NMLP P-009155 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Snowy Day

Ezra Jack Keats · Viking Press · 1962

US Viking is the true first. The pre-Caldecott jacket (no gold medal) is the defining first-issue point — relaunch jackets added the medal after the 1963 award.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-009155 for "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-009155, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).