NMLP P-013101 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Show Way

Jacqueline Woodson (illus. Hudson Talbott) · G.P. Putnam's Sons · 2005

The US G.P. Putnam's Sons edition of 2005 is the true first. It was named a Newbery Honor Book in January 2006, unusually for a picture book, so the true-first jacket and text block predate the seal.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-013101 for "Show Way" by Jacqueline Woodson (illus. Hudson Talbott) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-013101, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).