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The Diary of Dennis the Menace by Steven Butler (view source)
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|summary=Useful, harmless fun, with all the expected content carried over from the comic pages, even if other similar series can provide more plot and more mature humour.
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So this is no Wimpy Kid, or a Loser, or a Dork, this is definitely a Menace. And while the book is a little one-note, and can't bring itself to break away from the comics enough to bring a more mature, arch sense of comedy to things, it does serve as I said as a cross-over between the magazine and the full novel. For the school librarian and parent it may well be a 'tut' as well, before more mature books, but this is harmless, useful entertainment, and firmly in the middle ground as regards quality of such similar things goes.
I must thank the publishers for my review copy. We also have reviews of [[The Diary of Dennis the Menace: Rollercoaster Riot by Steven Butler|Rollercoaster Riot]], [[The Diary of Dennis the Menace: Bash Street Bandit (Book 4) by Steven Butler and Steve May (illustrator)|Bash Street Bandit]] and [[The Diary of Dennis the Menace: Canine Carnage (book 5) by Steven Butler|Canine Carnage]].
It seems these days all young readers are Wimpy Kid copies, or Mr Gum copies, and the best of the latter recently has been [[Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Badness of Badgers by John Dougherty]].