How 'Wimpy Kid' Author Jeff Kinney is Transforming His Hometown

How 'Wimpy Kid' Author Jeff Kinney is Transforming His Hometown

Jeff Kinney, the man behind the bestselling book series, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” is on a mission to revitalize his small town of Plainville, Massachusetts, which is also the setting of his 20 books and 8 movies. Kinney shares that he and his wife built a bookstore with their first “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” royalty check and they now have plans to build out the rest of downtown with a restaurant, park, and beer garden with the goal of creating space…