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January 8th: Today in the history of children’s books

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🎂 January 8, 1958 – Birth: Marjorie Priceman

Amer­i­can illus­tra­tor and authorMar­jorie Price­manMar­jorie Price­man was born. She is known for her vibrant, free-flow­ing, and bright­ly col­ored water­col­or style.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Two-time Calde­cott Hon­or:
  • 1996: 《Every­one come to the con­cert-Zin! Zin! Zin! a Vio­lin(Author: Lloyd Moss). This book intro­duces the var­i­ous instru­ments of the orches­tra in a humor­ous and rhyth­mic way.
  • 2006: 《hot air bal­loon-Hot Air: The (Most­ly) True Sto­ry of the First Hot-Air Bal­loon RideThis is a word­less (or min­i­mal­ly word­ed) book that vivid­ly depicts the excit­ing scene of the first hot air bal­loon flight in French his­to­ry.

| born | Mar­jorie Price­man | Mar­jorie Price­man (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born January 8, 1969: Karl Knaut

Famous Bel­gian illus­tra­torKarl KnautCar­ll Cneut was born. He is one of the rep­re­sen­ta­tive fig­ures of the Flem­ish School of Illus­tra­tion, with a unique style. He often uses mul­ti­ple lay­ers of acrylic paint to cre­ate a rich tex­ture, and his fig­ures are slight­ly grotesque but full of ten­sion.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Plaque Award at the Bratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Bien­ni­al of Illus­tra­tion (BIB):
  • 2003: With the work “Mr. Fer­di­nand-Mijn­heer Fer­di­nand).
  • 2005: With the work “Mad­woman Gre­ta-Dulle Gri­et).

| born | Carl Cneut | Car­ll Cneut (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 8, 2013 — Passed away Antonio Frasoni

Argen­tine-Amer­i­can wood­cut artist and illus­tra­torAnto­nio Fra­soniAnto­nio Fras­coni (1919–2013) has passed away. He is wide­ly regard­ed as a key fig­ure in the 20th-cen­tu­ry Amer­i­can wood­cut revival.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Calde­cott Hon­or: With theJack­’s Lit­tle House-The House that Jack Built(Pub­lished in 1958) won awards 1959 Calde­cott Hon­or.
  • fea­ture: This book is known for its bold wood­cut print style and **bilin­gual (English/French)** design, and is an ear­ly exam­ple of mul­ti­lin­gual chil­dren’s pic­ture books.

| Death Anto­nio Fras­coni | Anto­nio Fras­coni (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 8, 1944 – Birth: Goodru Mebbs

Ger­man writer and actorGoodru Mebbs(Gudrun Mebs) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • Sun­day Chil­dren（Son­ntagskind(1983): This is an extreme­ly touch­ing chil­dren’s nov­el that tells the sto­ry of a lit­tle girl liv­ing in an orphan­age who longs for “Sun­day Par­ents” (fos­ter par­ents who take her home on week­ends). The book won the Ger­man Youth Lit­er­a­ture Prize and has been trans­lat­ed into many lan­guages and includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| born | Gudrun Mebs | Gudrun Mebs (Google Search) |

🎂 January 8, 1945 – Birth: Nancy Bond

Amer­i­can writ­ersNan­cy Bond(Nan­cy Bond) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • New­bery Hon­or: Her debut workMag­ic Strings-A String in the Harp(Pub­lished in 1976) won awards 1977 New­bery Sil­ver Medal.
  • con­tent: The sto­ry is set in Wales and com­bines real-life fam­i­ly issues (the pain of los­ing a moth­er) with…Time trav­elThe ele­ments trans­port the pro­tag­o­nist back to the time of the 6th-cen­tu­ry bard Tal­iesin.

| born | Nan­cy Bond | Nan­cy Bond (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 8, 1991 — Died: Caroline Treffinger

Amer­i­can writ­ersCar­o­line Tre­ffin­ger(Car­olyn Tre­ffin­ger, 1891–1991) died.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • New­bery Hon­or: Her rep­re­sen­ta­tive work isLi Lun: A Coura­geous Young Man-Li Lun, Lad of Courage(Pub­lished in 1947) won awards 1948 New­bery Sil­ver Medal.
  • con­tent: The sto­ry tells of Li Lun, a boy from a Chi­nese fish­ing vil­lage, who is called a cow­ard because he is afraid to go to sea, but he grows rice alone on the moun­tain­top and even­tu­al­ly proves his courage and per­se­ver­ance.

| Death Car­olyn Tre­ffin­ger Car­olyn Tre­ffin­ger (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 8, 1949 – Birth: Stephen Manes

Amer­i­can author and sci­ence jour­nal­istStephen ManesStephen Manes was born.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • The Per­fect Three-Day Guide（Be a Per­fect Per­son in Just Three Days!This is a humor­ous nov­el that is very pop­u­lar among pri­ma­ry school stu­dents. It sat­i­rizes peo­ple’s pur­suit of per­fec­tion. The plot is absurd and inter­est­ing. It has been adapt­ed into a TV movie.

| born Stephen Manes | Stephen Manes (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 8, 1935 – Birth: Miroslav Tsipal

Slo­va­kian painter and illus­tra­torMiroslav Tsi­pal(Miroslav Cipár, 1935–2021) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • He is a lead­ing fig­ure in Slo­va­kian mod­ern illus­tra­tion, hav­ing won the award twice.Plaque Award at the Bratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Bien­ni­al of Illus­tra­tion (BIB)(1973, 1977). In addi­tion, he was one of the design­ers of the BIB logo.

| born Miroslav Cipár | Miroslav Cipár (Slo­vak Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 8, 2010 — Passed away Trevor Strabery

British illus­tra­torTrevor Stra­beryTrevor Stub­ley (1932–2010) died.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
  • He illus­trat­ed the cov­ers and illus­tra­tions for over 400 chil­dren’s books, includ­ing “[Title of the book]” in col­lab­o­ra­tion with author Max Fatchen.Lingfeng-The Spir­it WindIt was includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| Death Trevor Stub­ley | Trevor Stub­ley (Wikipedia) |

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