# Is "There Is a Bird on Your Head! (Elephant & Piggie)" by Mo Willems a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of There Is a Bird on Your Head! (Elephant & Piggie) by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children, 2007) is identified by: First printing has a number line that includes the 1 on the copyright page; Hyperion Books for Children imprint; early-reader Elephant & Piggie format. The US Hyperion hardcover of 2007 is the true first edition; it won the 2008 Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing has a number line that includes the 1 on the copyright page
- Hyperion Books for Children imprint; early-reader Elephant & Piggie format
- Issued as a laminated pictorial hardcover without a separate dust jacket, so the first-printing boards carry no Geisel Medal seal (awarded 2008)
- Publisher imprint reads Hyperion Books for Children
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Mo Willems |
| Publisher | Hyperion Books for Children |
| Year | 2007 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | First printing has a number line that includes the 1 on the copyright page |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First printing has a number line that includes the 1 on the copyright page; Hyperion Books for Children imprint; early-reader Elephant & Piggie format. Issued as a laminated pictorial hardcover without a separate dust jacket, so the first-printing boards carry no Geisel Medal seal (awarded 2008).

## Is this the true first?
The US Hyperion hardcover of 2007 is the true first edition; it won the 2008 Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal. The first-printing covers predate the seal.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings add the Geisel gold seal to the front cover. Book-club issues are separate later printings and are not firsts.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *There Is a Bird on Your Head! (Elephant & Piggie)* by Mo Willems a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/there-is-a-bird-on-your-head-elephant-piggie
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.