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February 6th: Today in the history of children’s books

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⚰️ February 6, 2023 — Passed away Květa Pacovská

Czech nation­al trea­sure illus­tra­tor and artistKvi­ta Bakow­itzkyShe passed away in 1928–2023. She was hailed as the “magi­cian of col­or” and main­tained a pro­lif­ic cre­ative out­put even in her lat­er years.

  • High­est Hon­or:
  • Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award (HCAA): At 1992 Award­edHans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award for Illus­tra­tion.
  • BIB Gold­en Apple Award: Award­ed in 1983.
  • Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works:
  • The Lit­tle Flower King­dom King（The Lit­tle Flower King): A clas­sic work that intro­duces col­or to chil­dren.
  • The Mag­ic The­ater Has Begun（Mid­night Play: An inter­ac­tive game book that shows the char­ac­ters’ rev­el­ry after the moon ris­es at mid­night.
  • The Alpha­bet Book（Alpha­betIt is wide­ly rec­og­nized as one of the most beau­ti­ful alpha­bet books in the world, full of archi­tec­tur­al fea­tures and three-dimen­sion­al struc­ture.
  • style: Her work is heav­i­ly influ­enced by mod­ern art (espe­cial­ly the Bauhaus style), mak­ing exten­sive use of vibrant red, geo­met­ric shapes, col­lage, and three-dimen­sion­al paper art; it is not just a book, but a mod­ern work of art.

| Death Kvě­ta Pacov­ská | Kvě­ta Pacov­ská (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born February 6, 1978: Isabelle Arsenault

Famous Cana­di­an illus­tra­torIsabelle AsenoBorn. She is a con­tem­po­rary pic­ture book cre­ator with an extreme­ly del­i­cate style and rich emo­tions.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Inter­na­tion­al recog­ni­tion: Nom­i­nat­ed 2020 Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award (HCAA) for Illus­tra­tionShort­list.
  • Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works:
  • Jane, the Fox, and Me（Jane, the Fox, and MeThis is a graph­ic nov­el that tells the sto­ry of a girl who is bul­lied at school and finds solace in the book “Jane Eyre.” Arthur Noah uses somber pen­cil lines to depict real­i­ty and vibrant col­ors to por­tray an imag­ined world, cre­at­ing a pow­er­ful and impact­ful effect.
  • Cap­tain Ros­alie（Cap­tain Ros­alie(Tim de For­peller): A touch­ing sto­ry about a lit­tle girl’s secret mis­sion dur­ing World War I.
  • The Lit­tle Mouse Car­ry­ing a Big House（The Mouse Who Car­ried a House on His Back).

| born Isabelle Arse­nault | Isabelle Arse­nault (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ February 6, 1976 – Died: Berta Hader

Amer­i­can illus­tra­tor and authorBeta Had­erShe died in 1890–1976. She and her hus­band, Elmer Had­er, were a famous cre­ative duo.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Calde­cott Medal: With theSo much snow!-The Big Snow(Pub­lished in 1948) won awards 1949 Calde­cott Medal.
  • con­tent: This is a heart­warm­ing sto­ry about ani­mals prepar­ing for win­ter. As the first snowflake falls, the for­est ani­mals busi­ly pre­pare food and shel­ter. The Hard­ers use del­i­cate strokes to depict the tran­quil­i­ty and vital­i­ty of nature in win­ter.

| Death Berta Had­er | Berta Had­er (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ February 6, 1995 — Died: Mira Lobe

Aus­tri­an renowned chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture authorMira LobeHe died in 1913–1995.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • I Want to Know Who I Am（Das kleine Ich bin Ich：A clas­sic pic­ture book she co-authored with illus­tra­tor Susi Weigel (born Jan­u­ary 29). It tells the sto­ry of an unknown lit­tle ani­mal search­ing for its iden­ti­ty and even­tu­al­ly con­fi­dent­ly con­firm­ing “I am who I am.”
  • sta­tus: She is one of the most impor­tant chil­dren’s authors in the Ger­man-speak­ing world. Her works empha­size inclu­siv­i­ty, peace, and social respon­si­bil­i­ty and are includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| Death Mira Lobe | Mira Lobe (Wikipedia) |

🎂 February 6, 1869 – Birth: HR Millar

Scot­tish illus­tra­torHR MirallBorn (1869–1942).

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • He was E. Nes­bit’s most trust­ed illus­tra­tor.
  • Five Chil­dren and the Sand Demon（Five Chil­dren and ItHe cre­at­ed clas­sic illus­tra­tions for this sem­i­nal work of fan­ta­sy lit­er­a­ture, vivid­ly depict­ing the adven­tures of the five chil­dren and bring­ing to life the eccen­tric wish-grant­i­ng sprite, the Psam­mead.

| born HR Mil­lar | HR Mil­lar (Wikipedia) |

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🗓️ Other Important Person Briefings

eventfig­ureDetails/AwardsMain Ref­er­ence
bornIsraelite Baron (Israel Bar­rón)Mex­i­can illus­tra­tor.2017 BIB Badge AwardThe win­ner (“Illus­trat­ed Guide to Mex­i­can Fan­ta­sy Crea­tures”) has a strong fan­ta­sy style.N/A
DeathPetra Maisels (Petra Math­ers)Ger­man-Amer­i­can author and illus­tra­tor. Rep­re­sen­ta­tive work: *The Dodo Gets Mar­ried* (…).Dodo Gets Mar­ried(This is a title that does­n’t need to be trans­lat­ed.) tells the quirky love sto­ry of a bird named Dodo who falls in love with a heli­copter pilot.Link

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