NMLP P-033842 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

William Steig · Windmill Books / Simon & Schuster · 1969

The US Windmill/Simon & Schuster printing is the true first. The pre-Caldecott jacket with no medal, the 'First Printing' copyright statement, green cloth stamped black, and the '6010' front-flap code together define a first issue; relaunch jackets added the medal after 1970.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033842 for "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" by William Steig (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033842, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).