Children lit

History of Children's Literature

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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.