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John Newberry opens one of the first stores to publish and sell children's books.
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Lewis Carroll
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Carlo Collodi
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Beatrix Potter
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Freed children to go to school.
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L.M. Montgomery
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James M. Barrie
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The US Macmillan publishing house opens a department strictly devoted to children's literature.
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Jean de Brunhoff
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P.L. Travers
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Award established by the American Library Association
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Ludwig Bemelmans
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During the 1940s through 1960s the importance of these classes of books developed rapidly.
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Robert McCloskey
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H. A. Rey
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Robert McCloskey
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C.S. Lewis
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Mary Norton
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E. B. White
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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Madeleine L'Engle
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Maurice Sendak
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Louise Fitzhugh
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Judith Viorst
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Established by Harriet Rohmer devoted to bilingual picture books that reflect diversity of cultural experiences
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Encouraged and supported the works the works of now-notable African American authors and illustrators
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Award established by the American Library Association.
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Helen Dean Fish became the first woman to be a children's book editor.
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Award established with the resurgence of adolescent literature
