He worked on his book for almost eight years, before showing it to a publisher in New York. The website made daily entries until June 2005. In May 2004, FunBrain and Kinney released an online version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. In January 1998, Diary of a Wimpy Kid officially began, when Kinney brought up an idea about a middle-school weakling named Greg Heffley, who wrote about his personal life. The website Poptropica released islands in the theme of Diary of a Wimpy Kid called Wimpy Wonderland and Wimpy Boardwalk, both of which credit Kinney in an ambiguous contributor's role. The first, second, and fourth installments have been adapted into films by 20th Century Fox. As of February 2008, it has been purchased one million times. For example, Diary of a Wimpy Kid was well-received from The Princeton Review, Gold Card Association, The Dallas News, The TRR Editors, The NW Press, and The JJ Printing Company. Since the release of the online version in May 2004, most of the books have garnered positive reviews and commercial success. Befitting a child's diary, the books are filled with hand-written notes and simple drawings of Greg's daily adventures. All the main books are the journals of the main character, Greg Heffley. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of fiction books written by the American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney.
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