Jeff Kinney's Impact On Society

Jeff Kinney impacted the youth and society by being able to sell over 250 million books of the series the Diary of a Wimpy kid. He also impacted the society by becoming the top 100 most influential people in the year 2009 (Garoto).

Jeff Kinney is an amazing author who has sold over 250 million copies of the series Diary of a Wimpy Kid. People in the world have found his books funny and they can relate to his books. According to Judy Newman, “I love Jeff Kinney so much is that he really helps me do my job. As Reader in Chief of Scholastic Book Clubs, it is my responsibility to help kids and their teachers and parents find books that will turn them onto reading and turn them into readers” (Newman). Also, according to Judy Newman, she explains

Most people around the country state that “Jeff Kinney has been an inspiration and home to some of the most intriguing for avid readers in the country” (Jeff). This is explained how people who read his books across the country think he is a good reader and an inspiration. During the year 2020 when COVID-19 was a huge pandemic Jeff Kinney realized many people weren’t reading his books like that anymore as he states “ Jeff Kinney noticed kids were playing games so he went on a ride to give kids’ books and take pictures with them” this explains how jeff Kinney really cares about his readers and the people who read them, this also shows how he got more fans by giving them one of his famous and one of his best books of all time. While reading jeff Kinney’s books you might think that most people over the teenage years, well your mistaken some people state that “the books are funny and appeal to all level readers” (ten). Jeff Kinney is also inspiring to the youth and to the society by creating the video game

Many kids have fun playing this game. Jeff Kinney states “led a contract for three novelizations” (Rosen). This contract with had Jeff Kinney earn a lot of money, his game also has inspired kids by them connect with other kids on the game. Poptropica wasn’t just only a game where you can just play sports on it and stuff it had other features that mentioned learning as Jeff Kinney states” He wanted to create an online world where kids could learn seamlessly, unlike educational sites such as Funbrain that offer library-style bookshelves, where kids pull out virtual books to read” (Rosen). This is explaining how kids can learn off a game that he created but it also shows that jeff Kinney really cares about his fans and their interest. One interesting fact about the game poptropica is that “it draws close to 7.5 million kids a month from more than 70 countries.” (Rosen). This game is very popular as it states that there’s people in other countries that enjoy playing this game as well as people in America. This game draws a lot of attention because of the famous author who created the game named Jeff Kinney. Karen states “while Poptropica, part of the Penguin publishing family, has attracted more than 180 million readers since its 2007 launch. (Karen). Poptropica was at its peak around this time, and this caused jeff Kinney to get more fans to read