If You Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid . . .

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is one of the most popular children's series for kids right now.  The latest book just came out last month.  But what to read once you've gone through the whole series?  Here are a few of our favorite Wimpy Kid read-alikes . . . .

The 13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths
Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-story treehouse that has a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of sharks, a library full of comics, a secret underground laboratory, a games room, self-making beds, vines you can swing on, a vegetable vaporizer and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically shoots your favorite flavored marshmallows into your mouth whenever it discerns you're hungry.

Babymouse: Lights, Camera, Middle School! by Jennifer Holm

Babymouse joins the school Film Club and writes the greatest cinematic masterpiece of all time! But when the movie gets shown to the entire school, will it be a box office hit or a flop?

Waylon: One Awesome Thing by Sara Pennypacker

Waylon, a boy with the mind of a scientific genius and the vulnerable heart of an eight year old, is trying to understand his older sister and deal with changes among the kids at school.

Hamstersaurus Rex by Tom O'Donnell

Eleven-year old Sam befriends a hungry class hamster that undergoes a freaky transformation.

More Books --

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Am I the Princess or the Frog by Jim Benton

Big Nate Strikes Again by Lincoln Peirce

Clementine's Letters by Sara Pennypacker

Judy Moody by Megan McDonald

Lights, Camera, Cook! by Charise Mericle Harper

My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish by Mo O'Hara

Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai

Schooled by Gordon Korman

Stick Cat: Cats in the City by Tom Watson

Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All by Rachel Russell

Timmy Failure: Now Look What You've Done by Stephan Pastis

My Favorite Books, Part 3

Here are some of my favorite chapter books for kids from 2013 . . .

Fyre by Angie Sage
Book 7 of the Septimus Heap series
Septimus must battle the remnants of the Dark Domaine, which will remain until the power of the evil Two-Faced Ring is destroyed forever. To accomplish that, the ancient Alchemie Fyre must be relit -- a task that sends Septimus to the very origins of Magyk and Physik, testing both his skills, and his loyalties to ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand, and Alchemist Marcellus Pye.

Prince Puggly of Spud by Robert Paul Weston
When Prince Puggly attends a ball in the Kingdom of Spiff, he is laughed at by all the Spiffs, except for the Princess of Spiff who helps him teach her fellow Spiffian citizens a lesson.

The 13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths
Follows the efforts of Andy and Terry to meet a latest book deadline despite numerous distractions in their sophisticated tree house home, including flying cats, giant bananas, and sea monsters pretending to be mermaids.

The Boy on the Porch by Sharon Creech
Discovering a speech-disabled boy asleep on their porch, young couple John and Marta forge a loving bond with the child and come to think of him as their own while wondering about his mysterious past and enjoying the world through his eyes.