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John Newbery opened a bookstore specifically for children. He published and sold children's books here.
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Lewis Caroll's Alice's Adventure in Wonderland is published and then reprinted into English to be read around the world.
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Johanna Spyri's book Heidi is published in Switzlerland.
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Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio is first published in Italy, but is read by many children from England.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls is viewed as the first American book specifically written for children.
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Selma Lagerlof's The Wonderful Adventures of Nils is published in Sweden.
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Child Labor laws passed. This meant more children learned how to read and write. This lead to an increase in the amount of books being published and sold.
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US Publishing house Macmillan launched an entire department dedicated to children's books.
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Picture books begin to devlop more.
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The John Newbery Award is established by the America Library Association.
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Helen Dean Fish and May Massee become the first editors dedicated to children's books.
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May Massee opens a children's books department at Viking. Other publishers see this and continue the trend by opening more children's departments.
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Young adult books become part of libraries, schools, homes, and publishing houses.
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Harriet Rohmer establishes Children's Book Press. Children's Book Press is solely for publications of bilingual picture books full of diversity and culture.
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By this time, a study found that many books that were being published rarely included people of color. They also found there were not many authors who were people of color.
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The Michael L. Printz Award is established and administered by the American Library Association.