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January 5th: Today in the history of children’s books

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⚰️ January 5, 2017 — Passed away Paul Goble

British-Amer­i­can author and illus­tra­torPaul Gob­lePaul Gob­le (1933–2017) passed away. He ded­i­cat­ed his life to telling the tra­di­tion­al sto­ries of the Great Plains Indi­ans in the form of pic­ture books. His style was deeply influ­enced by tra­di­tion­al Indi­an art (such as ledger paint­ings), with bright col­ors and a strong sense of dec­o­ra­tive detail.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Calde­cott Medal: He relied on his self-writ­ten and self-paint­ed “Wild Horse Song-The Girl Who Loved Wild Hors­es(Pub­lished in 1978) won awards 1979 Calde­cott Medal.
  • con­tent: The sto­ry tells of an Indi­an girl who loves hors­es. In the end, she is swept away by a herd of wild hors­es dur­ing a storm and becomes a beau­ti­ful wild horse, full of mys­ti­cal ele­ments of har­mo­ny between man and nature.

| Death Paul Gob­le | Paul Gob­le (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 5, 1997 – Passed away: André François

Famous Bel­gian car­toon­istAndré FrançoisAndré Fran­quin (1924–1997) died. He was a mas­ter of the gold­en age of Fran­co-Bel­gian comics, on par with Hergé of Tintin.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • Jus­ton（Gas­ton(Also trans­lat­ed as Gas­ton Ragaff): He cre­at­ed this “anti-hero” char­ac­ter who works at Spirut mag­a­zine, always does good deeds but gets into bad sit­u­a­tions, and has an end­less stream of bizarre inven­tions.
  • Influ­ence: Jus­ton’s lazy, anar­chist humor is beloved by Euro­pean read­ers and is con­sid­ered a clas­sic char­ac­ter in the his­to­ry of comics, and has been includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| Death André Fran­quin | André Fran­quin (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 5, 1944 – Birth: Betsy Maestro

Amer­i­can writ­ersBet­sy Mae­stroBet­sy Mae­stro was born. She was a kinder­garten and pri­ma­ry school teacher and spe­cial­izes in cre­at­ing art for chil­dren.Non-fic­tion Her pic­ture books were often illus­trat­ed by her hus­band, Giulio Mae­stro.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • His­tor­i­cal Sci­ence Pop­u­lar­iza­tion: Her rep­re­sen­ta­tive work isThe dis­cov­ery of the Amer­i­c­as-The Dis­cov­ery of the Amer­i­c­asWith clear and easy-to-under­stand lan­guage and beau­ti­ful illus­tra­tions, this book intro­duces young read­ers to the his­to­ry of the Amer­i­c­as from the Ice Age to before and after the arrival of Euro­pean explor­ers, mak­ing it an excel­lent pop­u­lar sci­ence book.

| born | Bet­sy Mae­stro | Bet­sy Mae­stro (Google Search) |

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