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

⚰️ November 25, 2015 — Passed away Lenat Herchen

Swedish writer and trans­la­torLenat HerchenLennart Hells­ing (1919–2015) died. He is wide­ly rec­og­nized as… Swe­den’s most impor­tant chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture writer of the 20th cen­tu­ryOne of them, withRhyming poet­ry, word­play, and sub­ver­sionHe is known for his humor and his sta­tus is com­pa­ra­ble to that of “Dr. Søren Süds” in Swe­den.

• Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • Helchen rev­o­lu­tion­ized Swedish pic­ture books, advo­cat­ing that chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture should be artis­tic and play­ful, rather than sim­ply edu­ca­tion­al.
  • His rep­re­sen­ta­tive works includeAn angry crow-The Can­tan­ker­ous CrowIllus­tra­tions by Poul Ströy­er, etc. His cre­ations, such as Krakel Spek­takel, are house­hold names in Swe­den.
• hon­or: He had 2010 Nom­i­nat­edHans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award (HCAA) Final­ist List(Nom­i­nee) is an affir­ma­tion of his life­long achieve­ments.

| Death Lennart Hells­ing | Lennart Hells­ing (Wikipedia) |

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🎂 November 25, 1909 – Birth: PD Eastman

Amer­i­can writer and illus­tra­torPD East­man(PD East­man, 1909–1986) was born. He was a col­league of Dr. Seuss and the cre­ator of var­i­ous clas­sic works in the **“Begin­ner Books”** series.

• Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • His rep­re­sen­ta­tive work isAre you my moth­er?-Are you my moth­er?(Pub­lished in 1960) tells the humor­ous sto­ry of a new­ly hatched bird search­ing for its moth­er, but mis­tak­ing a kit­ten, a hen, and even a bull­doz­er for her.
• Influ­ence: This book is based onLim­it­ed vocab­u­lary, repet­i­tive sen­tence struc­tures, and humor­ous plotsIt has become a clas­sic ref­er­ence book to help chil­dren learn to read and has been includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up”.

| born | PD East­man | PD East­man (Wikipedia) |

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🎂 Born November 25, 1975: Svetozar Kositsky

Slo­vak illus­tra­torSve­tozar Kosit­sky(Sve­tozár Košický) is born.

• Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: Košic­ki is a well-known con­tem­po­rary Slo­va­kian chil­dren’s book illus­tra­tor.
• Inter­na­tion­al Hon­ors: He has won mul­ti­ple awards at the Bratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Bien­ni­al of Illus­tra­tions (BIB):
  • 2017 With theDemons, witch­es and oth­er ghosts-Čer­ti, bosorky ainé strašidlá) won Bratisla­va May­or’s Award.
  • 2019 With theThere must be some­thing in the Hodge Moun­tains-V Choči je nais­to čosi(ten­ta­tive trans­la­tion) won BIB Chil­dren’s Jury Award(BIB Chil­dren’s Jury Award).

| born | Sve­tozár Košický | Sve­tozár Košický (BIBIANA – Knižni­ca) |