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John Newbery opened bookstore
St Churchyard, London -
A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of first American book written for children -
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
By Lewis Carroll -
Through the Looking Glass
By Lewis Carroll -
Heidi
By Johanna Spyri -
Pinocchio
By Carlo Collodi -
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
By Beatrix Potter -
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
By Selma Lagerlof -
First child labor law was passed, allowing children to go to school. With children learning to read and write, the number of books published grew. -
Peter Pan
By James M. Barrie -
Macmillan, US publishing house, created a department especially for children's books -
Picture books started to develop during the 1920's and 1930's
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John Newbery Award was established
American Library Association -
Helen Dean Fish & May Massee
First two women to become children's books editors -
The Horn Book Magazine was published -
Mary Poppins
By P.L. Travers -
Randolph Caldecott Award -
Madeline
By Ludwig Bemelmans -
Children's and young adults books were important to schools, libraries, homes and publishing houses between the 1940's and 1960's
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Lassie Come-Home
By Eric Knight -
Curious George
By H.A. Rey -
Charlotte's Web
By E. B. White -
The Fellowship of the Ring
By J.R.R. Tolkien -
A Wrinkle in Time
By Madeline L'Engle -
Where the Wild Things Are
By Maurice Sendak -
Harriet the Spy
By Louise Fitzhugh -
The Outsiders
By S.E. Hinton -
Children's Book Press was created by Harriet Rohmer
Bilingual picture books were published to reflect a diversity of cultural experiences -
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
By Paul Fleischman -
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
By J.K. Rowling -
The Tale of Despereaux
By Kate DiCamillo -
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
By Russell Freedman -
Leonard Marcus traced history of children's literature
Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature -
The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins -
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
By Kadir Nelson -
Brown Girl Dreaming
By Jacqueline Woodson
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