![]() ![]() It’s small wonder that “Timmy’s” book cover closely resembles the first “Wimpy Kid” cover or that Kinney’s enthusiastic endorsement blurb (“Timmy Failure is a winner!”) appears prominently. Jeff Kinney’s “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” could almost be the gold standard of recent kiddie-lit success stories, a seven-book franchise that has resulted in three live-action movies to date. “Five? Six? Seven? What’s Wimpy Kid’ up to? Seven?” To which the hive mind sitting on the floor in front of Pastis burbled briefly in agreement. ![]() “How many Timmy books are you planning to write?” the student asked. After the squeals of 200 super-enthused students subsided, Pastis said that an already completed second Timmy Failure book is due out in February 2014 and that he plans to write and illustrate a third one this summer.Ī spindly third- or fourth-grade arm shot in the air. ![]()
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