Jeff Kinney Advocates for New York City Libraries

By Maryann Yin 

Jeff Kinney and Greg Heffley (GalleyCat)Jeff Kinney, the creator of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, has written a letter to advocate for the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Public Library, and the Queens Library. He aims to mobilize library patrons to share a one sentence story on what the library means to them.

These moving words will be used in a campaign to push Mayor Bill de Blasio and local city council members to increase funding for New York City’s three library systems. Follow this link to check out some of the responses that have been collected thus far.

Here’s an excerpt from Kinney’s letter: “The New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, and Queens Library are working together to get one sentence from lots of New Yorkers all over the city! They’d love to display your sentence for the world to see. After all, each voice makes us that much stronger. And take it from me, it’s better to be strong than wimpy!”