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Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
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- October 1924 – First issue of The Horn Book Magazine published in Boston, a periodical about children's literature
- 1 October 1942 – First twelve Little Golden Books are published
- 3 October 1955 – Debut of Captain Kangaroo, one of the longest-running children's television programs
- 14 October 1926 – First publication of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh (pictured), a later Latin translation of which became the only Latin book ever to appear on The New York Times bestseller list
- 30 October 1887 – Birth of Sukumar Ray, one of the most famous Indian literary nonsense writers
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- ... that Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel won a medal as a fine artist in Paris before becoming a children's book illustrator (example pictured)?
- ...that De brief voor de koning (The Letter for the King) by Tonke Dragt was chosen in 2004 by the judges of the Gouden Griffel as the best Dutch children's novel of the past fifty years?
- ... that the 1916 children's novel Just David was the second in a series of four consecutive bestsellers in the United States for Eleanor H. Porter?
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