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In 1744 John Newbery opened a bookstore located in St. Paul's Churchyard in London. He published and sold books there for children. -
In 1907 the first child labor laws were passed. This allowed children to go to school and learn to read and write.
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In 1919 Macmillan, a US publishing house, opened a department specifically for children's books.
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During the 1920's and 1930's modern picture books started to develop.
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In 1922 the American Library Association established the John Newbery Award. -
in 1922 and 1923 Helen Dean Fish and May Massee became the first children's book editors and different companies and at different times.
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A bookshop in Boston called the Bookshop for Boys and Girls published The Horn Book Magazine under the guidance of Bertha Mahony and Elinor Whitney.
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May Massee opened a children's book department at Viking. Other publishers began to do the same and this made children's literature blossom into the 20th century. -
The Randolph Caldecott Award was established following the John Newbery Award in 1938 -
From the 1940's to the 1960's Children's and Young Adult books started to become an important part of libraries, schools, homes, and publishing houses.
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The National Council of Teachers of English administered the Orbis Pictus Award -
This award was given for outstanding informational books which was given by the American Library Association.