NMLP P-018294 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Undefeated

Kwame Alexander (illus. Kadir Nelson) · Versify / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · 2019

The US Versify/HMH 2019 hardcover is the true first. It won the 2020 Caldecott Medal, a 2020 Newbery Honor, and a 2020 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor; the genuine first-printing jacket predates those seals.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-018294 for "The Undefeated" by Kwame Alexander (illus. Kadir Nelson) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-018294, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).