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John Newbery opened a bookstore in St.Paul's churchyard in London. He published and sold books for children.
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Child labor laws were passed, which freed children to go to school.
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US publishing house Macmillian launched a department devoted to children's books.
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Children's books began to develop picture books and young adult books became a super important necessity in schools, libraries, homes, and publishing houses.
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The 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 books editors, each at a different company -
The Horn Book Magazine was published
by the Bookshop for Boys and Girls in Boston -
May Massee moved to open a children’s
books department at Viking. -
There was a lack of children's books that represent women or girls in "nontraditional" roles.
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Harriet Rohmer established
Children’s Book Press, devoted to the publication of
bilingual picturebooks that reflected a diversity of cultural experiences. -
Other small presses such as Just Us
Books were founded. -
Bishop found that only 3 to 4 percent of the children’s
books published in 1990, 1991, and 1992 related to
people of color.