History of Children's Literature

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  • First Bookstore opened

    in St. Paul’s Churchyard, London
  • A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls

  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

    in North America
  • Through the Looking Glass

  • Heidi

  • Pinocchio

  • The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

  • Child Labor law passed

    Children go to school
  • US publishing house Macmillan launched

  • John Newbery Award

    established by the American Library Association
  • First 2 women editors

    Helen Dean Fish and May Massee, became the first
    children’s books editors
  • First Magazine published

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

  • Picture Books

    Harriet Rohmer established
    Children’s Book Press, devoted to the publication of
    bilingual picturebooks that reflected a diversity of cultural experiences.
  • Small Presses Founded

    Just Us Books
    were established to address
    the lack of diversity in the field, and forward-thinking
    editors such as Phyllis Fogelman
  • More books of Color