December 2014 Book of the Month The best-selling Wimpy Kid is off on a family holiday. Mum is full of good ideas about the trip. Especially about how it can be a useful time for learning! From the start everything that can possibly go wrong does and, as ever, the Wimpy Kid records it all with his unerringly frank gaze. The result is a hilarious story which will hit a nerve with all families everywhere. And especially with parents who will love the accounts of the disasters that happen to other families! ~ Julia Eccleshare
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Greg Heffley and his family hit the road in author-illustrator Jeff Kinney's ninth instalment of the phenomenal bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
For the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, I’m taking the Heffleys out of their home environment and sending them out on the road,” says Jeff Kinney. “Writing about an epic family road trip has really got my creative juices flowing, and I think this could be the funniest book yet."
Francesca Dow, m.d. of Penguin Children’s, said: “Millions of kids in the UK are readers because of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. And Jeff’s new book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, is the funniest yet. Alongside Jeff’s funniest tour ever, this is set to be another great milestone for this incredibly popular and original superbrand.”
Jeff Kinney is the second biggest selling writer of children’s fiction in the UK this year (behind David Walliams), and sales of his books totalled £2.9m from the beginning of the year until the end of August, according to Nielsen BookScan.
The eighth book in the series, Hard Luck, had a UK first printing of 800,000 copies, making it Penguin's biggest-ever first printing of a children's book.
Dates of the tour in December 2014 are yet to be confirmed but details will be forthcoming on this site as soon as we're advised by the publisher.
You can download a fun new facebook app, Cheese Touch - and find out lots more about Wimpy Kid at the Wimpy Kid Club!
You can also discover Greg on the big screen in any one of the three Wimpy Kid Movie box office smashes. His original Diary of a Wimpy Kid was voted 'Best Children's Book of the Last 10 Years' by UK readers.
It's not essential to read the books in order but in case you want to here's the order...
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (Book 9) and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (Book 9) is available in Hardback
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (Book 9) was written by Jeff Kinney and published by Puffin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (Book 9) has 217 pages
Yes it is part of Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
