Jeff Kinney: Children's Book Author and Cartoonist
Words to KnoW fantasy A kind of writing that uses magic and adventure often set in another world graduate To finish a school influential Having a great effect on others journal A personal record of thoughts events and feelings similar to a diary publish To print something so it is available to many rehash To retell or reexperience something sibling A brother or sister
Jeff Kinney
chapter 1 A Young Jeff KinneY What makes someone a great children’s author As Jeff Kinney knows it’s getting kids to love reading This best-selling best-selling author has definitely done that Millions of kids around the world have read Jeff’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series Jeff Kinney was born on an air force base in Maryland on February 19 1971 His father worked for the government and his mother was a teacher As a young boy Jeff loved reading His childhood home was filled with many books He and his sister enjoyed reading books by Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary As he got older Jeff enjoyed reading fantasy books But what he really loved was reading from his father’s comic book collection 5
