NMLP P-008018 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Henry's Freedom Box

Ellen Levine (illus. Kadir Nelson) · Scholastic Press · 2007

The US Scholastic Press edition of 2007 is the true first. It was named a 2008 Caldecott Honor Book and received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, so the true-first jacket predates the seals.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-008018 for "Henry's Freedom Box" by Ellen Levine (illus. Kadir Nelson) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-008018, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).