NMLP P-007513 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

Ed Young · Philomel Books (Putnam) · 1989

The US Philomel 1989 edition is the true first; it won the 1990 Caldecott Medal, so the first-printing jacket predates the medal.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-007513 for "Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China" by Ed Young (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-007513, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).