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