NMLP P-017709 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson (illus. Donna Diamond) · Thomas Y. Crowell · 1977

US Crowell is the true first. The pre-Newbery jacket (no medal) marks the true first; relaunch jackets added the gold medal after 1978.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-017709 for "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson (illus. Donna Diamond) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-017709, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).