October 24: This Day in Children’s Book History

🎂 October 24, 1907 — Born: Bruno Munari

Ital­ian artist, design­er and writerBruno MunariBruno Munari is born. He is wide­ly con­sid­ered to beThe most inno­v­a­tive and inter­dis­ci­pli­nary think­ing of the 20th cen­tu­ryOne of the great­est artists of his time, he was also a pio­neer of mod­ern pic­ture books and chil­dren’s design edu­ca­tion.

• Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: Munari oppos­es tra­di­tion­al didac­tic chil­dren’s books and advo­catesOpen-end­ed, mul­ti-sen­so­ry and inter­ac­tivePic­ture book.
• Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works: His works includeCir­cus in the Fog-Nel­la neb­bia di Milano), 《Draw a tree-Draw a Tree) and a host of **“unnec­es­sary machines”“（Mac­chine Inutili) etc. He pio­neered“The con­cept of “pre-books”**, which are word­less books made of dif­fer­ent mate­ri­als and forms, encour­ages babies to explore through touch and vision.
• Influ­ence: Munar­i’s work has been a land­mark in the world of art and design, and his con­tri­bu­tion to chil­dren’s cre­ative think­ing and artis­tic per­cep­tion has been rev­o­lu­tion­ary.

| born Bruno Munari Bruno Munari (Wikipedia) |

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⚰️ October 24, 1980 — Death: Ingrid Dorell

Nor­we­gian-Amer­i­can writer and illus­tra­torIngrid Dorell(Ingri d’Aulaire, 1904–1980) died. She and her hus­bandEdgar Dorell(Edgar Parin d’Aulaire) is one of the most impor­tant cre­ative part­ners in the “Gold­en Age” of Amer­i­can pic­ture books.

• Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: The Dollers’ works areCol­or lith­o­graph(lith­o­g­ra­phy) illus­tra­tion andNorse mythol­o­gy and his­tor­i­cal fig­uresFamous for his bio­graph­i­cal sto­ry.
• Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works and achieve­ments: They co-authored and illus­trat­ed “Rid­ing the Wind in Adver­si­ty: Dol­lar Tells Lin­col­n’s Sto­ry“Abra­ham Lin­coln, pub­lished in 1939) won 1940 Calde­cott Medal.
• Influ­ence: The DollersAmer­i­can bio­graph­i­cal pic­ture booksIt estab­lished high artis­tic and nar­ra­tive stan­dards and pop­u­lar­ized Nordic folk tales.

| Death Ingri d’Aulaire Ingrid’Aulaire (Nor­we­gian Wikipedia) |

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🎂 October 24, 1958 — Born: Alenka Sotler

Sloven­ian illus­tra­torAlen­ka SotlerAlen­ka Sot­tler was born in Ljubl­jana and is one of the most promi­nent con­tem­po­rary Sloven­ian illus­tra­tors.

• Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: Sotler’s illus­tra­tion style is full ofPoet­ry, sen­si­tiv­i­ty and sym­bol­ism, whose works have been exhib­it­ed inter­na­tion­al­ly many times.
• Inter­na­tion­al recog­ni­tion: She has won numer­ous awards at the **Bratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Illus­tra­tion Bien­nale (BIB):
  • 1999 With theLina Luna-Lena Luna) won BIB Jury Award(BIB Chil­dren’s Jury Award).
  • 2007 With Grim­m’s Fairy TalesCin­derel­la-Pepel­ka) illus­tra­tions, won BIB Gold­en Apple Award(Gold­en Apple BIB).

| born Alen­ka Sot­tler BIBIANA 2007 Gold­en Apple – Alen­ka Sot­tler |

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🎂 October 24, 1953 — Born: Kang Woo-hyun

Kore­an artist, design­er and writerKang Woo-hyunWoo Hyon Kang was born in Seoul.

• Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: Kang Woo-hyun’s artis­tic style is unique and richSense of humor and human­is­tic care.
• Inter­na­tion­al recog­ni­tion:
  • He had 1989 With the pic­ture bookDinosaurs in the desert-The Dinosaur of the desert) won BIB Medal Award(BIB Plaque). He also won the UNESCO Noma Con­cours Pic­ture Book Orig­i­nal Illus­tra­tion Exhi­bi­tion Award(Grand Prize).
  • In addi­tion, he was also the orig­i­nal ini­tia­tor of the fairy-tale-like “Nami Island Repub­lic”.http://korea.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0328/c407886-29175176.html

| born | Woo Hyon Kang | BIBIANA 1989 BIB Plaque – Woo Hyon Kang

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🎂 October 24, 1891 — Born: Caroline Treffinger

Amer­i­can writ­ersCar­o­line Tre­ffin­gerCar­olyn Tre­ffin­ger is born.

• Impor­tant works and achieve­ments: Her nov­elLi Lun: Brave Boy-Li Lun, Lad of Courage, pub­lished in 1947) tells the sto­ry of a boy from a Chi­nese fish­ing vil­lage who over­comes his fear and proves him­self. 1948 New­bery Hon­or.

| born Car­olyn Tre­ffin­ger Li Lun, Lad of Courage (Wikipedia) |

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🎂 October 24, 1901 — Born: Fritz Eichenberg

Ger­man-Amer­i­can print­mak­er, illus­tra­tor, and authorFritz Eichen­bergFritz Eichen­berg is born.

• Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: Eichen­bergExquis­ite print­mak­ing artfamous.
• Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works and achieve­ments: His self-writ­ten and self-illus­trat­ed alpha­bet bookApe in a Cape: Ani­mal Alpha­bet Song-Ape in a Cape: An Alpha­bet of Odd Ani­mals) won 1953 Calde­cott Hon­or.

| born Fritz Eichen­berg Ape in a Cape: An Alpha­bet of Odd Ani­mals (Wikipedia) |

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🎂 October 24, 1955 — Born: Françoise Mouly

French-Amer­i­can art direc­tor, pub­lish­er, and cura­torFrançoise MoulyFrançoise Mouly is born.

• Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: she is“The New York­er-The New York­er) mag­a­zine and co-found­ed **TOON Books, focus­ing on high qual­i­tyEar­ly Read­er Comics**.
• hon­or: Her con­tri­bu­tion to pop­u­lar­iz­ing graph­ic nov­els earned her 2014 Award­edEric Car­le Hon­orary Award “Bridge Award”(CARLE Bridge Award).

| born Françoise Mouly The Eric Car­le Muse­um of Pic­ture Book Art Announces 2014 Car­le Hon­ors Hon­orees (CBC) |

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🎂 October 24, 1942 — Born: Elena Boalu

Roman­ian illus­tra­torEle­na BoaluEle­na Boar­iu is born.

• Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: Boar­iu is one of the rep­re­sen­ta­tive fig­ures of Roman­ian illus­tra­tion in the late 20th cen­tu­ry.
• Inter­na­tion­al recog­ni­tion: Her work “Coiful de Aur” was pub­lished in 1983 Award­edBratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Illus­tra­tion Bien­nale (BIB) Hon­orsrec­om­mend.

| born Ele­na Boar­iu Ele­na Boar­iu (Roman­ian Wikipedia) |