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January 7th: Today in the history of children’s books

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⚰️ Jan­u­ary 7, 1986 – Died: PD East­man

Amer­i­can writer and illus­tra­torPD East­man(PD East­man, 1909–1986) died. He was a col­league and dis­ci­ple of Dr. Seuss and one of the founders of the famous Ran­dom House “Begin­ner Books” series.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • Are You My Moth­er?（Are you my moth­er?(1960): This is an extreme­ly clas­sic ele­men­tary book that tells the sto­ry of a new­ly hatched bird search­ing for its moth­er, ask­ing kit­tens, hens, dogs and even a Snort.
  • Influ­ence: His writ­ing style is sim­ple and humor­ous, mak­ing it per­fect for chil­dren just begin­ning to learn to read. Oth­er notable works include “Go, Dog. Go!”, which is includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| Death | PD East­man | PD East­man (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 7, 1941 – Death: Charles Finger

British Amer­i­can writerCharles Fin­gerCharles Fin­ger (1869–1941) died. (Note:)He was born on Decem­ber 25th.).

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • New­bery Medal: His rep­re­sen­ta­tive work isThe Leg­end of the Sil­ver Land-Tales from Sil­ver Lands(Pub­lished in 1924) won awards New­bery Medal, 1925.
  • con­tent: Fin­ger trav­eled and worked in South Amer­i­ca dur­ing his youth. This book con­tains 19 South Amer­i­can folk tales that he col­lect­ed from local indige­nous peo­ple, accom­pa­nied by illus­tra­tions by the pre­vi­ous­ly intro­duced wood­cut artist Paul Hon­oré, and is full of exoti­cism and mys­tery.

| Death Charles Fin­ger | Charles Fin­ger (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 7, 1925 – Birth: Pierre Gripparry

French writerPierre Grip­par­ryPierre Gri­pari (1925–1990) was born. (Note:)He passed away on Decem­ber 23.).

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • The Fairy Tales of Bro­ca Street（Tales of the Rue Bro­ca / Con­tes de la rue Bro­caThis is a cor­ner­stone of mod­ern French chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture.
  • style: Set on Rue de Bro­ca in Paris, the sto­ry is set in a place where the gro­cer, Mr. Said, risks hav­ing his child stolen by the witch liv­ing next door if he’s not care­ful. Grip­par­ry blends the mag­ic of tra­di­tion­al folk tales with the every­day life of mod­ern Paris, cre­at­ing a humor­ous and absurd sto­ry that has won him wide­spread pop­u­lar­i­ty and is includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| born | Pierre Gri­pari | Pierre Gri­pari (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 7, 1906 – Birth: Eleanor Kramer

Amer­i­can writ­ersEleanor Kramer(Eleanor Cly­mer, 1906–2001) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • Tram Fam­i­ly（The Trol­ley Car Fam­i­ly(1947): This is a heart­warm­ing sto­ry about the Park­er fam­i­ly. When the father los­es his job dri­ving the trol­ley and the trol­ley is decom­mis­sioned, they buy it and move it to the coun­try­side as their new home. The book depicts the joys of sim­ple life and the bond of fam­i­ly.

| born | Eleanor Cly­mer | Eleanor Cly­mer (Wikipedia) |

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🎂 January 7, 1936 – Birth: Kai Joolao

Amer­i­can writer and illus­tra­torKai Joolao(Kay Chorao) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • She is known for cre­at­ing heart­warm­ing and gen­tle pic­ture books for young chil­dren.
  • Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works: 《Baby’s lap book-The Baby’s Lap Book(Pub­lished in 1977) is a clas­sic col­lec­tion of nurs­ery rhymes, accom­pa­nied by exquis­ite and beau­ti­ful illus­tra­tions, designed to encour­age par­ents to hold their babies on their laps for shared read­ing.

| born | Kay Chorao | Kay Chorao (Wikipedia) |

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