout elementary school. What I love/appreciate is that these books gave my boys a love of reading because they were funny and relatable. This is interesting, well written, by his brother! 😊 My sons love the "Who Was?" series for nonfiction kid-friendly biographies. They're very well done.
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Stephane
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for both kids and parents
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2017
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As usual these books are great. My kids learn a lot reading those while me and I know other parents read them too. Several reviewers commented that this particular book was about an unknown author. For lots of kids aged 8 and up this author is very well known since he wrote a very successful series of books. It thus
Makes a lot of sense that a book about him be written for kids.
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Karen G. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Wimpy kid author
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I read this book with my grandson and we both loved it.
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Annie J.
5.0 out of 5 stars Jeff Kinney fans.
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2016
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My 12 year old grandson enjoyed this. He reads me passages from The Wimpy Kid Diary series on the phone each night and last night he read me from this book. We're both Jeff Kinney fans.
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EGONZALEZ
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for kids!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2018
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My son likes it very much. Easy to read. Great details. And very interesting books series..he already read Who is George Washington!
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Gouri
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good for children
Reviewed in India on August 7, 2021
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It's written by Jeff Kinney's OWN Bro
I follow Jeff Kinney a lot
I have all his Books
It was an affordable buy
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good interesting book
Reviewed in the Netherlands on July 22, 2017
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It was interesting and fun i didnt know anything about at first but now i know quite alot 5 stars!
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LA CAIXA
5.0 out of 5 stars POSITIVO
Reviewed in Spain on December 27, 2015
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El producto se adapta a las expectativas que tenia . Relación contenido - precio . Es una lastima que no haya versión en audio .
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