NMLP P-017683 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Day of the Pelican

Katherine Paterson · Clarion Books · 2009

US Clarion first edition. Written by an American author and first published in the US, so the Clarion printing is the true first; there is no competing prior UK or Canadian edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-017683 for "The Day of the Pelican" by Katherine Paterson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-017683, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).