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December 13: Today in the History of Children’s Books

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🎂 December 13, 1916 – Birth: Leonard Weisgard

Amer­i­can illus­tra­tor and authorLeonard Weis­gardLeonard Weis­gard (1916–2000) was born. He was a key fig­ure in the “Gold­en Age” of Amer­i­can pic­ture books in the 20th cen­tu­ry and often col­lab­o­rat­ed with Mar­garet Wise Brown.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
    • Calde­cott Medal: He wrote Mar­garet Wise Brown’s “small island-The Lit­tle IslandThe illus­tra­tion cre­at­ed in 1946 won an award. 1947 Calde­cott Medal.
    • Calde­cott Hon­or: His oth­er work isLost Lamb-Lit­tle Lost LambAward­ed in 1945 1946 Calde­cott Hon­or.

| born Leonard Weis­gard | Leonard Weis­gard (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ December 13, 2011 — Passed away Russell Herban

British-Amer­i­can writerRus­sell HerbanRus­sell Hoban (1925–2011) has passed away. His works span chil­dren’s pic­ture books, young adult nov­els, and adult sci­ence fic­tion.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
    • The Frances series: He cre­at­ed the famous “Frances the Bad­ger” pic­ture book series (such as “Good­night, Frances”)Bed­time for FrancesIt warm­ly depicts the dai­ly lives of chil­dren.
    • Clas­sic nov­els: His long fairy tale “A Father and Son Mouse: An Incred­i­ble Jour­ney-The Mouse and His ChildIt is a philo­soph­i­cal mas­ter­piece that tells the sto­ry of a pair of wind-up mice on their jour­ney to find them­selves.
    • rec­om­mend: His many works, such as “Chil­dren of the Ocean” (The Sea-Thing Child(These books) were spe­cial­ly rec­om­mend­ed by “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| Death Rus­sell Hoban | Rus­sell Hoban (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born: December 13, 1950 Maria Lucia Stupiça

Sloven­ian illus­tra­torMaria Lucia StupiçaMar­i­ja Luci­ja Stupi­ca was born. She is one of Slove­ni­a’s most out­stand­ing con­tem­po­rary illus­tra­tors.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
    • BIB Gold­en Apple Award: She relied on her work “Shep­herdess and Chim­ney Sweep­er-Pastir­i­ca in dimnikar) won Gold­en Apple Award at the 1985 Bratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Bien­ni­al of Illus­tra­tions (BIB).
    • Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award: She was short­list­ed 2000 Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award (HCAA) for Illus­tra­tionThe final short­list rep­re­sents a high degree of recog­ni­tion for his artis­tic career.

| born | Mar­i­ja Luci­ja Stupi­ca | Maria Luci­ja Stupi­ca (Wikipedia) |

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⚰️ December 13, 1996 — Died: Edward Blissham

British writerEdward Blis­shamEdward Blishen (1920–1996) died.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
    • Carnegie Medal: He and the writerLeon Garfield(Leon Garfield)‘s retelling of the Greek mythol­o­gyGod of the Sea-The God Beneath the Sea(Pub­lished in 1970) won an award 1970 Carnegie MedalThe book is known for its pow­er­ful nar­ra­tive style and illus­tra­tions by Charles Keep­ing.

| Death | Edward Blishen | Edward Blishen (Wikipedia) |

🎂 December 13, 1917 – Birth: Rhoda Blumberger

Amer­i­can writ­ersRho­da Blum­berg­erRho­da Blum­berg (1917–2016) was born. She focused on cre­at­ing high-qual­i­ty works for teenagers.Non­fic­tion his­tor­i­cal lit­er­a­ture.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
    • New­bery Hon­or: Her his­tor­i­cal workBrigadier Gen­er­al Per­ry vis­its the land of the Shogun.-Com­modore Per­ry in the Land of the Shogun(Pub­lished in 1985) won awards 1986 New­bery Sil­ver MedalThe book vivid­ly records the impor­tant his­tor­i­cal moments of Japan’s open­ing to the world.

| born Rho­da Blum­berg | Rho­da Blum­berg (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ December 13, 1997 — Died: Claude Roy

French poet and writerClaude Roy(Claude Roy, 1915–1997) died.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
    • He cre­at­ed the beloved chil­dren’s book “Talk­ing Cat-Le chat qui par­lait mal­gré lui).
    • He 1988 getHans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award (HCAA) Writ­ers’ Award High Praise(High­ly Com­mend­ed) in recog­ni­tion of his con­tri­bu­tions to chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture.

| Death Claude Roy | Claude Roy (poet) (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ December 13, 1995 – Passed away: Ann Nolan Clarke

Amer­i­can writ­ersAnn Nolan Clarke(Ann Nolan Clark, 1896–1995) died.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
    • New­bery Medal: Her rep­re­sen­ta­tive work isThe Secrets of the Andes-Secret of the Andes(Pub­lished in 1952) won an award New­bery Medal, 1953She is ded­i­cat­ed to show­cas­ing the char­ac­ter­is­tics of Native Amer­i­cans and dif­fer­ent cul­tures through her lit­er­ary works.

| Death | Ann Nolan Clark | Ann Nolan Clark (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born: December 13, 1935 Edward Colum

Amer­i­can illus­tra­tor and car­toon­istEdward ColumEdward Koren (1935–2023) was born. He was best known for his car­toon­ing work in The New York­er mag­a­zine and also wrote chil­dren’s books.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
    • He 1973 With the work “Behind the steer­ing wheel-Behind the Wheel) wonBratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Bien­ni­al of Illus­tra­tion (BIB) Badge Award(Plaque). This book depicts the dri­ving expe­ri­ence of var­i­ous modes of trans­porta­tion from a unique per­spec­tive.

| born | Edward Koren | Edward Koren (Offi­cial Web­site – Biog­ra­phy) |

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