# Is "Smile" by Raina Telgemeier a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Smile by Raina Telgemeier (Graphix / Scholastic, 2010) is identified by: Verified against the copyright page itself (Scholastic's own published interior): the first printing reads "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 11 12 13 14" (printing key followed by year key) directly above the line "First edition, February 2010", with "Printed in Singapore 46" below the credits. US Graphix (an imprint of Scholastic Inc.), New York, February 2010 — US-only true first, with no UK or foreign-language edition preceding it.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Verified against the copyright page itself (Scholastic's own published interior): the first printing reads "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 11 12 13 14" (printing key followed by year key) directly above the line "First edition, February 2010", with "Printed in Singapore 46" below the credits
- The same page carries both ISBN 978-0-545-13205-3 (hardcover) and ISBN 978-0-545-13206-0 (paperback) and the LCCN 2008051782; the CIP block reads "Smile / Raina Telgemeier. — the printed pricet ed." A first printing must show the printing key running down to 1 — the "First edition, February 2010" line is repeated in later printings, whose key's lowest digit rises
- Credits on a first: color by Stephanie Yue, edited by Cassandra Pelham, book design by Phil Falco and John Green, creative director David Saylor
- Publisher imprint reads Graphix / Scholastic
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Raina Telgemeier |
| Publisher | Graphix / Scholastic |
| Year | 2010 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | Verified against the copyright page itself (Scholastic's own published interior): the first printing reads "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 11 12… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Verified against the copyright page itself (Scholastic's own published interior): the first printing reads "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 11 12 13 14" (printing key followed by year key) directly above the line "First edition, February 2010", with "Printed in Singapore 46" below the credits. The same page carries both ISBN 978-0-545-13205-3 (hardcover) and ISBN 978-0-545-13206-0 (paperback) and the LCCN 2008051782; the CIP block reads "Smile / Raina Telgemeier. — the printed pricet ed." A first printing must show the printing key running down to 1 — the "First edition, February 2010" line is repeated in later printings, whose key's lowest digit rises. Credits on a first: color by Stephanie Yue, edited by Cassandra Pelham, book design by Phil Falco and John Green, creative director David Saylor.

## Is this the true first?
US Graphix (an imprint of Scholastic Inc.), New York, February 2010 — US-only true first, with no UK or foreign-language edition preceding it. Hardcover and paperback were issued simultaneously (both ISBNs appear on the one copyright page), so a first-printing paperback is as much a first printing as the hardcover; neither format has precedence over the other. Later reissues — notably the 2020 Graphix edition (ISBN 9781338740264) — are "first thus."

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No separate book-club issue is documented in the sources consulted. The documented reprint tells are the rising printing key on the copyright page and the Turtleback school-library binding (ISBN 9780606140829), which is a bound-up reprint, not a Scholastic first printing.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Smile* by Raina Telgemeier a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/smile
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.