# Is "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books / Abrams, 2007) is identified by: First printing has a complete number line reading 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (ending in 1) on the copyright page, under the Amulet Books / Abrams imprint. The US Amulet/Abrams 2007 edition is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing has a complete number line reading 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (ending in 1) on the copyright page, under the Amulet Books / Abrams imprint
- Issued as a pictorial laminated hardcover with no dust jacket, as issued
- The small first printing (reported at about 25,000 copies) makes a true first scarce
- Publisher imprint reads Amulet Books / Abrams
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Jeff Kinney |
| Publisher | Amulet Books / Abrams |
| Year | 2007 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | First printing has a complete number line reading 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (ending in 1) on the copyright page, under the Amulet Books / Abrams… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First printing has a complete number line reading 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (ending in 1) on the copyright page, under the Amulet Books / Abrams imprint. Issued as a pictorial laminated hardcover with no dust jacket, as issued. The small first printing (reported at about 25,000 copies) makes a true first scarce.

## Is this the true first?
The US Amulet/Abrams 2007 edition is the true first. The book grew out of the serialized version published on the FunBrain website beginning in 2004. The decisive points are the complete number line ending in 1 and the Amulet/Abrams imprint.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
A separate Scholastic paperback edition exists under a different ISBN and is not the hardcover first. Later printings show number lines that no longer end in 1. No dust jacket is correct for the first, so the number line and imprint are decisive rather than any jacket point.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Diary of a Wimpy Kid* by Jeff Kinney a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.