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John Newbery opens bookstore
Newbery published and sold books that taught children proper behavior without all of the fire and brimstone threats if they did not behave. -
First child labor laws passed
Child labor laws allowed to children to go to school where they could learn to read and write. -
Macmillan devotes department entirely to children's books
Macmillan is a US publishing house that decided to launch a department just for children's literature. -
John Newbery Award
The American Library Association established the John Newbery Award -
The Horn Book Magazine is published
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Children's books department at Viking
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Randolph Caldecott Award
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Children's Book Press
Harriet Rohmer creates CHildren's Book Press devoted to publishing bilingual picturebooks reflecting diversity. -
OrbisPictus Award
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Robert F. Sibert Award
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Michael L. Printz Award
