NMLP P-019574 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Number the Stars

Lois Lowry · Houghton Mifflin · 1989

US Houghton Mifflin is the true first. The pre-Newbery jacket (no medal) plus the complete number line ending in 1 mark the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019574 for "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019574, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).