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January 18: Today in the History of Children’s Books

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🎂 January 18, 1882 – Birth: AA Milne

British writer and poetAA Milne(A.A. Milne, 1882–1956) was born. He is best known for the Win­nie the Pooh series cre­at­ed by his son Christo­pher Robin.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • “Win­nie the Pooh series: Includ­ing the sto­ry col­lec­tion *Win­nie the Pooh*（Win­nie-the-Pooh, 1926) and“The Bod­hisatt­va House” **(The House at Pooh Cor­ner(1928). The sto­ry of this philo­soph­i­cal­ly rich and endear­ing lit­tle bear, along with his friends (such as Eey­ore, Piglet, and Tig­ger), is one of the most pre­cious trea­sures of chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture world­wide.
  • Poet­ry Col­lec­tion: His col­lec­tion of chil­dren’s poems, *Now We Are Six Years Old*,Now We Are SixAlso con­sid­ered a clas­sic, it cap­tures chil­dren’s psy­chol­o­gy with its humor­ous rhythm and is includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| born AA Milne | AA Milne (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 18, 1936 – Died: Rudyard Kipling

British writer, Nobel lau­re­ate in Lit­er­a­tureRud­yard KiplingRud­yard Kipling (1865–1936) died.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • The Jun­gle Book（The Jun­gle Book): This tells the leg­endary sto­ry of Mowgli, the wolf boy who grew up in the Indi­an jun­gle.
  • So that’s how it is.（Just So Sto­riesThis col­lec­tion of imag­i­na­tive ori­gin sto­ries (such as why an ele­phan­t’s trunk is so long) show­cas­es Kipling’s unique charm as a mas­ter of lan­guage. Both works are includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| Death Rud­yard Kipling | Rud­yard Kipling (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 18, 1884 – Birth: Arthur Ransom

British writer and jour­nal­istArthur Ran­som(Arthur Ran­some, 1884–1967) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Carnegie Medal: He relied on “hom­ing pigeons-Pigeon Post(Pub­lished in 1936) won awards The first Carnegie Medal in 1936.
  • Swal­lows and Ama­zons: This book is the sixth in his famous Swal­low and Ama­zon series. The series, which depicts chil­dren’s inde­pen­dent explo­ration, sail­ing, and camp­ing in the Lake Dis­trict, defined clas­sic Eng­lish hol­i­day adven­ture lit­er­a­ture.

| born Arthur Ran­some | Arthur Ran­some (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 18, 2018 — Passed away Julius Lester

African Amer­i­can writer and schol­arJulius Lester(Julius Lester, 1939–2018) died.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • New­bery Hon­or: With theas slaves-To Be a Slave(Pub­lished in 1968) won awards 1969 New­bery Sil­ver MedalThis is a ground­break­ing non­fic­tion work that brings togeth­er the true accounts of for­mer slaves, pow­er­ful­ly show­cas­ing the bru­tal his­to­ry of slav­ery.
  • John Hen­ry（John Hen­ryHe retells the sto­ry of the leg­endary Black hero who com­pet­ed with a steam rig (illus­trat­ed by Jer­ry Pinkney in the pic­ture book ver­sion), which has been high­ly praised.

| Death | Julius Lester | Julius Lester (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 18, 2016 — Passed away Michel Tournier

famous French writerMichel TournierMichel Tournier (1924–2016) has passed away.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • Fri­day or Prim­i­tive Life（Ven­dre­di ou la vie sauvageThis is his rewrite of Daniel Defoe’s *Robin­son Cru­soe*. In this ver­sion, Tournier sub­verts the tra­di­tion­al colo­nial nar­ra­tive, hav­ing “Fri­day” teach Robin­son Cru­soe how to adapt to nature and enjoy a wild life, rather than being tamed by civ­i­liza­tion. The book is a must-read clas­sic for French teenagers and is includ­ed in *1001 Chil­dren’s Books*.

| Death | Michel Tournier | Michel Tournier (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born January 18, 1987: Anna Desnitskaya

Russ­ian illus­tra­torAnna Desnit­skayaAnna Desnick­a­ja was born.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • BIB Gold­en Apple Award: She starred along­side Alexan­dra Litv­ina in [the film/movie/film].Anec­dotes about the old house-Istori­ja staroj kvar­tiry(Also trans­lat­ed as “The Sto­ry of the Old Apart­ment” / “A Cen­tu­ry of His­to­ry in an Old Moscow House”) won the award. Gold­en Apple Award at the 2017 Bratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Bien­ni­al of Illus­tra­tion (BIB).
  • con­tent: This book uses the changes in a Moscow apart­ment over a cen­tu­ry to present the grand process of Russ­ian his­to­ry from a micro per­spec­tive, rich in detail and with a nos­tal­gic and del­i­cate style.

| born | Anna Desnick­a­ja | Anna Desnick­a­ja (Inter­net Search) |

🎂 January 18, 1880 – Birth: James Cloyd Bowman

Amer­i­can writ­ersJames Cloyd Bow­manJames Cloyd Bow­man (1880–1961) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • New­bery Hon­or: His worksPecos Bill: The Great­est Cow­boy of All Time-Pecos Bill: The Great­est Cow­boy of All Time(Pub­lished in 1937) won awards 1938 New­bery MedalThis is a “Tall Tale” about Pecos Bill, a leg­endary cow­boy raised by coy­otes in the Amer­i­can West.

| born | James Cloyd Bow­man | James Cloyd Bow­man (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born January 18, 1965: Susanna Jansen

Ger­man illus­tra­torSusan­na Jansen(Susanne Janssen) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • BIB Gold­en Apple Award: She 1997 With the work “Who­ev­er gets angry first los­es.-Die Wette, wer zuerst wütend wird) wonGold­en Apple Award at the Bratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Bien­ni­al of Illus­tra­tion (BIB)Her style often fea­tures strong expres­sion­ism and dra­mat­ic ten­sion.

| born | Susanne Janssen | Susanne Janssen (Inter­net Search) |

🎂 January 18, 1926 – Birth: Seredonio Pereiro

Span­ish illus­tra­torSere­do­nio Pereiro(Cele­do­nio Perel­lón, 1926–2015) born.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • He 1967 With the work “A let­ter to my son-Car­tas a mi hijo) wonBratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Bien­ni­al of Illus­tra­tion (BIB) Bronze Medal(Bronze Plaque).

| born | Cele­do­nio Perel­lón | Cele­do­nio Perel­lón (Inter­net Search) |

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