NMLP P-002982 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Summer of the Swans

Betsy Byars · The Viking Press · 1970

United States true first. Awarded the Newbery Medal in 1971, so first-printing jackets predate the seal.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-002982 for "Summer of the Swans" by Betsy Byars (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-002982, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).