Dear Dumb Diary Books 1-4: Let's Pretend This Never Happened/My Pants are Haunted/Am I the Princess or the Frog?/Never Do Anything, Ever

Dear Dumb Diary #1-4

by Jim Benton

Read the hilarious, candid (and sometimes not-so-nice), diaries of Jamie Kelly. Now Jamie's first four diaries are together in one side-splitting set!

Dear Dumb Diary,

Here's the thing about Angeline. I know that she shouldn't really bother me that much. I mean, Angeline has even done nice things for me in the past, although I have come to believe that these were probably accidental.

There's just something so infuriating about perfect people. When she's nice, it makes me mad. When she's pretty, it makes me mad. It never changes. I guess the only good thing about Angeline is that she can never bother me more than she does right now. Perfect people make me perfectly ill.

Genres: Childrens, Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Fiction, Diary, Humor, Comedy

Paperback

First published October 1, 2006

About the author

Benton began his career in a custom design t-shirt shop where he started designing his own characters. At the same time, Jim did illustrations and artwork for magazines and newspapers. People magazine named him "the most visible cartoonist in America" .

Benton also created greeting cards and worked in the magazine and publishing industry. In 1998, his SpyDogs characters became an animated series, The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs, that aired on Fox Kids. Licensing his own creations brought them widespread attention on products, such as It's Happy Bunny, The Misters, Just Jimmy and more.

Benton currently lives in Michigan, where he operates out of his own studio.

Reviews

[Gladys · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh the tortures of being a not so-perfect kid in a cruel, unfair world- wanting to be iressistible for your crush, having to eat gross cafeteria food, haing the perfect popular girl and plotting her downfall-Jamie Kelly knows all about i, and she's recording every dranmatic moment in her diary. With hilarious doodles and even funnier confessions and true tales, you can't resist sneaking a peek.

This books offers a lot of lesson for students and you would go crazy reading the cool stuffs here.

[Courtney Fleming]

awweesssooommmmeeee

[Jamie]

Jamie kelly has the same situations every preteen has to face crushes, frenenemies and social status . It really easy to relate to in a hilarious way. She's funny and really angsty. It's hilarious if you liked this i suggest diary of a wimpy kid it read like a graphic novel.Stinker her dog i found really funny .

[Erikaishere · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know this series is for middle schoolers mostly but I love this series. ^.^

[Season · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read these with Bella - We laughed and loved them!

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have you ever read this book,because it is so funny!Just looking at the pitchers made me laff.

[Grace]

These books were my childhood along with the Junie B. Jones stories but these were so great because they literally cracked me up and probably still would if I ever read them again.

[Amelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was awesome

[Giselle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a good book and funny. It was interetinq.But at the same time was kinda weird of her,and a human being thinking about someone else somethings didn't make no total scence.A little bit more about this books that it could happen to someone in real life it could be based on someone in real life that put it like in carttons into a funny ,short story Problaby. But some things are sarcastic and exagerate too much. Lol (ETC)

[L · Rating 3 out of 5]

This Book was very humorous and i could relate to most things the main character, Jamie was discussing. But, her thoughts were somewhat Disturbing and grusome. But if you likes that book i suggest this one: Never Do Anything, Ever

[Alexa Berlanga · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this graphic novel as a child and found it much more pleasing than Diary of A Wimpy Kid. However, again it's pretty much just a child complaining about life. I feel like once again there's much better literature that actually teaches kids life lessons other than everything is terrible! Of course kids don't really take these things seriously but it's still harmful. The content is a lot more full but wouldn't recommend for a kids book and definitely not a classroom.

[Corinne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book as a child and was one of my favorites because it was so funny. It made me feel like I had a secret because I was always laughing and no one knew why. I now read it again and though it is different now that I am older and have more experiences, it was still funny. It puts you back into a little girls mind and makes you feel young again! This is absolutely hilarious! Her dog is also a hoot!

[Larab · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was very funny and creative. It has a lot of good and funny parts in this book. The drawings were amazing they had a lot of detail.
I don't know who my favorite character is that is a hard choice but they are all very funny in their own way. My favorite part i don't have one i liked the whole book. Recommend this book you should read it.

[Logan motley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this book was meant for younger girls I think they are interesting but they should be put in an elementary library not a middle/high school library I think that younger girls will enjoy this book better than 6-12 graders.

[Anna Chaddick]

I loved this book! It was spot on about preteen girls in middle school. It was also hilarious. I was cracking up just looking at some of the funny illustrations. I would totally recommend this book!

[Robyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a hilarious series!I would recommend it.

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think that this book is very funny and very weird a the same time.

[Brooke Porter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book a lot because its from a teenage point of view. I can relate a lot to her and the words she says keeps me interested.

[Tina · Rating 3 out of 5]

funny!! always hilarious and ironically funny.

[Myiah Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is a good book i love how it was writen in a real diary form of a normal girl

[Courtney · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reading this with my daughter. Pretty cute so far. We are both loving this diary genre.

[Areanna]

i loved it i love jim benton books

[Marissa Olivares]

cool

[Sam Reynolds · Rating 5 out of 5]

i don't have the box set,but i read the books

[Vale Aguirre]

Is great

[Dear Dumb · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's awesome

[Simi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is amazing and hilarious! I really like Angeline I really like Isabella.bye....

[Kiera · Rating 5 out of 5]

funny

[Chaylyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

It' was good

[Shanece]

I never read it DAHHHH!!!!!!!!