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1744
John Newbery (1713–1767) a bookstore in St. Paul’s Churchyard, London, where he published and sold books for children. -
1907
The first child labor laws, which were passed in 1907, freed children to go to school. Allowing them to learn how to read and write. Allowing an increase in published books. -
1919
The US publishing house Macmillan launched a department devoted entirely to children’s books. -
190s-1930s
Modern picturebooks began to develop. -
1922-1923
Helen Dean Fish and May Massee, became the first children’s books editors, each at a different company. -
1924
The Horn Book Magazine was published by the Bookshop for Boys and Girls in Boston under the guidance of Bertha Mahony and Elinor Whitney. -
1933
May Massee moved to open a children’s books department at Viking. -
1940s-1960s
Children’s and young adults’ books became an increasingly important part of libraries, schools, homes, and publishing houses. -
1975
Disturbed by the lack of picturebooks that reflected diversity, Harriet Rohmer established Children’s Book Press, devoted to the publication of bilingual picturebooks that reflected a diversity of cul- tural experiences. -
1988
A small press named Just Us Books was founded to address the lack of diversity in the field, and forward-thinking editors such as Phyllis Fogelman, at Dial, encouraged and supported the work of several now-notable African American authors and illustrators. -
1999
Less than 3 percent of books published each year were by or about people. -
2002
The International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) was launched, a joint project of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University of Maryland and the Internet Archive in San Francisco. -
2004
There were almost four hundred books online, with plans for an additional ten thousand more by 2009 (Cummins, 2004). -
2004
The Schneider Family Book Award, administered by the American Library Association, was inaugurated to honor an author or illustrator for his or her expression of the disability experience for young readers. -
2006
Children’s International Relations Committee, as well as the USBBY Outstanding International Books list, began. Reviews of translated books in the USBBY newsletter, offer titles for those interested in global literature. -
2007
Arab American community produces the Arab American Book Award for literature for young readers. -
2011
Tan received the 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, honoring his contributions to international children’s literature.