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John Newbery opened a bookstore in St. Paul's Churchyard, London, where he published and sold children's books. His books were meant to teach children proper behavior without using threatening punishments if they misbehaved.
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"A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls" by Nathaniel Hawthorne was published. He was considered the first author to have written a book specifically for children.
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Caroll was published
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"Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Caroll was published
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"Heidi" by Johanna Spyri is published in Switzerland
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"Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi is published in Italy
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"The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" by Selma Lagerlof is published in Sweden
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The first child labor laws were passed and freed children to go to school.
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US publishing house Macmillan creates a department especially for children's book.
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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 book editors at different companies.
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The Horn Book Magazine was published by the Bookshop for Boys and Girls in Boston under the guidance of Bertha Mahoy and Elinor Whitney.
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May Massee opened a children's bookstore department at Viking.
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Randolph Caldecott Award was established by the American Library Association.
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People were troubled by the lack of diversity in picture books.
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Just Us Books was founded and address the issue of lack of diversity in the field
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Less than 3% of books published each year were by or about people of color