History of Children's Literature By AnyssaB94 1744 John Newbery Opened Bookstore for Children 1851 Nathaniel Hawthorne-A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls First American book written specifically for children. 1865 Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Reprinted in English-Speaking countries all around the world. 1871 Lewis Carroll-Through the Looking Glass 1879 Johanna Spyri's Heide was Published 1883 Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio was published 1902 The Tale of Peter Rabbit-Beatrix Potter 1906 The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlof 1907 Child Labor Laws Changed Children were free to go to school 1908 The Wind in the Willows-Kenneth Grahame 1911 Publication of Peter Pan by James M. Barrie 1919 Macmillian launched book department dedicated to children Period: 1920 to 1930 Modern Picture books began to develop 1922 Establishment of John Newbery Award 1923 Helen Dean Fish and May Massee became first children's books editors 1924 When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne 1936 Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain-Edward Ardizzone 1938 The Randolph Caldecott Award was Established 1940 Eric Knight's Lassie Come-Home was published Period: 1940 to 1960 Children's and young adult books became an important part of libraries, schools, homes, and publishing houses 1943 Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes 1950 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 1952 Charlotte's Web - E.B. White 1954 J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring was published 1962 A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle 1963 Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak 1967 The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton 1971 The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton 1975 Harriet Rohmer established the Children's Book Press 1977 Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia was published 1988 Just Us Books was founded 1988 Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Flesichman 1993 1993 Lois Lowry's The Giver was published 1998 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2000 The Amber Spyglass - Phillip Pullman 2005 Criss Cross - Lynee Rae Perkins 2006 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak was published 2008 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins was published 2010 Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night - Joyce Sidman 2011 Press Here by Herve Tullet