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John Newburry
John Newberry, opened a bookstore in St. Paul's Churchyard, London, where he published and sold books for children. His works were written to teach young children proper behavior without the threats most early literature gave to young children. -
A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls
Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered the first American author who wrote a book specifically for children. -
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Children's books, originally came from England to North America. They were intended for instructional purposes, but soon became books that nutrued a child's imagination. For example, Alice Adventures in Wonderland, written by Lewis Carroll. -
Through the Looking Glass
Like, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Carroll's books were meant to spark a child's imagination and include no kesson or moral in the book. Just pure pleasure. -
Heidi
Written by Johnna Spyri from Switzerland. -
Pinocchio
Written by italian native Carlo Collodi. -
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Written by Selma Lagerlof from Sweden. -
School Freedom
More children learned how to read and write due to the child labor laws that allowed children to attend school and public library systems developed rapidly which put more books in the hands of children. -
Macmillan
The US Publishing house Macmillan launched a depearted devoted entirely to children's books. -
First Female Editors
Helen Dean Fish and May Massee became the first female children's book editors. -
Horn Book Magazine
This magazine was published by the bookshop for boys and girls in Boston. -
May Massee's move
She moved to open a childrens book department at Viking and other publishers began to open departments as well. -
The rise of diversity in adolescent literature
In the 1960's- 1970's, more books were published with stories about poor working class characters and reflecting on characters transformations throughout the book. They were introducing more "non traditional" roles. -
Children's Book Press
Harriett Rohmer estblished this book press devoted to the popultion of bilingual picturebooks and refelcted on diversity in cultures. -
Just Us Books
This was established to adress the lack of diversity in the field, and forward-thinking editors such as Phyllis Fogelman, at Dial encourged and supported work of severl now-notable African American authors and illustrators. -
Michael L. Printz Award
Awarded to adolescent literature by the American Library Association -
The advancement of childrens books
Childrens lierature, in the early 2000's, was beginging to evolve into more post-modern texts, with the rise of graphic novels and the explosion of dysopian novels. Books are now genre-mixed and coverted into e-books.
