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December 20th: Today in the History of Children’s Books

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🕯️ 1940–2017 (same month, same day) — MB Goffstein

Amer­i­can writer and illus­tra­torMB Goff­stein(MB Goff­stein, full name Mar­i­lyn Brooke Goff­stein, 1940–2017) inBorn on Decem­ber 20thAlso inHe passed away on Decem­ber 20.(She died at the age of 77). She was known for her min­i­mal­ist art style and philo­soph­i­cal sto­ries.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Calde­cott Hon­or: She wrote and illus­trat­ed her own work.We’ll have fish for din­ner.-Fish for Sup­per(Pub­lished in 1976) won awards 1977 Calde­cott Hon­orThis book depicts a grand­moth­er’s dai­ly life with sim­ple lines: get­ting up ear­ly to fish for din­ner, fish­ing, and cook­ing.
  • Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works: 《Got­ti the Doll Mak­er-Goldie the Doll­mak­erIt is also one of her clas­sic works, explor­ing the lone­li­ness and per­se­ver­ance of artis­tic cre­ation.

| Birth/Death | MB Goff­stein | MB Goff­stein (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ December 20, 1968 – Died: John Steinbeck

Amer­i­can writ­ersJohn Stein­beckJohn Stein­beck (1902–1968) died. He was one of the most impor­tant Amer­i­can writ­ers of the 20th cen­tu­ry. He was award­ed the Nobel Prize in Lit­er­a­ture in 1962..

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • Although pri­mar­i­ly known for adult lit­er­a­ture (such as *The Grapes of Wrath*), his col­lec­tion of short stories/novellas, *The Grapes of Wrath*, is also sig­nif­i­cant.Lit­tle Red Horse-The Red Pony(1933) is a clas­sic of youth lit­er­a­ture.
  • Influ­ence: The book con­sists of four relat­ed sto­ries that tell the sto­ry of a boy named Jody grow­ing up on a Cal­i­for­nia farm. It touch­es on themes of respon­si­bil­i­ty, death, and the pain of grow­ing up and is high­ly rec­om­mend­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up”.

| Death John Stein­beck | John Stein­beck (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ December 20, 1942 – Died: HR Mirall

Scot­tish illus­tra­torHR Mirall(HR Mil­lar, 1869–1942) died.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • He is a famous chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture writer E. Nes­bit(E. Nesbit)‘s pre­ferred illus­tra­tor.
  • He wrote the lyrics for Nes­bit­t’s clas­sic fan­ta­sy nov­el,Five chil­dren and the sand spir­it-Five Chil­dren and ItHe illus­trat­ed works such as “The Phoenix and the Car­pet” (1902). His illus­tra­tions not only defined the image of the “Psam­mead” but also per­fect­ly matched the style of Nes­bit­t’s works, which inter­twined real­i­ty and mag­ic, and were spe­cial­ly rec­om­mend­ed by “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| Death HR Mil­lar | HR Mil­lar (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born: December 20, 1947 Hugh Obrist

Swiss illus­tra­torHugh Obrist(Jürg Obrist) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • He 1997 With the work “Alu­minum cans and gen­tle songs-Die Alu­dose and die Leisen Lieder(ten­ta­tive trans­la­tion) wonBratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Bien­ni­al of Illus­tra­tion (BIB) Badge Award(Plaque).
  • He is also a pro­lif­ic illus­tra­tor and pho­tog­ra­ph­er, cre­at­ing many pic­ture books with a unique visu­al style.

| born | Jürg Obrist

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