books like the Wimpy kid

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DD (8) is a Jeff Kinney superfan. read all the wimpy kid books. Twice now.

I cannot get her to move on to something else. Is there anything similar someone could recommend?

DD likes funny, cheeky characters with some nice illustrations (as the WK). She does not like books with girly heroines for some reason.

I tried her in Harry Potter books but the plot is quiet complex and so many characters. So we needs something more accessible.

Has she tried Chris Riddell’s Goth Girl books and the Amelia Fang books?

Tom Gates. My Dd began with these and moved on to the Wimpy kid series. She also likes Barry Loser.

thanks, will have a look. we haven't tried any of those yet!

Nah mate. You just keep reading the Wimpy Kid until the covers fall off, the pages disintegrate and you call your boss Rowley by mistake.

Tom Gates! She'll love them.
Ottoline and Goth Girl by Chris Riddell are also fantastic.

Haha Morris! I love a bit of Tom Gates myself...

Treehouse storey books (and Tom gates!)

Another vote for Tom Gates!

Definitely Tom Gates. It's the British equivalent of Wimpy Kid and there are tonnes of books. Also the Dog Man books.

Tom Gates is better and British, Barry Loser is more fart/willy jokes.
Similar reading level - The Bolds, about hyenas passing as humans in Teddington. The Naughtiest Girl in the School might appeal if she likes school-set stories - dd liked all those and Malory Towers /St Clare's, but didn't like any other Blyton except Secret Island.

I just ordered a few Tom Gates books. If she likes it, we are gonna be busy for a while.

Thanks!!

The Top Secret Diary of Pig books by Emer Stamp are brilliant. My 8 year old loves them!

Tom gates
Big nate
Dog man

Mr Gum. Audio books, read by Andy Stanton, are absolutely bonkers

Has she read any Dork Diairies? My dd loves them.

Louis Sacher's "There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom."

I second Tom Gates abs Treehouse series. Also the Captain Underpants books

Tom Gates
Barry Loser
Uncle Gobb
Dog Man
CaptainUnderpants

DD loved the Diary of Pig books (you can get the set at the works) they also have the 13 storey tree house series which she enjoyed.

Dork Diaries and Max Crumbly by Rachel Renee Russel

Mr Gum is hilarious, I'd second that suggestion.

Btw - has she read the new Wimpy Kid published on Monday?? My WK-mad DS got it yesterday after school and finished it this evening!