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18th Century
1719-Robinson Crusoe
1726- Johnathan Swift Gulliver's Travels
1744- John Newbery A little pretty pocket book
In St. Paul's Churchyard, London, John Newbery published and sold books for children. -
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19th Century
1851 A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls
1865 Lewis Carol, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Most children's books came to North America from England.
1871 Through the Looking Glass -
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20th Century
1907- The first child labor laws, which freed children to go to school
1908- The Wind in the Willows
1911- Peter Pan
1912- A department for children's books was created. Louise Bechtel Seaman was department head.
1919- the US publishing house Macmillan launched a department devoted entirely to children’s books. -
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20th Century
1922- The Velveteen Rabbit
1923 two women, Helen Dean Fish and May Massee, became the first children’s books editors, each at a different company.
1924- A.A. Miline When We Were Very Young
1933- Mary Poppins
1936- Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain
1938- The Yearling
1939-Madeline
1940-Lassie Come-Home
1941- Make Way for Ducklings, Curious George
1943- Johnny Tremain
1950- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
1952- The Borrowers
1954-The Children of Green Knowe -
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20th Century
1958-Tom's Midnight Garden
1962-A Wrinkle in Time
1963- Where the Wild Things Are
1964- The Book of Three
1967- The Outsiders
1968-A Wizard of Earthsea
1971-The Planet of Junior Brown
1974-The Chocolate War
1976-Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1977- Bridge to Terabithia
1983-Gorilla
1988-Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
1993- The Giver
1997- Out of the Dust
1998- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Holes,
1999- Monster -
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21st Century
2000- The Amber Spyglass
2001-The Three Pigs
2003-The Tale of Despereaux
2004- The Voice That Challenged a Nation
2005- Criss Cross
2006-American Born Chinese
2007-Diary of a Wimpy Kid
2008-The Hunger Games
2009- When You Reach me
2010-Kakapo Rescue
2011- Press Here
2020- Technology in the 21st Century allows us to read books on-line and on apps. Innovative techniques and genre mixing for younger readers is on the rise and reflects amazing talent of those who write and illustrate books.