History of Children's Literature

By AnyssaB94

  • John Newbery Opened Bookstore for Children

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne-A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls

    First American book written specifically for children.

  • Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    Reprinted in English-Speaking countries all around the world.

  • Lewis Carroll-Through the Looking Glass

  • Johanna Spyri's Heide was Published

  • Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio was published

  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit-Beatrix Potter

  • The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlof

  • Child Labor Laws Changed

    Children were free to go to school

  • The Wind in the Willows-Kenneth Grahame

  • Publication of Peter Pan by James M. Barrie

  • Macmillian launched book department dedicated to children

  • Period: to

    Modern Picture books began to develop

  • Establishment of John Newbery Award

  • Helen Dean Fish and May Massee became first children's books editors

  • When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne

  • Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain-Edward Ardizzone

  • The Randolph Caldecott Award was Established

  • Eric Knight's Lassie Come-Home was published

  • Period: to

    Children's and young adult books became an important part of libraries, schools, homes, and publishing houses

  • Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

  • Charlotte's Web - E.B. White

  • J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring was published

  • A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle

  • Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak

  • The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton

  • The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton

  • Harriet Rohmer established the Children's Book Press

  • Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia was published

  • Just Us Books was founded

  • Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Flesichman

  • 1993 Lois Lowry's The Giver was published

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • The Amber Spyglass - Phillip Pullman

  • Criss Cross - Lynee Rae Perkins

  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak was published

  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins was published

  • Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night - Joyce Sidman

  • Press Here by Herve Tullet

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