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1919
In 1919, the US publishing house Macmillan
launched a department devoted entirely to children’s books -
1920-1930
Mod-ern picturebooks began to develop during the 1920sand 1930s; -
1922 and 1923
In 1922 and 1923, two women,
Helen Dean Fish and May Massee, became the first
children’s books editors, each at a different company. -
1924
In 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
In 1933, May Massee moved to open a children’s
books department at Viking. Other publishers began
to open children’s books departments, and children’s
literature blossomed into the twentieth century -
1940-1960
from the 1940s through the 1960s, chil-dren’s and young adults’ books became an increas-ingly important part of libraries, schools, homes,and publishing houses.