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December 7th: Today in the History of Children’s Books

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🎂 Born: December 7, 1947 Anne Fann

British writerAnne FannAnne Fine was born. She isA rare “dou­ble crown” win­ner in the British chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture world“(Two-time Carnegie Medal win­ner), withHumor, satire, and com­men­tary on fam­i­ly rela­tion­ships and social issuesHe is known for his keen obser­va­tion.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
    • Two Carnegie Medals: She relied on “Uncle Gold­fish Eyes-Gog­gle-Eyes, 1989) and “Flour Doll-Flour BabiesHe won the Carnegie Foun­da­tion Award in 1992.
    • Her workBil­l’s New Dress-Bil­l’s New Frock) and oth­ers are also very pop­u­lar,Empa­thy and Gen­der RolesThe theme is…
  • High­est Hon­or: She once 1998 Nom­i­nat­edHans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award (HCAA) Writer AwardNom­i­na­tion.

| born | Anne Fine | Anne Fine (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born December 7, 1973: Kelly Barnhill

Amer­i­can writ­ersKel­ly Barn­hillKel­ly Barn­hill was born. She focused on cre­ative work.Fan­ta­sy nov­els for mid­dle and upper grades.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
    • New­bery Medal: Her fan­ta­sy nov­elThe Girl Who Drinks the Moon-The Girl Who Drank the Moon(Pub­lished in 2016) won the award 2017 New­bery Medal.
  • con­tribute: This work is char­ac­ter­ized byBeau­ti­ful prose, a mag­i­cal world­viewand pairSad­ness, sac­ri­fice, loveIt has been high­ly praised for its in-depth explo­ration of top­ics such as these.

| born Kel­ly Barn­hill | Kel­ly Barn­hill (author) (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ December 7, 2023 — Passed away: Benjamin Zefner

British poet and writerBen­jamin Zefn­erBen­jamin Zepha­ni­ah (1958–2023) has passed away. He was a per­son with…Jamaica and Caribbean RootsThe poet, whose works are char­ac­ter­ized byIntense social crit­i­cism and street poet­ryIt is known for its style.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
    • His young adult nov­elRefugee Boy-Refugee Boy) exploredIden­ti­ty, refugee expe­ri­ence and social adap­ta­tionSeri­ous top­ics such as…
  • Influ­ence: Zefn­er’s work isCon­tem­po­rary British Mul­ti­cul­tur­al Lit­er­a­tureA key fig­ure in his work, his poet­ry is con­sid­ered a par­a­digm of break­ing tra­di­tion­al bound­aries and has been includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| Death | Ben­jamin Zepha­ni­ah | Ben­jamin Zepha­ni­ah (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born December 7, 1900: Tatiana Mavrina

Russ­ian illus­tra­torTatiana Mav­ri­na(Tatyana Mav­ri­na, 1900–1996) was born. She is wide­ly rec­og­nized as… The most out­stand­ing Russ­ian illus­tra­tor of the 20th cen­tu­ryone.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: Mavri­na’s illus­tra­tion style is full ofThe dec­o­ra­tive and vibrant col­ors of Russ­ian folk artand pairTra­di­tion­al fairy talesA mod­ern inter­pre­ta­tion.
  • High­est Hon­or: She was award­ed the title of “Advanced Indi­vid­ual in Chil­dren’s Book Illus­tra­tion” for her life­long con­tri­bu­tions to the art of chil­dren’s book illus­tra­tion. 1976 Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award (HCAA) for Illus­tra­tionGold Award.

| born | Tatyana Mav­ri­na | Tatyana Mav­ri­na (Wikipedia) |

🎂 December 7, 1915 – Birth: FJ Tripp

Ger­man illus­tra­torFJ TrippFranz Josef Tripp (1915–1978) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: Tripp is a famous Ger­man writerOdd­fried Preus­slerOtfried Preußler’s in-house illus­tra­tor.
  • Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works: He wrote Pruss­ian clas­sic worksThe Great Thief-Der Räu­ber Hotzen­plotz), 《Lit­tle Ghost“as well asMitchell Ende(Michael Ende’s)Jim the Lit­tle But­ton and Lucas the Train Dri­verHe cre­at­ed illus­tra­tions. His illus­tra­tion style…Humor­ous and vividIt per­fect­ly cap­tures the absur­di­ty and fan­ta­sy of the sto­ry and has been includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| born | FJ Tripp (Franz Josef Tripp) | Franz Josef Tripp (Ger­man Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born: December 7, 1941 Heide Stuhrlingen

Aus­tri­an illus­tra­tor and writerHei­de Stuhrlin­gen(Hei­de Stöllinger) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: Stür­gen is a lead­ing fig­ure in con­tem­po­rary Aus­tri­an pic­ture books.
  • Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works and hon­ors: She gained fame through the pic­ture book “Josephine: A ten­der sto­ry about big and small-Jose­fine: eine zärtliche Geschichte über Gross und Klein)and“apos­tro­phe-Apo Stroph: der Strich in der GegendTogeth­er they won Gold­en Apple Award at the 1999 Bratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Bien­ni­al of Illus­tra­tions (BIB)(Gold­en Apple BIB).

| born Hei­de Stöllinger | Hei­de Stöllinger (Aus­tri­an Wikipedia) |

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