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John Newbery Opened Bookstore for Children
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Nathaniel Hawthorne-A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls
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Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Lewis Carroll-Through the Looking Glass
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Johanna Spyri's Heide was Published
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Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio was published
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit-Beatrix Potter
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlof
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Child Labor Laws Changed
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The Wind in the Willows-Kenneth Grahame
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Publication of Peter Pan by James M. Barrie
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Macmillian launched book department dedicated to children
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Modern Picture books began to develop
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Establishment of John Newbery Award
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Helen Dean Fish and May Massee became first children's books editors
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When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne
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Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain-Edward Ardizzone
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The Randolph Caldecott Award was Established
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Eric Knight's Lassie Come-Home was published
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Children's and young adult books became an important part of libraries, schools, homes, and publishing houses
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Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
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Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
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J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring was published
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A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
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Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak
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The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
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The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton
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Harriet Rohmer established the Children's Book Press
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Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia was published
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Just Us Books was founded
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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Flesichman
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1993 Lois Lowry's The Giver was published
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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The Amber Spyglass - Phillip Pullman
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Criss Cross - Lynee Rae Perkins
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak was published
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins was published
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Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night - Joyce Sidman
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Press Here by Herve Tullet