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John Newbery opened a bookstore in St. Paul's Churchyard, London where he sold books to children. These books were intended to educate children whereas most literature given to children in those days were made for the purpose of teaching proper behavior.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne is the Author of the first American Children's book titled, "A wonder book for boys and girls".
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Lewis Carrol, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was reprinted in English-speaking countries worldwide.
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Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass" was written. It was created for the sole purpose to pleasure children.
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Children were freed to go to school. As more children learned how to read and write, the quantity and genres of books started diversifying. New printing techniques were arising and made it easier to reduce printing costs. Due to this, library systems started developing and made access to children's novels accessible.
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The U.S Publishing house Macmillan launched a department devoted entirely to children's books. Louise Seaman was appointed Department Head.
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The John Newberry Award was established by the American Library Association.
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Helen Dean Fish and May Massee became the first female children book's editors, each at a different company.
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The Horn Magazine was published by the Bookshop for Boys and Girls in Boston under the guidance of Bertha Mahony and and Elinor Whitney.
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Modern picture books began to develop
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May Massee moved to open a children's book's department in Vikings. Other publishers began to open and children's literature made its way into the twentieth century.
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The John Caldecott award was created.
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Children and young adult books became an important part of libraries, schools, homes, and publishing houses.
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Harriet Rohmer established Children's Book Press devoted to the publication of bilingual picture books that reflected a diversity of cultural experiences.
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A small press by the name of "Just Us Books" was was founded to address the lack of diversity in the field.
