Dog Days Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Book 4

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Jaqueline Chavoustie says...

Diary of a wimpy kid really amazes me. It's about a person named Greg who has to survive middle school. Now, he's in summer vacation.

I think the summer vacation theme is a good idea in this series, so readers can take a little break from the school theme.The first few pages are basically explanation of Greg's summer vacation. After that, the funny parts come. Overall, this book is great.

My tip in reading this book is that you don't read too much of it in one day. That way, you can hold the suspense of the story for the next day.

Posted on September 4, 2010

Danielle Manno says...

My daughters and I eagerly awaited the latest adventures of Greg and company. We absolutely love the series and my daughters have read the first 3 books multiple times. We got "Dog Days" on Wednesday. One daughter read it that night, next daughter read it Thursday night, and I read it last night. While we liked it, the three of us agree that we didn't LOVE it. It was not nearly as funny as the previous books. For the first almost 3/4 of the book, Greg came across more whiney than funny and some of the stuff he talked about, like the hairy shower men, was just yucky. The book really got good when Greg started going to the pool to "hang out" with high school lifeguard Heather and the trip with Rowley and his family was great. It was just in the last 1/4 or so that I actually read some laugh-out-loud scenes. I did like how everything came together at the end.

Posted on September 4, 2010

Enola Szerszen says...

I think this book was the best book i have ever read in my entire life! One of the reasons why i love this boom so much is because it is outrageously funny. I have read all of the book series that are out and i definitely think this one is the funniest, humors, children book i have read. If you are in the 3rd grade up to 6th grade this is the best book you will have ever read in your life. Ever sinceI have read the first sentence of the first book of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney has been my favorite author, and i thought Dave Pilkey was hilarious.

Posted on September 5, 2010

Ethel Karls says...

First of all the whole series of Wimpy Kid books deserves its success.My kids love the books and I also read all of them myself.I think it is a great series of books not only for the children but for their parents as well. And if you pay some attention to the reading you will actually realize that the books are also in a way educational. Greg is actually a very smart kid and the simple drawings are just perfect for demonstrating humour.Another kid's series that I like for that educational aspect is Why Some Cats are Rascals, Book 2 .

Posted on September 7, 2010

Rory Nico says...

I really like your books. You have a great sense of humor and are good at doing cartoons. The minute I got the 3rd book I just started laughing meaning I really liked the book. So I thought the books were so great that I chose to put them in rankings:

1.#3

2.#4

3.#2

4.#1

I also have the movie that I got in the summertime and Have the movie novel and the Do-It-Yourself book.

I am so happy about the books and the type of books they are.

The only items left by you that I so want is the movie soundtrack, book #5 The Ugly Truth. Thank you so much for writing these books. More books by you I would really like. But if you can do that.

The last thing I am going to tell is that I have also gotten into the Big Nate series. The 5th book sounds so RAD. Please write more books.

Posted on September 7, 2010

Jillian Hendeson says...

My son loves this series so of course I pre-ordered this book for him.It just arrived today and boy did he gush when I surprised him with it after school.I even got a hug and an "I love you!" before he disappeared with it for the remainder of the evening.He's about halfway through with it already and stopped himself so he would have more to enjoy tomorrow.He rereads them all anyways.I also flipped through it before he came home and chuckled at the parts, the boy reminds me of my own and is probably why he loves this series so much.It is very relatable to kids without being a bad influence.I love the humor and that it keeps my son reading!

Posted on September 7, 2010

Forest Diones says...

The previous 3 Wimpy Kid books were laugh-out-loud funny throughout the entire books.That's what I was hoping for in this volume, but didn't get.I don't find constant whining and complaining to be funny.



The first 75 pages are written by a waste of a kid complaining about summer vacation, and nothing truly funny starts to happen until after that point.The middle 1/3 of the book is the best, and I found myself laughing aloud frequently. Unfortunately, the last part of the book finds Gregory resuming his whining, and the humor faded.



Overall, this was mediocre, and not up to the standards of the series.

Posted on September 8, 2010

Fredricka Mckeand says...

Forgive me for saying this, because I thought the other "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books were really funny, but this one lacks the spark of hilarity that brought the others to life.



I think a few factors contributed to this:the series is no longer new and original; some of the humor was more ick than ha-ha (like the hairy men in the swimming pool locker room scenes); and with summer vacation there weren't any school scenes to play off of.So the book drags on just like Greg's aimless days of playing video games and watching TV with the shades drawn.Greg's falling out with Rowley is ho-hum, and his family's repeatedly-thwarted attempts at summer fun are also not particularly funny. The characters are bored most of the time, and so was I.



Part of the humor in the previous books was seeing situations through Greg's eyes in which he thought he was being a great guy when he was actually being a jerk.Maybe it was the choice of situations in this book, or maybe Greg is just getting too old to get away with that any more, but here he generally came across as an insensitive dolt.



The best part of this book was the recurring "muddy hand" from the horror film that Greg worried was out to claim him as the next victim.The hand's appearance up in a dream sequence was one of the only laugh-out-loud moments for me.



So honestly, this book didn't live up to the series reputation for me, but ten-year olds will probably love it anyway.

Posted on September 10, 2010

Rochelle Blockmon says...

The Diary of a Wimpy Kids books are great. This one wasn't as funny as the others but I still liked it alot. Another funny book is Secrets of a Lab Rat. It has a really funny story about a boy named Scab who invents stuff (I won't tell you what!). You should read it!

Posted on September 13, 2010

Shirley Lydick says...

I think Dog Days is the best wimpy kid book yet. It is also a hilarious book. Ilove how it follows the story so well. There is a lot of unexpected parts in this book. It had an outstanding ending. I had waited one month for this book to come out. I think it was "totally" worth the wait. There aren't any new characters, but it does have a lot more of Rowley for people who like Rowley. I hope the people who buy this love it. (Review by George, Age 10)

Posted on September 17, 2010