Up until the Wimpy Kid bus pulled up in front of Lincoln Middle School in Meriden, Conn., at noon on Friday, teachers and students knew only that a “mystery author” would be visiting. On November 2, PW joined Kinney in Connecticut for a behind-the-scenes look at The Meltdown tour. The following eight international stops are also part of Kinney’s fall tour: Denmark (a new destination for Kinney), the U.K., Germany, Finland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Canada. Since the series’ 2007 debut, more than 200 million copies of the Wimpy Kid books have sold worldwide, in 59 languages, including Latin, and Scots. The “Wimpy Kid Live” show features many of the hallmarks of Kinney’s presentations for young readers-an overview of his early inspiration and path to publication (condensed from 30 minutes to two minutes) a drawing demo footage from his international tours and a Q&A-along with trivia challenges, dance-offs, and a snowball fight bringing to life a climactic scene in the newest book. On October 30, the day the book hit shelves, Kinney set off on an eight-city East Coast bus tour, including-in addition to public appearances at a number of elementary schools-a live, one-hour interactive performance, which was produced by the Switch agency and Abrams. In honor of the release of The Meltdown, book 13 in his wildly popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, author-illustrator Jeff Kinney decided to add some variety to his usual school and bookstore visits.
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