ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the relative states of children’s publishing in America and Britain in the early twentieth century and investigates the networks and relationships forged by bookwomen in both countries. The impact of the Second World War on transatlantic relationships is also discussed, using the example of the Books Across the Sea initiative to illustrate the way in which bookwomen in both countries worked together to develop the provision of reading material for children. This chapter also contrasts cultural attitudes towards children’s publishing in the USA and the UK, and interrogates the impact that this had on the selection and promotion of children’s books in both countries.
