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John Newbery opened a bookstore in London which gave him the opportunity to publish and sell children’s books. The First book he published was called A Pretty Little Pocket Book.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls is published
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Lewis Carroll's Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland is published
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Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass is published
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Johanna Spyri's Heidi is published
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Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio is published
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Selma Lagerlof's The Wonderful Adventures of Nils is published
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First child labor laws pass, children now had time to attend school and pursue an education
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James M. Barrie's Peter Pan is published
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Louise Bechtel Seaman became the head for the world’s first department devoted to children’s books
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The American Library Association established the John Newbery award
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May Massee and Helen Dean Fish become the first children book editors.
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Under the supervision of Bertha Mahony and Elinor Whitney, the Vookshop for Boys and Girls in Boston published the Horn Book Magazine
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May Massee opened a children’s book department at Viking, which pushed other companies to follow suit
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C. S Lewis' The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe in published
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J.R.R Tolken's The Fellowship of the Ring in published
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Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are is published
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S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders is published
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The Children’s Book Press was founded by Harriet Rohmer. her goal was to make bilingual picture books to reflect diversity of cultural experiences
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Just Us Books is founded and pushed for more diversity in children's books
