ABRAMS Spring 2022 Adult and Children's Catalog

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RIGHTS: World

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID

Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Book Box BY JEFF KINNEY

Give the gifts of laughter and adventure with this Awesome Friendly boxed set from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney!

SELLING POINTS GLOBAL PHENOMENON: With over 250 million books sold around the world in 79 editions and 65 languages, Wimpy Kid has turned millions of kids into readers. The series is one of the top–five bestselling book series —adult and kids—of all time, and has been a fixture on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 785 weeks—longer than any other kids’ series. Wimpy Kid is also a #1 bestseller on the USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and IndieBound bestseller lists. THE POWER OF DISNEY: Wimpy Kid has a brand new animated movie coming to Disney+ this holiday season! As of March 2021, Disney+ has surpassed 100 million global paid subscribers. WIDE SOCIAL MEDIA REACH: 4.5 million Facebook fans; 15.2 million YouTube views; 103,000 Twitter followers; and 90,000 Instagram followers.

Move over Greg Heffley, Rowley Jefferson is a bestselling author, too. And now you can have two of Rowley’s books in the brand–new Awesome Friendly Box: Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid and Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure. It’s Wimpy Kid like you’ve never seen it before. This collectible boxed set comes in a specially designed package—a must–have gift for fans new and old! Jeff Kinney is the #1 USA Today, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and a six–time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favorite Book. The Deep End, book 15, was published in November 2020 and was an instant #1 global bestseller. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal was published in April 2019, was an immediate #1 international bestseller, and has remained at the top of the New York Times bestseller list since publication, along with the follow–up books, Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure (August 2020) and Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories (March 2021). Jeff has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and is one of the Top 10 bestselling authors of all time. He is also the creator of Poptropica, which was named one of Time’s 50 Best Websites. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England in 1995. Jeff lives with his wife and two sons in Massachusetts, where they own a bookstore, An Unlikely Story.

AMULET BOOKS

ALSO AVAILABLE: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books 1–4 (978–1–4197–1669–0); Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Best Friends Box (978–1–4197–4574–4); or Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories (978–1– 4197–5697–9).

SPECIFICATIONS * 448 pages * WIDTH: 5 1/2" - 140mm * HEIGHT: 8" - 203mm * Boxed Set - Hardcover PUB MONTH: OCTOBER MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION ISBN 978-1-4197-5168-4 US $29.00 CAN $34.00

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