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2. John Newbery - Wikipedia

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   John Newbery (9 July 1713 – 22 December 1767), considered "The Father of Children's Literature", was an English publisher of books who first made children's literature a sustainable and profitable part of the literary market. [1]

3. A Little Pretty Pocket-Book - Wikipedia

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   A woodcut from A Little Pretty Pocketbook (1744), England, showing the first reference to baseball.. A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, intended for the Amusement of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly with Two Letters from Jack the Giant Killer is the title of a 1744 children's book by British publisher John Newbery.

4. The Public Ledger - Wikipedia

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   Its founder, John Newbery, son of a farmer in Berkshire, took an apprenticeship with William Carnan in Reading, inheriting the business after his mentor's death. He moved to London in 1743, setting up a shop called the Bible and Sun at 65 St. Paul's Churchyard, from where he published religious and children's books and The Public Ledger. [1]

5. Francis Newbery (publisher) - Wikipedia

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   Born on 6 July 1743, he was the son of John Newbery, the publisher of St. Paul's Churchyard; alone of his brothers, he survived his father.After schooling at Ramsgate and Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, he entered Merchant Taylors' School in 1758 and matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, on 1 April 1762.

6. The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes - Wikipedia

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   The anonymous story was published in London by the John Newbery company, a publisher of popular children's literature. [4] In his introduction to an 1881 edition of the book, [5] Charles Welsh wrote: Goody Two-Shoes was published in April 1765, and few nursery books have had a wider circulation, or have retained their position so long. The ...

7. John Harris (publisher) - Wikipedia

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   John Harris (1756–1846) published children's books in England from the end of the 18th century to the mid-19th century, creating innovative and popular new styles. Apprenticed to Thomas Evans he found employment for a short time with John Murray before joining John Newbery 's publishing firm.

8. 1744 in literature - Wikipedia

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   An Account of the Life of John Philip Barretier; Francis Moore – A Voyage to Georgia; Alexander Pope – Essay on Man, volume 4: "Epistle: Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to" (4) "Happiness" (the first 2 epistles were written in 1732 and the third in 1733). John Ranby – The Method of Treating Gunshot Wounds

9. Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth

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   Jennifer, Hecate was the author's first book published, the same year as her second book From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Mixed-Up Files won the 1968 Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate won a Newbery Honor , making Konigsburg the only person to win both citations in one year.