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How to get kids to read
Author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Jeff Kinney, on getting kids to read
How do you get kids to move from picture books to text.
For many the answer is the the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books which are half comic half text and tell the story of a school weakling called Greg Heffley.
The twelfth in the series which has sold more than 185 million copies worldwide is just out.
Author of the series Jeff Kinney on the magic behind his pen.
(Image: Diary of a Wimpy Kid book cover, credit: PA)
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