Dog Days
by Jeff Kinney
Dog Days is the fourth Diary of a Wimpy Kid book by Jeff Kinney, first published in the United States by Amulet Books, an Abrams imprint, in 2009 with a three-million-copy first printing. Greg Heffley hopes to spend his summer holiday indoors playing video games, but his mother has other plans.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First published
- Amulet Books (Abrams), 2009
- First UK edition
- Puffin Books
- Worth
- Not yet valued
- Series
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
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Editions
- Abrams2007 Other · Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4 Not yet valued Log in to want this
- Amulet Books (US) Puffin Books (UK)2009 Hardback · Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4 Not yet valued Log in to want this
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How many editions of Dog Days are there?
We track 2 editions of Dog Days. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
How can I tell if my copy of Dog Days is a first edition?
Check the title page and its reverse (the copyright page) against the edition: publisher, place and date should match, with no later printing or edition stated. Where we know the issue points, they are listed on the edition's page.
Where these facts come from
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (novel), Wikipedia, 2026 (en.wikipedia.org)
- Revealed: The New Wimpy Kid, Publishers Weekly, 2009 (publishersweekly.com)
Every fact on this page was checked against the sources listed. Checked 17 October 2026.