John Newberry opened a bookstore in London, where he sold and published children's books.
Nathanial Hawthorne is the author of the first American book written for children
First Child Labor Laws passed
US publishing house created a department entirely for children's books
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Modern picture books were created
The John Newberry Award was created
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Helen Dean Fish and May Massee became the first children's book editors
The Randolph Caldecott Award was created
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Children's and young adult books became an important part of libraries, homes, and publishing houses.
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It was difficult to find books about girls and women in nontraditional roles.
Ashley Bryan was the first African American to both write and illustrate a children's book
Coretta Scott King Award for African American literature was created
Harriet Rohmer created Children's Book Press to publish bilingual picture books about diversity
The first African American to win the Newberry Award for M.C. Higgins, The Great.
Just Us Books was created to address the lack of diversity and also supports work of African American authors and illustrators.
Latino literature began to increase popularity
Bishop found that only 3% to 4 % of children's books published between 1990 to 1992 were about people of color.
The Pure Belpre Award for Latino literature was created
International Children's Digital Library was created
400 books became available online
The CCBC received 3,400 books and only 156 books had African content, 22 books had American Indians content, 64 books had Asian content, and 66 books had Latino content.