October 6: This Day in Children’s Book History

🎂 October 6, 1941 — Born: Steven Kellogg

Amer­i­can writer and illus­tra­torSteven Kel­logg(Steven Kel­logg, 1941-)Born in Nor­walk, Con­necti­cut. He is a pro­lif­ic and pop­u­lar pic­ture book cre­ator known for hisRich in detail, full of humor and imag­i­na­tionFamous for his illus­tra­tion style.

• Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: Kel­log­g’s works are usu­al­ly water­col­or and pen draw­ings, and his sto­ries are full of live­ly ener­gy and absurd humor. His rep­re­sen­ta­tive works includeYo ho, Binko!）（Pinker­ton, Behave!)and“Skog Island-The Island of the Skog), these works are deeply loved by chil­dren and help them under­stand the themes of pets, friend­ship and adven­ture. How­ev­er, my favorite is the “Jim­my’s Python” series, espe­cial­ly the “The Day Jim­my’s Python Ate the Wash” which seems to have no Chi­nese ver­sion yet.

Octo­ber 6, 1902 — Born:Eliz­a­beth Gray Vin­ing (1902–1999), Amer­i­can chil­dren’s authorBorn in Philadel­phia. She is best known for her his­tor­i­cal nov­el Adam Walks the Road.Adam of the Road), which depicts a medieval pil­grim­age in Eng­land and won the 1943 New­bery Medal. Her work com­bines edu­ca­tion and adven­ture, pro­mot­ing the his­tor­i­cal nar­ra­tive of Amer­i­can chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture. In addi­tion, she also won the 1931 New­bery Sil­ver Medal (Meg­gy Mac­In­tosh), 1936 New­bery Sil­ver Medal (Young Wal­ter Scott), 1939 New­bery Sil­ver Medal (Penn), and served as an Eng­lish teacher to the Emper­or of Japan.

Octo­ber 6, 1930 — Born: Ger­man chil­dren’s illus­tra­tor Lieselotte Schwarz was born in Munich. She is known for her pic­ture book illus­tra­tions, includ­ing works that incor­po­rate folk art. She won the Grand Prix BIB, the high­est award, at the 1973 Bratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Illus­tra­tion Bien­nale (BIB). Her style, which empha­sizes nature and imag­i­na­tion, has pro­mot­ed visu­al expres­sion in Ger­man chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture.