First Stage's snappy new show, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical," makes the ordeal that is middle school a good time. That is, as long as you're sitting in the audience watching young Greg Heffley's ...

THE LAST STRAW has a strong moral message focusing on family dynamics. We see this played out specifically with the ...

Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has sold more than 300 million books since the first installment was published in 2007. The star of the series is the famous line drawing, Greg Heffley, a ...

"The Wimpy Kid" is back. Jeff Kinney has come out with his fourth "Wimpy Kid" book, titled "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth" (Amulet Books/Harry N. Abrams, $13.95.) This time, the cover is purple ...

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When author Jeff Kinney started writing the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series more than 15 years ago, he set out to create a comic that would resonate with adults and live in the humor section of book ...

There might be no stranger feeling in the moment than preparing to start a family movie night, only to quickly find out that ...

With approximately 50 million copies of his "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" graphic novels in circulation, author Jeff Kinney has a loyal following of readers who've outgrown Dr. Seuss but aren't ready for ...

Four live-action adaptations of the beloved book series were produced before the franchise pivoted to animation.