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John Newbery opened a bookstore in St. Paul's Churchyard, London, where he published and sold books for children.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered the author of the first American book written specifically for children.
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The first child labor laws, freed children to go to school. As more children learned to read, the quantity and types of books for children rapidly increased
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The US publishing house MacMillan launched a department devoted entirely to children's books
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Modern picture books began to develop.
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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.
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The Horn Book Magazine was published by the Bookshop for Boys and Girls in Boston under the guidance of Bertha Mahony and Elinor Whitney.
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May Massee moved to open a children's books department at Viking.
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The Randolph Cadecott Award was established.
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Children's and young adult books became an increasingly important part of libraries, schools, homes, and publishing houses.
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Harriet Rohmer establlished Children's Book Press, devoted to the publication of bilingual picturebooks that reflected a diversity of cultural experiences.
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Other small presses such as Just Us Books, were esablished to further address the lack of diversity in the field.
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the OrbisPictus Award is established and administered by the National Council of Teachers of English
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establishment of the Michael L. Printz Award administered by the American Library Association
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The Robert F. Sibert Award is established for outstanding informational books and administered by the American Library Association
