NMLP P-037469 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Sounder

William H. Armstrong (illus. James Barkley) · Harper & Row · 1969

United States true first. Awarded the Newbery Medal in 1970, so first-printing jackets predate the seal.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037469 for "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong (illus. James Barkley) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037469, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).