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John Newbery opened a bookstore at St. Paul's churchyard in London where he published and sold books for kids
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He was considered the author of the first American book written for children which was called A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls
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Lewis Carroll writes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and then Through the looking Glass in 1871 for the pure pleasure of children
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A Switzerland author who wrote the book called Heidi
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An Italian author who wrote the book called Pinocchio for children
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An author form Sweden who wrote the book The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
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Child labor laws were passed so that children did not have to spend their days working long hours but could instead attend school and this is when the use of children's books rapidly increased.
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The U.S. publishing house Macmillan launches a department devoted to children's books.
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This was an award established by the American Library Association
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Helen Dean Fish and May Massee became the first children's book editors each for a different company.
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The Horn Book Magazine was published by the bookshop for boys and girls in Boston under the guidance of Bertha Mahoney and Elenor Whitney
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Modern picture books began to develop all across the U.S.
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Created to give to authors that meet the right qualifications this award
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Children and young adult books began to increase most importantly in schools, libraries, and homes.
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She established the child press in order to solve her problem with the lack of diversity among these children's books.
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He conducted a study in which he then found that there was a lack of children's books that included poeple of color. The study showed that only 3-4% of book contained people of these diverse backgrounds.
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This was an award created to recognize young adult literature which then established a rise in this genre of literature