THIS FALL, IT'S A WIMPY WONDERLAND!
NEWEST BOOK IN JEFF KINNEY'S
#1 BESTSELLING DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
SERIES TO BE PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER 2011
New York, NY, April 28, 2011—Get ready for an avalanche of Wimpy Kid excitement this fall! Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS, announces today that the sixth volume in Jeff Kinney's bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will be on sale nationwide in November 2011. With a winter theme just in time for the holidays, Book Six will bring a blizzard of new attention to the Wimpy Kid series as fans flock to stores for this latest installment. Promotions leading up to the release will soon be announced, along with the first printing, lay down date, cover, color, and title of the book.
"I'm very excited to be writing the sixth Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, which features the Heffley family being snowed in," said Jeff Kinney. "Having just experienced an epic winter in New England, I've had plenty of inspiration to draw from."
This new book will follow incredible national exposure generated by the May 10, 2011 laydown of the expanded and revised Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book with a million-copy first printing, and the re-launch of the official Wimpy Kid website, www.wimpykid.com, to coincide next month. With the debut of the Wimpy Wonderland island on www.poptropica.com in March and promotions for the second Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, Rodrick Rules, which opened at #1 at the box office, Wimpy Kid fans continue to be entertained all year long.
"Book Six explores the Heffley family dynamic," said Charles Kochman, editorial director and editor of the Wimpy Kid series. "In this latest story Jeff will test the family's resolve as they confront their greatest challenge...each other."
"We at Abrams are excited about bringing the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book to the eagerly awaiting public with all of our energy, creativity, and marketing savvy." said Michael Jacobs, President and CEO of Abrams. "We know that Jeff Kinney's millions of fans—kids, parents, teachers, librarians, and booksellers—are as excited as we are, and we look forward to making their holiday season and the lead in to winter a happy and celebrated one."
Books in the core Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney include Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2007), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2008), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (2009), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2009) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth (2010). Jeff Kinney has also written and illustrated The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book and The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary.The series is a fixture on the USA Today bestseller list (the first book in the series has remained in the top 150 for more than 170 weeks), and the Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. It has also remained consistently in the top spots on the New York Times lists since publication of the first book in the series.
More than 50 million Diary of a Wimpy Kid books are in print in the United States and Canada. The books have been sold in more than 36 countries in 35 languages around the world. Published by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS, Kinney's work has been widely praised for its ability to turn reluctant readers on to books. Jeff Kinney was named one of TIME magazine's most influential people in the world. The first movie based on the books, Diary of a Wimpy Kid grossed more than $75 million worldwide in box office sales, and the second movie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, was the #1 movie at the box office in its first week in theaters. The book series won Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2010 and 2011, and Jeff Kinney was nominated for a Children's Choice Book Award in 2009, 2010, and 2011. Books in the series have won numerous awards voted on by students and teachers in schools around the globe. In March, 2011, the first-ever Wimpy Kid Island, Wimpy Wonderland, debuted on www.poptropica.com.
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Jason M. Wells
Executive Director, Children's Marketing and Publicity
Abrams Books for Young Readers/Amulet Books
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New York, NY 10011
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jwells@abramsbooks.com
Founded by Harry N. Abrams in 1949, ABRAMS is the preeminent publisher of high quality art and illustratedbooks. Now a subsidiary of La Martinière Groupe, ABRAMS is the publisher of bestsellers such as the wildly popular The Diary of a Wimpy Kidseries by Jeff Kinney, the award-winning cookbooks of Alton Brown, and the stunning photography of Yann Arthus-Bertrand's Earth from Above.ABRAMS publishes books in the areas of art, photography, cooking, interior design, craft, fashion, sports, pop culture, as well as children's books and general interest. The company's imprints include Abrams; Abrams ComicArts; Abrams Image; Abrams Books for Young Readers; Amulet Books; Stewart, Tabori & Chang; and STC Craft/Melanie Falick Books.