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John Newbery opens a bookstore in Churchyard, London were he publishes and sell children's books.
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Lewis Carroll writes Alice Adventures in Wonderland and then Through the Looking Glass in 1871. These being written for pure entertainment value for chidren.
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Child Labor laws free children to go to schooll increasing literacy. This helped to increase the flow of books published.
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US publishing house Macmillan launches a department devoted entirely to children's books.
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The John Newbery award was established and ingaurated in 1922 by the American Library Association. It is for distinguished contribution to American children's literature.
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May Massed one of the 1st women editors, moves to open children's book department at Viking publishers. Other publishers began to follow.
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Form the 1940's-1960's children's books and young adult become more and more apart of schools, libraries and even in the home.
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Harriet Rohmer establishes Children's book press devoted to the publication of bilingual picturebooks that reflected diversity of cultural experiences.
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Michael L. Printz awrd is established for literary excellance for young adult literature. It also demonstrates the rise of adolescent literature.
