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John Newberry opened up a bookstore in London where he published and sold instructional books for children. Prior children's books took the more ancient form of chapbooks, battledores, and hornbooks.
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Most children's books came to North America from England.
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This children's book was reprinted in English-speaking countries across the globe. It was a significant milestone in the history of children's literature because it was one of the first children's books made to entertain, rather than instruct, children.
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More diversity began to be represented in children's literature. Young adult literature and nonfiction literature became more popular.
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Children were allowed to go to school. With children learning to read and write, the popularity of children's books increased.
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Young adult books became popular with the publications of novels such as S.E Hinton's The Outsiders and Judy Blume's Forever.
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Series books, young reader books, young adult fiction, post-modern texts, graphic novels, crossover books, and dystopian novels became popular.
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Harriet Rohmer created Children's Book Press which published bilingual picture books introducing different cultural experiences.
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The nonfiction genre became popular in the later years of the twentieth century as evident by the creation of the Robert F. Sibert Award for outstanding informational books, administered by The American Library Association.
