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''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' is a series of fiction books written by the American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney. All the main books are the journals of the main character, Greg Heffley. Befitting a child's diary, the books are filled with hand-written notes and simple drawings of Greg's daily adventures. Since the release of the online version in 2004, most of the books have garnered positive reviews and commercial success. For example, ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's journal'' was well-received from the Princeton Review, Gold Card Association, The Dallas News, The TRR Editors, The NW Press, and The JJ Printing Company. , it has been purchased one million times. The first, second, and fourth installments have been adapted into films by 20th Century Fox.〔 The website ''Poptropica'' released islands in the theme of ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' called Wimpy Wonderland and Wimpy Boardwalk, both of which credit Kinney in an ambiguous contributor's role. == Background == ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' began in 1998 when Kinney brought up an idea about a middle-school weakling named Greg Heffley who wrote about his personal life. In 2004, FunBrain and Kinney released an online version of ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid''. The website made daily entries until June 2005.〔 The book became an instant hit, and the online version received about 20 million views as of 2009; many online readers requested a printed version. Kinney had agreed and in 2007, ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' was published. To date, ten ''Wimpy Kid'' books have been released, plus two do-it-yourself books and three movie diaries. In 2009, Kinney was named one of ''Time'' magazine's 100 "Most Influential People" in the world.〔(The 2009 TIME 100: Jeff Kinney ) Time magazine's 2009 list of The World's Most Influential People〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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