LETTING thoughts and feelings flood out onto the pages of a diary can be a valuable emotional release – but for children, expressing emotions isn't the only huge benefit of diary writing.

LETTING thoughts and feelings flood out onto the pages of a diary can be a valuable emotional release - but for children, expressing emotions isn't the only huge benefit of diary writing.

Today,he is the No. 1 best-selling kids author in America with his "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" franchise. Eight years ago, Kinney was a self-described “failed newspaper cartoonist,” playing too ...

He got a day job designing online games. Then on the side, he started writing and illustrating "Diary of a Wimpy Kid. But it wasn't FOR kids. "In fact, the first draft was 1,300 pages long ...

Kids often keep diaries or write a blog. I recently discovered my seven-year-old’s “secret diary of being a mermaid” in her bottom drawer. She wasn’t amused when I admitted to peeking at it.