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March 25: Today in the History of Children’s Books

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⚰️ March 25, 2021 — Passed away Beverly Cleary

One of the most influ­en­tial chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture authors in the Unit­ed StatesBev­er­ly ClareShe passed away in 1916–2021 at the age of 104. With her keen insight and sense of humor, she per­fect­ly cap­tured the true inner world of ordi­nary chil­dren.

  • High­est Hon­or:
    • New­bery Medal: With theDear Mr. Hen­shaw-Dear Mr. Hen­shaw(Pub­lished in 1983) won awards 1984 New­bery Medal.
    • Chil­dren’s Lit­er­a­ture Her­itage Award (CLLA): At 1975 He was award­ed the prize (for­mer­ly the Lau­ra Ingalls Wilder Prize).
  • Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works and influ­ence:
    • Ramona series（Ramona Quim­byShe cre­at­ed Ramona, a mis­chie­vous and trou­ble­some girl who was full of life and real­ism, break­ing the stereo­type of the “per­fect child” in chil­dren’s books at the time.
    • Hen­ry Hug­gins and The Mouse and the Motor­cy­cleHer work has taught three gen­er­a­tions of Amer­i­cans to find joy in the ordi­nary.

| Passed Away | Bev­er­ly Cleary | Bev­er­ly Cleary (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born March 25, 1960: Linda Sue Park

Kore­an-Amer­i­can renowned chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture authorLin­da Hugh Park­erborn.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
    • New­bery Medal: With theCeladon Boy-A Sin­gle Shard(Pub­lished in 2001) won awards 2002 New­bery Medal.
    • con­tent: This is a touch­ing sto­ry set in 12th-cen­tu­ry Korea. It tells the tale of an orphan named “Shu-er” who over­comes numer­ous dif­fi­cul­ties with hon­esty and per­se­ver­ance in pur­suit of his dream of mak­ing celadon.
    • sta­tus: She excels at explor­ing the spir­i­tu­al core of diverse cul­tures in his­tor­i­cal nov­els, and has also cre­at­ed works such as […].A Long Road to Sur­vival-A Long Walk to WaterThis is a best­selling work with great social rel­e­vance.

| Birth | Lin­da Sue Park | Lin­da Sue Park (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born March 25, 1925: Paul Biegel

A renowned Dutch chil­dren’s author and wide­ly rec­og­nized “mas­ter of sto­ry­telling”.“Paul Bea­gleBorn (1925–2006).

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
    • King of Cop­per Moun­tain（Het Sleutelkruid / The King of the Cop­per Moun­tainsThis work is one of the cor­ner­stones of Dutch chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture.
    • con­tent: It tells the sto­ry of an old king who falls seri­ous­ly ill. To keep him alive, var­i­ous ani­mals come to tell him sto­ries to cheer him up. This “sto­ry with­in a sto­ry” struc­ture has been praised as a mod­ern ver­sion of “One Thou­sand and One Nights” and is includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| Birth | Paul Biegel | Paul Biegel (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born March 25, 1940: Mohieddin Ellabbad

Famous Egypt­ian illus­tra­tor, writer, and graph­ic design­erMuhyid­din RabadBorn (1940–2010).

  • High­est Hon­or:
    • BIB Gold­en Apple Award: With theIllus­tra­tor’s Scrap­book-The Illus­tra­tor’s Note­book) won 1989 BIB Gold­en Apple Award.
    • sta­tus: He is one of the most impor­tant con­tem­po­rary chil­dren’s book artists in the Arab world. His works are not only visu­al­ly strik­ing, but also delve into the iden­ti­ty and visu­al mem­o­ry of Arab cul­ture, serv­ing as an impor­tant bridge con­nect­ing East­ern and West­ern artis­tic styles.

| Birth | Mohied­din Ellab­bad | Mohied­din Ellab­bad (Wikipedia) |

🗓️ Other Important Person Briefings

eventfig­ureDetails/AwardsMain Ref­er­ence
bornMeli­na Mar­che­ta (Meli­na Mar­che­t­ta)Aus­tralian writer. Rep­re­sen­ta­tive work: [Title of work not pro­vid­ed]Girl look­ing for her father-Look­ing for Ali­bran­diIt was includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books” and won the Prinz Award.Meli­na Mar­che­t­ta (Wikipedia)
bornPetra Maisels (Petra Math­ers)Ger­man-Amer­i­can illus­tra­tor. Her rep­re­sen­ta­tive work, “The Dodo Gets Mar­ried,” fea­tures a del­i­cate and dry­ly humor­ous style and is includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books.”Petra Math­ers (Wikipedia)
bornEmi­ly Chazelle (Émi­lie Chazerand)French writer. (Based on…)L’imagi­er》 won The 2024 Prix Sor­cières The grand prize in the non-fic­tion cat­e­go­ry.Émi­lie Chazerand (Wiki­da­ta)
bornHer­bert Best (Her­bert Best)British writer.1931 New­bery MedalThe win­ner (from *The Hunter Garham*)Gar­ram the Hunter(The author) draws inspi­ra­tion from his expe­ri­ences liv­ing in Africa.Her­bert Best (Wikipedia)
bornYap te Hal (Jaap ter Haar)Dutch writer. His most famous work is *Boris*.Boris(This is a descrip­tion of a child­hood dur­ing the Siege of Leningrad in World War II, which was both cru­el and ten­der.)Jaap ter Haar (Wikipedia)

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