# Is "Wonderstruck" by Brian Selznick a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press, 2011) is identified by: First printing has the copyright-page number line running down to 1 and a first-printing / first-edition statement dated 2011; Scholastic Press imprint; first-state jacket intact. US Scholastic Press is the true first (2011).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing has the copyright-page number line running down to 1 and a first-printing / first-edition statement dated 2011
- Scholastic Press imprint; first-state jacket intact
- Roughly 640 pages, heavily illustrated in Selznick's picture-and-text format
- Publisher imprint reads Scholastic Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Brian Selznick |
| Publisher | Scholastic Press |
| Year | 2011 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | First printing has the copyright-page number line running down to 1 and a first-printing… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First printing has the copyright-page number line running down to 1 and a first-printing / first-edition statement dated 2011; Scholastic Press imprint; first-state jacket intact. Roughly 640 pages, heavily illustrated in Selznick's picture-and-text format.

## Is this the true first?
US Scholastic Press is the true first (2011).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings advance the number line. A film adaptation later appeared; check for tie-in jacket variants.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Wonderstruck* by Brian Selznick a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/wonderstruck
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.