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John Newbery opened a bookstore in St. Paul's Churchyard, London where children's books were sold. (1713-1767
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A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1851/1893). Hawthorne is considered the author of the first American book written specifically for children.
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Alice Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1871/1977). Also was reprinted in English speaking countries all over the world.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (1871/1992) These were created for children and to give them pleasure.
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Heidi by Johanna Spyn's published in 1879-1880, in Switzerland.
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Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, from Italy.
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lageröf was published in 1906-1907, in Sweden
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The US publishing house Macmillan launched a department for children's books.
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Modern Picture Books began to develop in the 1920's and 1930's along with the 1940's through 1960's.
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This award was given by the American Library Association.
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Two women became the first children's book editors—Helen Dean Fish in 1922 and May Massee in 1923.
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Opened a children's book department at Viking.
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Just Us Books was founded in 1988 and were to address the lack of diversity in picturebooks.
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Bishop found that 3 to 4 percent of books published in 1990, 1991, and 1992 only related to people of color.
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Less than 3 percent of books published each year were by or about people of color. Not enough books reflected diversity.