Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal


 * This article is about the book. For the section in The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, see "Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid (The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book)"

Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal is a spin-off of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series) series. It was announced on January 8th, 2019. The book will be released on April 9th, 2019.

A shorter 112 page version, Diary of Greg Heffley's Best Friend was released in October 2018 specifically for Scholastic Book Clubs, and again in February 28, 2019 for World Book Day.

Plot
"Get ready for a whole new look into Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid! Introducing the newest Wimpy Kid author—Rowley Jefferson! Rowley’s best friend Greg Heffley has been chronicling his middle-school years in thirteen Diary of a Wimpy Kid journals . . . and counting. But it’s finally time for readers to hear directly from Rowley in a journal of his own. In Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid, Rowley writes about his experiences and agrees to play the role of biographer for Greg along the way. (After all, one day Greg will be rich and famous, and everyone will want to know his life’s story.) But Rowley is a poor choice for the job, and his “biography” of Greg is a hilarious mess. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal offers readers a new way to look at the Wimpy world—one fans won’t want to miss!"

Sneak Peek
The book's listing on Amazon has a sneak peek of the first seven pages of the book.

Trivia

 * The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book has a section titled "Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid." The title page is very similar to this book's cover as well. The Do-It-Yourself Book version is written in a similar style, except the text is all cursive and the drawings are in full color.
 * This is the first book to be written from another character's perspective.
 * This is the first book to be in a completely different art style from the main series books.
 * This one has the same color as the first Wimpy Kid book.
 * Do to Greg mentioning in book 1 that Rowley does not draw noses and the characters in this book has no noses. It's safe to assume in the books that the pictures are actually there and not just illustrated for the viewers.