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John Newbery's Boo Store
In 1744, John Newbery (1713–1767) opened a
bookstore in St. Paul’s Churchyard, London, where
he published and sold books for children. Up until
that time, children had been given chapbooks crudely printed little books sold by peddlers or Chapman. John Newbery's work reflected the changes in attitudes about children during the eighteenth century and aimed to present entertaining and educational materials designed for a child's reading level and interests. -
Child Labor Laws
In 1907 the first child labor laws were passed and allowed for children to go to school instead of work. This law allowed children to finally be able to attend school from grade levels 1st-8th. Later on, congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938 regulating the employment of those under 16 or 18 years of age, and the Supreme Court upheld the law. After this shift, the amendment has been described as "moot" and effectively part of the Constitution. -
Macmillan Publishers Company
The Macmillan publishing house created a department for primarily children's literature and they appointed Louise Bechtel Semen to be department head. Beyond literature, the company created such enduring titles as Nature (1869), the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1877), and Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave's Dictionary of Political Economy (1894–99). -
John Newbery's Award "The Newbery Award"
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. -
May Massee "First Children's Book Editors May"
May Massee produced a department devoted solely to children's books. Also, Helen Dean contributed. -
Randolf Caldecott Award
The Caldecott Medal "shall be awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American Picture Book for Children published in the United States during the preceding year. The award shall go to the artist, who must be a citizen or resident of the United States, whether or not he be the author of the text -
Children's & Young Adults Literature
Late back in the 1950s through the 1980s, there was upcoming with children's and young adult books. They were all a huge part of schools, libraries, and publishing houses. -
Diversity in Picture Books
Cause of the lack of diversity in picture books, Harriet Rohmer established Children's Book Press. He put all his time and effort into this publication of bilingual picture books about many diverse cultural experiences & conditions. -
Just Us
"Just Us" Their simple desire to give their children books that reflected their images and voices launched a 20-year legacy. Founded on the principle of cultural authenticity, Just Us Books has helped pave the way for the diversity in children's books we see today -
Resurgence of Adolescent Literature
Evidence of this is the establishment of the Michael L. Printz Award, which YALSA presents annually to the author of the best young adult book of the year, “best” being defined solely in terms of literary merit. Further evidence is the extraordinary number of critically acclaimed adult authors who have begun writing for young adults.
