NMLP P-002236 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Call It Courage

Armstrong Sperry · The Macmillan Company · 1940

US true first. Won the Newbery Medal in 1941. Published in the United Kingdom under the alternate title 'The Boy Who Was Afraid' (John Lane / The Bodley Head), a first-thus title variant rather than a precedent first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-002236 for "Call It Courage" by Armstrong Sperry (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-002236, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).