If You Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid…
October 27, 2009
Since every time I mention Diary of a Wimpy Kid on this blog my blog hits go way up, I decided to post my Diary of a Wimpy Kid Readalikes list here. These books all share some aspect with the Wimpy Kid books, irreverent humor, illustrations, or the trials of middle school. There is sure to be something here for every Wimpy Kid fan.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Readalikes
Adventures in Cartooning: How to Turn Your Doodles Into Comics by James Sturm
Dork Diaries : Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell
Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon
Knights of the Lunch Table by Frank Cammuso
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
Max Quigley, Technically Not a Bully by James Roy
Raymond and Graham Rule the School by Mike Knudson
True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Series:
Amelia’s Notebook series by Marissa Moss
Candy Apple series by Erin Downing
Dear Dumb Diary series by Jim Benton
Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka
Underwhere series by Bruce Hale
Wayside School series by Louis Sachar
Authors:
Andrew Clements
Jack Gantos
Andy Griffiths
Dan Gutman