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January 6th: Today in the history of children’s books

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🎂 January 6, 1965 – Born: Wendelin van Draanen

Amer­i­can writ­ersWen­delin van Draa­nenBorn Wen­delin Van Draa­nen. She is known for her humor­ous and insight­ful young adult nov­els.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • Heart­beat（FlippedThis nov­el tells a sto­ry about first love, prej­u­dice, and grow­ing up through alter­nat­ing per­spec­tives of a boy and a girl. It was adapt­ed into a film of the same name, which enjoyed immense pop­u­lar­i­ty world­wide, espe­cial­ly in Asia.
  • Sam­my Keyes series（Sam­my Keyes: A pop­u­lar young adult mys­tery nov­el series that won the Edgar Allan Poe Award.

| born Wen­delin Van Draa­nen | Wen­delin Van Draa­nen (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 6, 2015 — Passed away Gene Kemp

British writerGene KempGene Kemp (1926–2015) has passed away. She is known for her depic­tions of…Cam­pus lifeIt is known for its humor­ous sto­ries, espe­cial­ly its focus on chil­dren with spe­cial edu­ca­tion­al needs.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Carnegie Medal: Her rep­re­sen­ta­tive work isTek Tay­lor’s Tur­bu­lent Semes­ter-The Tur­bu­lent Term of Tyke Tiler(Pub­lished in 1977) won an award 1977 Carnegie Medal.
  • fea­ture: This book is known for its humor­ous writ­ing style and its shock­ing end­ing.Gen­der rever­salKnown for its Twist, it chal­lenged the stereo­types of gen­der roles in chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture at the time.

| Death | Gene Kemp | Gene Kemp (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 6, 2001 — Passed away Catherine Stud

British writerCather­ine Stud(Cather­ine Storr, 1913–2001) died. She was orig­i­nal­ly a psy­chi­a­trist, a back­ground that pro­found­ly influ­enced her descrip­tions of child psy­chol­o­gy.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • Mar­i­an­ne’s Dream（Mar­i­anne Dreams(1958): A clas­sicPsy­cho­log­i­cal fan­ta­sy nov­elsIt tells the sto­ry of a sick girl who encoun­ters hor­ror and adven­ture in a house she draws in her dream, explor­ing the sub­con­scious and fear, and is includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.
  • Clever Pol­ly and the Fool­ish Big Bad Wolf（Clever Pol­ly and the Stu­pid WolfThis series of sto­ries sub­verts the tra­di­tion­al fairy tale for­mu­la, show­ing how the lit­tle girl Pol­ly uses her wis­dom to repeat­ed­ly out­wit the big bad wolf who wants to eat her.

| Death | Cather­ine Storr | Cather­ine Storr (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 6, 1897 – Birth: Iannil Theodoreanu

Roman­ian nov­el­istIan­nil Theodor­e­anu(Ionel Teodor­e­anu, 1897–1954) born.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • His most famous work is the tril­o­gy nov­el *At Medelli­ni*.La Mede­leni).
  • sta­tus: This work is hailed as one of the most del­i­cate and lyri­cal nov­els about child­hood and ado­les­cence in Roma­nia. It depicts the growth and first love of chil­dren in a noble fam­i­ly in rur­al Moldovan in the ear­ly 20th cen­tu­ry and has been spe­cial­ly rec­om­mend­ed by “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| born | Ionel Teodor­e­anu | Ionel Teodor­e­anu (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 6, 2000 — Died: Esther Weir

Amer­i­can writ­ersEsther Weir(Ester Wier, 1910–2000) died.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • New­bery Hon­or: Her rep­re­sen­ta­tive work isLone­ly per­son-The Lon­er(Pub­lished in 1963) won awards 1964 New­bery Sil­ver Medal.
  • con­tent: The sto­ry tells the touch­ing jour­ney of a name­less, wan­der­ing orphan boy who finds a sense of belong­ing and a name (David) on a sheep farm in Mon­tana.

| Death | Ester Wier | Ester Wier (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 6, 1919 – Birth: Vera Cliff

Amer­i­can writ­ersVera Cliff(Vera Cleaver, 1919–1992) was born. She often col­lab­o­rat­ed with her hus­band, Bill Cleaver.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • Where the Lilies Bloom（Where the Lilies Bloom(1969): This nov­el, set in the Appalachi­an Moun­tains, tells the sto­ry of a strong-willed girl named Mary Carr who, after her father’s death, leads her fam­i­ly in gath­er­ing herbs to sur­vive and con­ceal his death from her, so as to pre­vent her sib­lings from being sep­a­rat­ed. The book was a final­ist for the Nation­al Book Award.

| born | Vera Cleaver | Vera Cleaver (Google Search) |

🎂 January 6, 1894 – Birth: Marion Harvighurst

Amer­i­can writ­ersMar­i­on HarvighurstMar­i­on Hav­ighurst (1894–1974) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • New­bery Hon­or: She co-authored with her hus­band, Wal­ter Hav­ighurst, [the book/book/etc.]Song of the Pine Tree-Song of the Pines: A Sto­ry of Nor­we­gian Lum­ber­ing in Wis­con­sin(Pub­lished in 1949) won awards 1950 New­bery MedalThis is a his­tor­i­cal nov­el about Nor­we­gian immi­grants strug­gling in the log­ging indus­try in Wis­con­sin.

| born | Mar­i­on Hav­ighurst | Mar­i­on Hav­ighurst (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 6, 1988 – Died: Virginia Haviland

Amer­i­can librar­i­an, authorVir­ginia Hav­i­landVir­ginia Hav­i­land (1911–1988) has passed away. She made sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions to chil­dren’s library ser­vices and the com­pi­la­tion of fairy tales.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • She was the first direc­tor of the Chil­dren’s Lit­er­a­ture Cen­ter at the Library of Con­gress.
  • She com­piled the famous **“My Favorite Fairy Tales”** (Favorite Fairy TalesThe series (such as “Pol­ish Fairy Tales” and “French Fairy Tales”) intro­duces folk tales from around the world to young read­ers in con­cise lan­guage.

| Death | Vir­ginia Hav­i­land | Vir­ginia Hav­i­land (Wikipedia) |

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