PUBLISHER’S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kinney, Jeff.
Diary of a wimpy kid : dog days / by Jeff Kinney.
p. cm.
Summary: In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his
attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games
and watching television, despite his mother’s other ideas.
ISBN 978-0-8109-8391-5 (Harry N. Abrams)
[1. Summer—Fiction. 2. Diaries—Fiction. 3. Humorous stories.] I. Title. II.
Title: Diary of a wimpy kid four.
PZ7.K6232Di 2009
 [Fic]—dc22
2009024953

Wimpy Kid text and illustrations copyright © 2009 Wimpy Kid, Inc.
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID®, WIMPY KID™, and the Greg Heffley design™ are
trademarks of Wimpy Kid, Inc. All rights reserved.

Book design by Jeff Kinney
Cover design by Chad W. Beckerman and Jeff Kinney

Published in 2009 by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to all the fans of the Wimpy Kid series for inspiring and motivating me to write these stories. Thanks to all of the booksellers across the nation for putting my books in kids’ hands.

Thanks to my family for all the love and support. It’s been fun to share this experience with you.

Thanks to the folks at Abrams for working hard to make sure this book happened. A special thanks to Charlie Kochman, my editor; Jason Wells, my publicist; and Scott Auerbach, managing editor extraordinaire.

Thanks to everyone in Hollywood for working so hard to bring Greg Heffley to life, especially Nina, Brad, Carla, Riley, Elizabeth, and Thor. And thanks, Sylvie and Keith, for your help and guidance.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jeff Kinney is an online game developer and designer, and a #1 New York Times bestselling author. In 2009, Jeff was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England in 1995. Jeff lives in southern Massachusetts with his wife and their two sons.