It was released on October 12, 2009, in the USA and October 13, 2009, in Canada. The film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, released on August 3, 2012, was based on the book and its predecessor, The Last Straw. It follows the narrator, Greg Heffley, on his summer break between seventh and eighth-grade.

Dogs love unconditionally, not because they don't understand life, but because they understand it best." Hilarious and moving, it recognises the unconditional love of dogs and their ability to make the world a better place WOMAN'S WEEKLY Hilarious and moving, it recognises the unconditional love of dogs and their ability to make the world a better place * WOMAN'S WEEKLY *Greg Heffley wants to spend his summer indoors, relaxing, playing video games with his friend, Rowley, and watching late-night horror films. His mom has other ideas, however. She wants him to spend time with the family, improving his education, and playing outdoors. Overall, this is a very emotional and powerful book combining humour and sadness. Each of the characters is struggling to cope with something whether it be grief or their sexuality but the loyalty of the animals shines through and helps them through their dark days there are some good messages about friendship and love too. A great read in my opinion. Life isn't perfect, it's messy & complicated but with small acts of kindness, there is always hope - a sentiment that is captured perfectly in this compelling debut' Greg doesn't want to go to the town pool with his mother and little brother because of the shower area he has to walk through to get to the pool. ...

Then we have Dan, who has OCD, he’s also got Fitz, his yellow lab. He’s a man coming to terms with his sexuality, finding himself in his first romance. Easy to read and witty but full of pathos and sadness, this tightly plotted tale will bring you joy. BEST

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Then there is Dan, a mental health counselor who has OCD, himself. He is also struggling with accepting his feelings about his sexuality. His dog is a labrador named Fitz, who seems to be his substitute best friend, and one of his excuses, for not having a partner, or a life, really. He’s a bit awkward with people, and struggles even more once a patient appears at his door early on, and finds himself attracted to this patient who seems to be subtly flirting with him, that is if he’s not just imagining it. urn:oclc:874780415 Republisher_date 20120703010116 Republisher_operator [email protected] Scandate 20120627165020 Scanner scribe3.shenzhen.archive.org Scanningcenter shenzhen Worldcat (source edition) I would recommend this book to 3rd graders only because the cheesy humor Jeff Kinney, the author, puts in. Also I would want to let others know that this book has some great value because it's very common for kids to be lazy during the summer, like Greg, but it does show that Greg put in an effort of trying to do something productive while having fun. This hilariously sharp comic book is written from the perspective of 11 year-old Greg, whose canny jokes and observations have become a series of popular books. Dog Days chronicles Greg's Summer holiday, which he wants to spend playing video games in his room, with the curtains shut and a cover over his head. Greg's mum, however, seems to think that Summer holidays should be spent doing 'useful things' such as running around outside, spending time with one's family and visiting the local pool. A charming novel that focuses on the healing properties of man and woman's best friend * Choice Magazine *

So first off, when dog is in the title- you’ve already caught my interest. Then making them part of the healing process for 3 different storylines and I’m fully sold.Most of the way through I thought this book was fine. I got to a point where I didn’t want to give up even though it wasn’t winning me over terribly, so I persisted just so I could finish it. But then it took such a terrible turn that I was so angry by the time I was done.

The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog' MK Clinton An emotional tour-de-force that will leave you with the whole-hearted understanding that dogs really do bring people (even the most unlikely of us) together. * Annie England Noblin, author of Sit, Stay, Speak and Pupcakes * Dog Days was an excellent read, if darker than the cover and title might lead you to expect, with characters who turned out to be satisfyingly complex, if not necessarily likeable. The three main characters - George, Dan and Lizzie - are brilliantly drawn, but so are the subsidiary characters like Betty, Luke, Atticus and Tess, as well as Lizzie’s son Lenny. Even the deceased Ellen emerges clearly. The literary elements in this story are, imagery and and alot of figurative language. The real reason it has imagery is simply because it shows pictures to show us each scene. Its figurative language consist of similes and of onomatopeas, that is what is in this book. urn:lcp:dogdays00jeff:epub:a472837a-b745-4390-a4c4-c2b04ead0c80 Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier dogdays00jeff Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t43r21r1x Isbn 9780810983915The book starts with Greg Heffley describing how he is more of an "indoor person", and how he will spend his summer vacation playing video games in the dark; unfortunately, his mother stops him, saying that he has better things to do.