NMLP P-004739 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-04

The Polar Express

Chris Van Allsburg · Houghton Mifflin · 1985

First edition: Houghton Mifflin 1985; first-issue dust jacket WITHOUT the Caldecott Medal (won 1986), with its printed price (some early at the printed price)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-004739 for "The Polar Express" by Chris Van Allsburg (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004739, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).