NMLP P-003083 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Beverly Cleary · William Morrow · 1981

The US Morrow edition is the true first; the first-state jacket predates the Newbery Honor seal, and the presence of Alan Tiegreen's original illustrations confirms an early printing.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-003083 for "Ramona Quimby, Age 8" by Beverly Cleary (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-003083, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).