NMLP P-004161 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Miss Hickory

Carolyn Sherwin Bailey · The Viking Press · 1946

US true first. Awarded the Newbery Medal in 1947. A Junior Literary Guild edition appeared in 1946 as a separate variant; the Viking trade issue is the collected first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-004161 for "Miss Hickory" by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004161, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).