NMLP P-044221 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Little Bear

Else Holmelund Minarik (illus. Maurice Sendak) · Harper & Brothers (New York) · 1957

True first is the Harper & Brothers issue: the imprint reads Harper & Brothers on the title page and jacket, and any copy carrying the Harper & Row imprint postdates the 1962 merger and is a reprint

Full identification guide for this title →

New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-044221 for "Little Bear" by Else Holmelund Minarik (illus. Maurice Sendak) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044221, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).