![]() 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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