# Is "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2)" by Jeff Kinney a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2) by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books / Abrams, 2008) is identified by: First printing has the complete number line descending to 1 ('10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1') on the copyright page; Amulet Books (an imprint of Abrams), New York, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8109-9473-7; issued in pictorial laminated boards without a separate dust jacket, as is standard for the series. The US Amulet hardcover is the true first, published February 2008.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing has the complete number line descending to 1 ('10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1') on the copyright page
- Amulet Books (an imprint of Abrams), New York, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8109-9473-7; issued in pictorial laminated boards without a separate dust jacket, as is standard for the series
- Publisher imprint reads Amulet Books / Abrams
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Jeff Kinney |
| Publisher | Amulet Books / Abrams |
| Year | 2008 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | First printing has the complete number line descending to 1 ('10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1') on… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First printing has the complete number line descending to 1 ('10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1') on the copyright page; Amulet Books (an imprint of Abrams), New York, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8109-9473-7; issued in pictorial laminated boards without a separate dust jacket, as is standard for the series.

## Is this the true first?
The US Amulet hardcover is the true first, published February 2008. The book grew out of the strip first serialized online at Funbrain, but the Amulet hardcover is the first print appearance in book form.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings begin the number line at a figure above 1 (the '1' having been stripped as reprints advance); film tie-in and later cover-variant editions exist and are not the true first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2)* by Jeff Kinney a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-rodrick-rules-2
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.