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Newbery was living in London where he opened a book store that was specifically for children. He would also publish the children's books.
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He is believed to be the first American author to write a book for children called A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls.
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She wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. her book was written for the pure enjoyment of children with no hidden moral.
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She is the author of Through the Looking Glass which was written to follow Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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Author of the book Heidi. The author was from Switzerland.
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He is an Italian author that wrote Pinochio that was read by many different children throughout the world.
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She is a Swedish author that wrote Wonderful Adventures of Nils.
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Child Labor Laws were passed during this time which made it so that children did not have to work ridiculously long hours. This gave them more time to focus on their education and become more interested in literature.
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This was a publishing house that dedicated their time to publishing children's books. Louise Bechtel Seaman was now in charge of this publishing house and helped them stay motivated to create more children's books.
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During the 1920s and 1930s picture books were all the rage and many were beign published during this time.
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This award was created by the AMerican Library Association
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Helen Dean Fish and May Masse were the first two women editors who worked at two different publishing companies.
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These two women were in charge of the publisher Bookshop for Boys and Girls. They helped publish Horn Book Magazine.
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This is also another award that was created to give to authors that met the expectations.
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between 1940 and 1960 childrens books were in high demand. They could be found anywhere from school, the library and homes. Even publishers were eager to find more books.
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Rohmen was disappointed in the lack of diverse books so to solve the problem she created the Childrens Book Press whose goal was to publish picture books that encouraged diversity.
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This was another small publisher that was interested in increasing the amount of diverse books that were available to children.
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He conducted a study that showed that only 3-4 % of books were about or written by people of color or diverse backgrounds.
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Masse opened a book store dedicated to children's books. Not too long after this did many other authors begin to allso open book stores.
