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February 10th: Today in the history of children’s books

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🎂 February 10, 1930 – Birth: EL Konigsburg

Amer­i­can author and illus­tra­torEL Koenig­bergBorn (1930–2013). She was a leg­endary fig­ure in the his­to­ry of the New­bery Medal.

  • His­toric achieve­ment: exist 1968She made history—with “Angel Stat­ue-From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweil­er)getNew­bery MedalAt the same time, rely­ing on “The Lit­tle Witch’s Quest for Immor­tal­i­ty-Jen­nifer, Hecate, Mac­beth, William McKin­ley, and me, Eliz­a­beth)getNew­bery MedalThis is the only time in the his­to­ry of the New­bery Medal that the same author has won both the gold and sil­ver awards in the same year.
  • Win­ning gold again: In 1997, she won the award for her role in “The Leg­end of the Con­dor Heroes”.One-quar­ter genius-The View from Sat­ur­day(Award­ed again)New­bery Medal.
  • style: Her works are full of wis­dom, humor and pro­found insights into chil­dren’s psy­chol­o­gy, and she excels at depict­ing high­ly intel­li­gent, indi­vid­u­al­is­tic and sen­si­tive chil­dren.

| born | EL Konigs­burg | EL Konigs­burg (Wikipedia) |

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⚰️ February 10, 1957 – Died: Laura Ingalls Wilder

Amer­i­can famous writerRoland Ingalls WilderShe died (1867–1957). (Note: She was born on Feb­ru­ary 7 and lived to the age of 90).

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • The Lit­tle House series（Lit­tle HouseThis semi-auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal nov­el series, based on her child­hood pio­neer­ing expe­ri­ences, is a cor­ner­stone of Amer­i­can chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture.
  • hon­or: In 1954, she won the first…Lau­ra Ingalls Wilder Award(Now renamed the Chil­dren’s Lit­er­a­ture Her­itage Award/CLLA), this award aims to rec­og­nize authors who have made last­ing and sub­stan­tial con­tri­bu­tions to Amer­i­can chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture.

| Death | Lau­ra Ingalls Wilder | Lau­ra Ingalls Wilder (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born February 10, 1964: Lucy Cousins

British renowned pic­to­r­i­al book author and illus­tra­torLucy Cousinsborn.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • The “Bobo the Mouse” series（MaisyShe cre­at­ed the world’s most famous white mouse.
  • style: She uses bright­ly col­ored gouache and bold, dark out­lines, cre­at­ing a child­like, live­ly, and high­ly dis­tinc­tive style. Maisy’s sto­ries are sim­ple and heart­warm­ing, mak­ing them per­fect for young chil­dren. The series has been adapt­ed into a glob­al­ly pop­u­lar ani­mat­ed film.

| born | Lucy Cousins | Lucy Cousins (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born February 10, 1943: Stephen Gammell

Famous Amer­i­can illus­tra­torStephen Gem­mellBorn. His style is extreme­ly ver­sa­tile, capa­ble of han­dling both heart­warm­ing and touch­ing sto­ries as well as cre­at­ing chill­ing and ter­ri­fy­ing illus­tra­tions.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Calde­cott Medal: With theGrand­pa of Singing and Danc­ing-Song and Dance ManPub­lished in 1988, writ­ten by Karen Ack­er­man, it won an award. 1989 Calde­cott MedalIn the book, he vivid­ly depict­ed, using col­ored pen­cils, a heart­warm­ing scene of a grand­fa­ther who was once a jug­gler per­form­ing for his grand­chil­dren.
  • Oth­er mas­ter­pieces: He is also the author of the famous chil­dren’s hor­ror book series “Ghost Sto­ries Told in the Dark” (Scary Sto­ries to Tell in the DarkThe illus­tra­tor whose black-and-white illus­tra­tions are a child­hood night­mare for count­less Amer­i­can chil­dren.

| born Stephen Gam­mell | Stephen Gam­mell (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born February 10, 1963: Mark Teague

Amer­i­can best­selling author and illus­tra­torMark Teagueborn.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • How did dinosaurs…? series（How Do Dinosaurs…His col­lab­o­ra­tion with Jane Yolen on this series is wide­ly known.
  • fea­ture: Mark Teague paints giant dinosaurs as mis­chie­vous and adorable as human chil­dren, using their behav­ior to teach chil­dren every­day habits (such as sleep­ing, eat­ing, and going to school) with a great sense of humor.

| born | Mark Teague | Mark Teague (Wikipedia) |

🗓️ Other Important Person Briefings

eventfig­ureDetails/AwardsMain Ref­er­ence
bornAdri­enne Adams (Adri­enne Adams)Amer­i­can illus­tra­tor.1962 Calde­cott Hon­orThe win­ner (of “The Day We Watched the Sun­rise”).Link
bornHilde­gard Wood­ward (Hilde­gard Wood­ward)Amer­i­can illus­tra­tor.1948 Calde­cott Hon­orThe win­ner (Roger and the Fox).Link
bornJoseph Kessel (Joseph Kessel)French writer. His rep­re­sen­ta­tive work is *The Lion King*.Le Lion(This is a sto­ry about a girl and a lion in a Kenyan nation­al park, and it is includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”).Link
bornTamash Kovac (Tamás Kovács)Hun­gar­i­an illus­tra­tor.1979 BIB Badge AwardThe win­ner (Butuk Miska).N/A
DeathMino Milani (Mino Milani)Ital­ian writer. His rep­re­sen­ta­tive work is *The Knight Everem*.Efrem il cav­a­liere(1980), a clas­sic of Ital­ian his­tor­i­cal adven­ture nov­els.Link

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