NMLP P-003440 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick · Scholastic Press · 2007

The US Scholastic Press 2007 edition is the true first, dated March 2007 on the copyright page. It was the first novel to win the Caldecott Medal (2008), so the first-printing jacket predates the medal and bears no seal.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-003440 for "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-003440, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).