History of Children's Literature

By pax9122
  • John Newbery opened a bookstore in St. Paul’s Churchyard, London

  • Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was reprinted in English

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    Johanna Spyri’s Heidi was published

  • Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio was published

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    Selma Lagerlöf’s The Wonderful Adventures of Nils was published

  • First child labor laws were passed

  • US publishing house Macmillan launched a department devoted entirely to children’s books.

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    Modern picturebooks began to develop

  • John Newbery Award was established by the American Library Association

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    Helen Dean Fish and May Massee, became the first children’s books editors

  • The Horn Book Magazine was published by the Bookshop for Boys and Girls in Boston

  • May Massee opened a children’s books department at Viking

  • Randolph Caldecott Award

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    Children’s and young adults’ books became an increasingly important in multiple places

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    Literature for children was slowly beginning to reflect diversity

  • Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass was published

  • Just Us Books founded

  • Orbis Pictus Award

  • Michael L. Printz Award

  • Robert F. Sibert Award

  • Geisel Award