Children's Literature

  • St. Paul's Churchyard

    St. Paul's Churchyard

    John Newbury opened St. Paul's Churchyard in London
  • Child Labor Laws

    Child Labor Laws

    Child Labor Laws freed children to go to school daily improving overall reading and writing levels nationwide.
  • MacMillan Publishing House

    MacMillan Publishing House

    The Macmillan Publishing House located in the U.S. established a designated children's books department.
  • John Newbury Award

    John Newbury Award

    The American Library Association established the John Newbury Award.
  • Helen Dean Fish and May Masse

    Fish and Masse are the first women children's books editors.
  • The Horn Book Magazine

    The Bookshop for Boys and Girls in Boston published The Horn Book Magazine.
  • Viking Children's Book Department

    May Masse opened the Children's book department at Viking Publishing.
  • Randolph Caldecott Award

    Randolph Caldecott Award

    American Library Association created the Randolph Caldecott Award
  • Bilingual Picturebooks

    Harnet Rohmer Children's Book press publishes bilingual picture books to add diversity in the literature children consume.
  • Just Us Books Addresses Lack of Diversity

  • Orbis Picture Award

    Orbis Picture Award

    National Council of Teachers of English
  • Michael L Printz Award

    Michael L Printz Award

    Created by the American Library Association
  • Robert F Sibert Award

    Robert F Sibert Award

    Established by the American Library Association
  • International Children's Digital Library Launched

    A free library containing digitized children's books written in 59 different languages.
  • Leonard Marcus' Timeline of Children's Lit

    Leonard Marcus' Timeline of Children's Lit

    Leonard Marcus wrote Minders of Make Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs and the Shaping of American Children's Literature traces history of U.S. Children's Literature.