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John Newberry
He opened up bookstore where he sold and unpublished books before this time though books were just sold by peddlers. -
A wonder Book for Boys and Girls
Nathaniel Hawthorne is Considered the first American book author that was written just for children. England however, was the main source for all children's books. -
Alice's Adventure inWonderland
This is a main book that inspired children's imagination and learning before this most books were purely instructional only. -
Through the Looking Glass
This was another book written by Lewis Carroll that was purely intended for kids imagination. -
Heidi
This book was published in Switzerland by Johanna Spyri. -
Pinocchio
Over time many other places around the world began publishing children's books. American children paid no mind to where all these different books came from such as the famous Pinocchio that was originally published in Italy by Carlo Collodi. -
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
This book was published in Sweden by Selma Lagerlof. -
Labor Laws
The first Labor Laws were passed ad children were free to attend school and learn how to read and write. Due to this law the publishing of book rapidly increased and actually became profitable. -
US Publishing House Macmillan
They launched a department that was only meant for children books. Louise Bechtel Seaman was once an editor for adult books was put in charge of the department. -
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Picture Books
Picture book began to develop during this time. -
Award
In 1922 the John Newbery Award was established to give the the author of the most distinguished contributions to American Literature for children. -
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Two Women
Helen Dean Fish and May Masses became the first children's book editors each at different companies. -
May Masse
She moved to open children's book departments and then children's literature blossomed into the twentieth century. -
Award
A second award was made called the Randolph Caldecott Award there are many people that have received these awards. -
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Children's and Young Adults books
During this time children and young adult books because an important part of libraries, schools, homes, and publishing houses. Having dedicated rooms for children and young adults opened the floodgates for the interests in reading. -
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Diversity
During these times there were not many diverse books and Bishop found that only 3 to 4 percent of books were related to people of color. Other books that were laking were that of gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. -
Just US Books
This organization was established to help with the lack of diversity of picture books. This helped with the support of African American authors and Illustrators such as Marcus.