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In 1656 minister John Cotton published the first known children's book for children. The book is a catechism
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In 1744, John Newberry opened up the first book store geared towards children. He wrote and published books specifically for children. Location of bookstore is in St. Paul's Churchyard London
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Nathanial Hawthorne writes the first American children's book. The book was the retellings of Greek Mythology
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In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote the first book for children that was purely for pleasure. Alice's Adventures is one of the most popular English-language fiction books that has never been out of print.
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Swiss Author Johanna Spyri wrote the original Heidi in two separate children's novels.
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In 1883 Italian author Carlo Collodi wrote Pinocchio.
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Selma Lagerlöf wrote The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, as well as part two the following year. She was the first woman to win the Noble Peace Prize in literature and advocated for spelling reform.
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Macmillan, a US publishing house devoted the department to Children's literature. (logo was for Alice's Adventures-published with Macmillan)
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In 1922, the American Library Association established the John Newbery Award.
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Helen Dean Fish became the first children's book editor at Stokes publishing.
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May Massee, was the 2nd children's book editor and instrumental in creating the juvenile book departments for two US publishing houses that she worked with. Doubleday and second to follow...
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The Horn Book Magazine was published by the Bookshop for Boys and Girls in Boston. This was the first bi-monthly magazine that reviewed children's literature. It was run by Bertha Mahony and Elinor Whitney
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in 1933, May Massee moves to Viking Press and opens up children's/junior's departments.
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In 1938 the Randolph Caldecott Award was established for the previous' year most distinguished American Children's picture book.
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From the 1940s-1960s, CHildren's and juniors books began to increase. This lead to departments devoted strictly to these ages. This brought out eager readers to pay visits to libraries to read and enjoy the influx of books at their fingertips.
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Due to lack of diversity, in 1975 Harriet Rohmer established Children's Book Press that published bilingual picturebooks that reflected diversity of culture. This lead to other small presses to follow in her footsteps...
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In 1988, Just Us Books was founded by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson. As CEO, writer, and publisher between the both of them they have written over 50 children's books themselves.
