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John Newberry Opens Bookstore
John Newberry opened his bookstore in London. It was an important time in history for childrens literature as he only sold and published books that were made for children. This was deemed different from societal norms as children were given instruction books, not books that they could learn properly how to gain knowledge. -
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The First American Written Book for Children
Nathaniel Hawthorne writes the first book for children that is written and made in America. Hawthorne is known as the first American author for Children. -
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Lewis Carroll Joins Children's Literature
Lewis Carroll and other authors were the first of their kind to make books for children's entertainment. Most of the books coming to America were instructional, now children could let their imaginations run wild as they read stories that were fun and exciting. Carroll's two popular books, "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice through the looking glass" were reprinted in this time. -
Heidi
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Pinnocho
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
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Children are able to go to school
With laws changing, more children were able to go to school. The quality of books and the types of books offered were growing, and the publishing costs were going down. -
1919 Macmillian
Macmillin, a book company created a department that was just for childrens books. -
John Newberry Award
The John Newberry Award was created by the National Library Association -
Mary Poppins
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Caldedott Award
The Ralph Caldedott Award was established -
Curious George
H. A. Rey -
The Lion, The witch, and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis -
Charlottes Web
EB White -
A wrinkle in time
Madeline L'engle -
The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats -
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak -
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton -
Children's Book Press was Established
Harriet Rohmer was questioning the lack of cultural and racial diversity that were in childrens books. Rohmer established Children's Book Press to make picture books in different languages and to show a more diverse world. This led to other companies that aimed to create diverse books like, "Just Us Books" that was created in 1988