Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel

The wait is over!!  The latest installment in the adventures of The Wimpy Kid is here.  The Third Wheel is on the shelves.

 

$14.95 in paperback, or $17.95 in hardback.

Wimpy Kid #7 Just in time for Xmas!

We have some great news for fans of the Wimpy Kid series and we know there are masses of them. The seventh book in the series called The Third Wheel will be published on the 14th November this year.

It will be $14.95. At the same time a hardback edition will also be released for $17.95

We are taking pre orders now if you want to make sure of getting it as quickly as it is released.

We have Cabin Fever!

 

For all you Wimpy Kid fans out there, the wait is finally over! Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney is now in stock. This is the sixth in the much-loved series following the ups and downs in the life of the hapless Greg Heffley. In this installment Greg is stuck inside with his family for the holidays due to a blizzard, which is bad enough, really. But even worse is the fact that when he can finally emerge, he’ll have to face up to accusations that he has damaged school property. Poor Greg! If you haven’t discovered this hilarious cartoon-filled series yet, you’ve got some catching up to do! Paperback, $14.95

Book, Movie, Love

Every time I go to the movies these days that I see a trailer that prompts me to whisper to my friend (or on the odd occasion, stranger) next to me “That was a book first”. This possibly has gotten old very quickly, as it seems the number of movies that were originally books is never-ending! These are a few to keep your eye out for;

Starring the Queen of RomCom Julia Roberts and from the director of Running With Scissors Ryan Murphy comes the film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s best seller Eat, Pray, Love. Release date: 7th October.

One for the kids; Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series remains a wildly popular title for younger readers. Number one is coming in a movie in September so check out its very cool website here (there’s a trailer there) with your tween now.

The Girl Who Played With Fire, the second in Steig Larrson’s Millenium trilogy is also on its way. The first film was, according to this trailer, the most successful Nordic film of all time so is definitely worth a look in the interim. If you can handle subtitles and enjoy a decidedly un-Hollywood film, keep your eye out for number 2… and hop to it for foreign film bragging rights over your friends (wink).

I’m always a little hesitant about what makes a book suit the silver screen myself, but these days it seems to work more and more often. So whats you’re favourite book-turned-movie?

- Steph.

Diary of a wimpy kid #4 Dog days by Jeff Kinney

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has become really popular with young boys.  They are funny, which is a nice change from a lot of other books, which can be either fantasy or a sort of young James Bond story.   ng.  They are easy to read and appeal to good readers, but they are also a great way to get those reluctant readers going.   In fact a parent of a ten year old boy  with learning difficulties said the hospital where he is an out patient recommended them as an entertaining read, appropriate for his abilities.   And,  pleasingly, he loved them.  There are are four in the series, with an additional book that accompanies them.   They are all $14.95  Heather