School Wide Reading Culture

Diary of a Wimpy Kid - The Long Haul

Due to high demand we've ordered two copies of the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid book. Our students love the off beat humor, simple illustrations and the crazy situations our hapless hero finds himself.  It's a winning formula that kids world wide love. 

Latest title in series 

A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun . . . unless, of course, you’re the Heffleys. The journey starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns…..


  
Lunch time Wimpy Kid activities 
Pop in. We've got plenty of templates for you to design your own 'Diary of a wimpy Kid ' cover or perhaps you'd rather plan your own road trip or test your Diary of a Wimpy Kid knowledge…. there's plenty of templates to choose







Life after Wimpy Kid……. yes there is! 
Award winning NZ Author, Kate De Goldi  has some great suggestions to move readers on. Here's a few to get started:     

Asterix series by René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo and Tintin series by Hergé. These immortal books have great narrative drive, marvellous illustrations and sophisticated humour (Asterix has plenty of slapstick but also lots of language play). There are great casts of characters and inter-relationships. And there are heaps of titles in both series.

The Aldo Zelnick comic series by Karla Oceanak and Kendra Spanjer










DK Eyewitness Guides: Electricity by Steve Parker.

Eyewitness Guides are a wonderful series on just about any non-fiction subject. The mix of illustration, diagram and text is beautifully balanced, and fine design and production makes the series eminently attractive and readable. These are books to pore over…