Among the children's literature and the already youthful narrative there is always a poorly covered gap. Well you know Jeff Kinney. In the past we went from the classics for childhood to series such as The Five or Choose your own adventure, with meritorious intermediate exceptions that are now imperishable creations. I mean The Little Prince of Exupery or to Alice from Lewis Carroll (In both there is more chicha to consider them only children's stories).
As the only alternative in that no-man's-land of an age in which stories are boring and teenage stories are equally boring, we found comics of all kinds ... And from there, from that mixture between illustration and stories came the good of Jeff Kinney, precisely with that band of those born in the 70s, like me. Children between the ages of 9 and 13 had to deal with readings that made water on one side or the other.
Today something very similar continues to happen. The children's literature writers are dedicated to the little ones and authors of juvenile literature They are looking for final success between love affairs mixed with fantasies of all kinds.
Except for the parenthesis of the 90s in which Elvira Cute, With his Manolito glasses, he put children of that age in limbo to read, but also many older people who wanted to give themselves the pleasure of rediscovering that childhood. Except for that case, the rest remained a wasteland.
Until from time to time, perhaps every twenty years, someone takes care of those neglected readers who do not yet know if they are still children or if they are already older boys and girls.
In short, these are some of the reasons for success of Greg, the character of Kinney. Along with its combination of illustrations and invitations to engage the reader with ad hoc creative collaborations.
And now we are going with my selection of their best stories (nothing better than a good reading shared with the kids).
Top 3 Recommended Books by Jeff Kinney
Greg's Diary 4. Dog Days
There is some intention to contrast what a summer was in the analog days to what it can be today, imbued with the digital age. Greg faces the break from school as an endless period of playing games on the console.
Of course, his mother does not seem very happy and tries to modify his behavior. Probably, the idea of ​​the dog does not bring any benefit to domestic order and cleanliness. But it is more than certain that with him Greg can start going out to live adventures with his dog.
And the truth is that Greg will soon discover that life is out there, with a whole summer ahead of him, with no time references to face new adventures, running, escaping, imagining ...
A summer like the old ones, like those of those children that we were. A simple story peppered with the magic of childhood in which twists and turns keep the kids on edge.
Greg's Diary 2. Rodrick's Law
Who didn't have that older brother to learn life lessons from? Without a doubt blood of your blood, a shoulder always available for your boyish laments.
Except for the real brothers, those bastards who did not hesitate to expose your miseries or call you in front of everyone: hey, you, bastard! We are faced with a new diary, probably the most famous in the series.
And that first person serves to provide an intensity that awakens hilarity, melancholy and the deep melancholy of what we were. For young readers, this story also provides that empathy with their experiences, but filled with a healthy humor that is born from the simple most accurate comparison with the common realities of children in that invisible age between the end of toys and the horizon. far from the first kiss.
Greg's Diary 3. This is the last straw
Between the notion of parents about how to enhance the best of our children and redirect the defects that we want to see in them. Always with that humor that comes from Greg's own ingenuity, determined this time to succeed at the requests of Frank, his father and the tripping of his brother.
That of doors into your house. Because when it comes to that world outside of high school, Greg keeps looking for his place. He has already had an eye on some girl for whom he loses his bones and tries to win friendships in the most select circles of the high school world.
One of the stories in which the forging of the personality of the boys is most confronted, always with humor.
