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January 14: Today in the History of Children’s Books

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🎂 January 14, 1882 – Birth: Hendrik Willem van Loon

Dutch-Amer­i­can his­to­ri­an and authorHen­drik Willem van Loon(Hen­drik Willem van Loon, 1882–1944) born.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • The inau­gur­al New­bery Medal win­ner: He relied on “The Sto­ry of Human­i­ty-The Sto­ry of Mankind(Pub­lished in 1921) won awards The first New­bery Medal was award­ed in 1922..
  • sta­tus: This book, writ­ten in vivid and acces­si­ble lan­guage and illus­trat­ed with pen and ink by the author, tells chil­dren the his­to­ry of humankind from ancient times to the present. It pio­neered pop­u­lar his­to­ry books and remains a best­selling clas­sic to this day.

| born Hen­drik Willem van Loon | Hen­drik Willem van Loon (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 14, 1886 – Birth: Hugh Loftin

British writerHugh Loftin(Hugh Loft­ing, 1886–1947) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Sec­ond New­bery Medal Win­ner: Fol­low­ing Hen­drik Willem Van Loon, he won the award for Best Actress with Her­man Yau.Dr. Dolit­tle’s voy­age》 or trans­la­tion 《Doolit­tle’s Voy­age-The Voy­ages of Doc­tor Dolit­tle(Pub­lished in 1922) won awards New­bery Medal, 1923.
  • Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works: He cre­at­edDr. Dolit­tleThe icon­ic char­ac­ter of Doc­tor Dolittle—a quirky doc­tor who can under­stand and com­mu­ni­cate with ani­mals. The sto­ry orig­i­nat­ed from let­ters he wrote to chil­dren in the trench­es dur­ing World War I, and lat­er devel­oped into a clas­sic series of chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture world­wide.

| born | Hugh Loft­ing | Hugh Loft­ing (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 14, 1898 – Death: Lewis Carroll

British math­e­mati­cian and writerLewis Car­rollLewis Car­roll (orig­i­nal name Charles Lutwidge Dodg­son, 1832–1898) died.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • Alice’s Adven­tures in Won­der­land（Alice’s Adven­tures in Won­der­land(1865): This work com­plete­ly changed the face of chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture,Non­sense lit­er­a­tureIt reached its peak.
  • Influ­ence: The char­ac­ters such as the White Rab­bit, the Mad Hat­ter, and the Cheshire Cat, along with the lan­guage style full of log­ic games, have made it one of the most cit­ed and adapt­ed works in lit­er­ary his­to­ry, and it has been includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| Death | Lewis Car­roll | Lewis Car­roll (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 14, 2000 — Died: Leonard Weisgard

Amer­i­can illus­tra­tor and authorLeonard Weis­gardLeonard Weis­gard (1916–2000) has passed away. He was an impor­tant col­lab­o­ra­tor of Mar­garet Wise Brown and rev­o­lu­tion­ized pic­ture book art with his unique design sense.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Calde­cott Medal: With thesmall island-The Lit­tle Island(Author: Mar­garet Wise Brown, pub­lished in 1946) won [award name miss­ing] 1947 Calde­cott Medal.
  • Calde­cott Hon­or:
  • 1946: 《Lost Lamb-Lit­tle Lost Lamb).
  • 1947: 《The rain­drops pat­tered.-Rain Drop Splash).

| Death Leonard Weis­gard | Leonard Weis­gard (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 14, 1949 – Birth: Diana Goode

Amer­i­can illus­tra­tor and authorDiana Goode(Diane Goode) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Calde­cott Hon­or: With theOld Sto­ries in the Moun­tains-When I Was Young in the Moun­tains(Author: Cyn­thia Rylant, pub­lished in 1982) won [award name miss­ing] 1983 Calde­cott Hon­orThis pic­ture book depicts child­hood mem­o­ries of the Appalachi­an Moun­tains with a warm touch.
  • Oth­er works: Where is our moth­er?Where’s Our Mama?This show­cas­es her ele­gant and retro-style illus­tra­tions.

| born | Diane Goode | Diane Goode (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 14, 1874 – Birth: Thornton W. Burgess

Amer­i­can con­ser­va­tion­ist and chil­dren’s authorThorn­ton W. Burgess(Thorn­ton W. Burgess, 1874–1965) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • He cre­at­ed thou­sands of sto­ries about ani­mals and their habi­tats, the most famous of which is **“Grand­ma West­wind”**.Old Moth­er West WindThis series of sto­ries is not only enter­tain­ing but also rich in nat­ur­al sci­ence knowl­edge, cul­ti­vat­ing a love for wild ani­mals in gen­er­a­tions of chil­dren.

| born Thorn­ton W. Burgess | Thorn­ton W. Burgess (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 14, 2014 — Passed away Eric Bregward

Dan­ish illus­tra­torEric Breg­ward(Erik Bleg­vad, 1923–2014) passed away.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • His most famous work is his illus­tra­tions for Judith Viorst’s clas­sic life edu­ca­tion pic­ture book, *The Life Edu­ca­tion Pic­ture Book*.Miss­ing Bar­ney-The Tenth Good Thing About Bar­neyHe illus­trat­ed the sto­ry. His del­i­cate pen and ink lines per­fect­ly com­ple­ment­ed this touch­ing tale about how to cope with the death of a pet and how to deal with grief.

| Death | Erik Bleg­vad | Erik Bleg­vad (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 14, 1906 – Birth: Gianna Anguilla

Ital­ian writerGian­na Anguil­la(Giana Anguis­so­la, 1906–1966) born.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • Her rep­re­sen­ta­tive work isShy Vio­let-Vio­let­ta la tim­i­da(This is a nov­el that is very pop­u­lar among Ital­ian teenagers. It del­i­cate­ly depicts the psy­cho­log­i­cal changes dur­ing ado­les­cence and is includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.)

| born Giana Anguis­so­la | Giana Anguis­so­la (Ital­ian Wikipedia) |

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