# Is "Tuesday" by David Wiesner a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Tuesday by David Wiesner (Clarion Books, 1991) is identified by: First printing has a full number line counting down to 1 (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) on the copyright page; Clarion Books imprint; near-wordless watercolor picture book; true-first jacket bears NO Caldecott Medal seal, as the medal was awarded in 1992. The US Clarion Books edition of 1991 is the true first edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing has a full number line counting down to 1 (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) on the copyright page
- Clarion Books imprint; near-wordless watercolor picture book; true-first jacket bears NO Caldecott Medal seal, as the medal was awarded in 1992
- Publisher imprint reads Clarion Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | David Wiesner |
| Publisher | Clarion Books |
| Year | 1991 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | First printing has a full number line counting down to 1 (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) on the copyright page |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First printing has a full number line counting down to 1 (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) on the copyright page; Clarion Books imprint; near-wordless watercolor picture book; true-first jacket bears NO Caldecott Medal seal, as the medal was awarded in 1992.

## Is this the true first?
The US Clarion Books edition of 1991 is the true first edition. It won the 1992 Caldecott Medal, so the jacket of the true first predates the medal seal.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings add the gold Caldecott Medal seal to the jacket; book-club editions differ in binding and lack the full number line.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Tuesday* by David Wiesner a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/tuesday
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.