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January 16: Today in the History of Children’s Books

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🎂 January 16, 1937 – Birth: Klaus Ensikat

Famous Ger­man illus­tra­torKlaus Ensi­cardBorn. He is known for his extreme­ly detailed illus­tra­tions with a retro etch­ing style and is hailed as a “mas­ter” of the Ger­man illus­tra­tion world.

  • High­est Hon­or:
  • Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award (HCAA): At 1996 Award­edIllus­tra­tor Award.
  • Bratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Bien­ni­al of Illus­tra­tions (BIB): Numer­ous awards, includ­ing The Grand Prix in 1979(Tom Thumb and Oth­er Fairy Tales) and twiceGold­en Apple Award(The Pea­cock Wed­ding, 1973; Each to Their Own Place, 1991).
  • style: His works are char­ac­ter­ized by intri­cate and metic­u­lous lines, often car­ry­ing a calm and even slight­ly iron­ic sense of humor, and he is extreme­ly par­tic­u­lar about font design.

| born | Klaus Ensikat | Klaus Ensikat (Wikipedia) |

🎂 January 16, 1958 – Birth: Marla Frazee

Pop­u­lar Amer­i­can illus­tra­tor and authorMara Fra­zierborn.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Three-time Calde­cott Hon­or:
  • 2009: 《The per­fect vaca­tion for two boys-A Cou­ple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever).
  • 2010: 《Our World-All the World(Author: Liz Gar­ton Scan­lon)
  • 2024: 《In every life-In Every Life).
  • style: Her illus­tra­tions are warm and vibrant, and she excels at cap­tur­ing chil­dren’s sub­tle expres­sions and body lan­guage. She is also the author of the best­selling book “My Baby is the Boss” (…).The Boss BabyThe author of ).

| born | Mar­la Frazee | Mar­la Frazee (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born January 16, 1968: Rebecca Stead

Amer­i­can writ­ersRebec­ca Steadborn.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • New­bery Medal: Her sec­ond nov­elMys­te­ri­ous Let­ter-When You Reach Me(Also trans­lat­ed as “When You Reach Me”, pub­lished in 2009) won [awards/recognition]. 2010 New­bery Medal.
  • con­tent: This book clev­er­ly blends the nos­tal­gic atmos­phere of New York life with…Time trav­elThe film com­bines sci­ence fic­tion ele­ments, pay­ing homage to the clas­sic chil­dren’s book “A Wrin­kle in Time,” with an inge­nious struc­ture and a series of sus­pense­ful moments.

| born | Rebec­ca Stead | Rebec­ca Stead (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 16, 2006 — Passed away Jan Mark

Out­stand­ing British chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture writerJane MarkShe passed away (1943–2006). She was one of the very few…twiceOne of the authors who won the Carnegie Medal.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Two Carnegie Medals:
  • 1976: 《Thun­der and Light­ning-Thun­der and Light­nings(The film) tells the sto­ry of the friend­ship and growth of two boys in rur­al Nor­folk.
  • 1983: 《han­dle-Han­dles(This is a sto­ry about a girl who loves motor­cy­cles and finds a sense of belong­ing in a rur­al motor­cy­cle repair shop.)
  • style: Her works are known for their wit­ty dia­logues, keen obser­va­tion, and uncon­ven­tion­al real­ism.

| Death | Jan Mark | Jan Mark (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 16, 2019 — Passed away Mirjam Pressler

One of Ger­many’s most impor­tant chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture writ­ers and trans­la­torsMiam PresslerHe died in 1940–2019.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Inter­na­tion­al recog­ni­tion: She has been short­list­ed mul­ti­ple times.Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award (HCAA) Writer AwardShort­list (2014, 2016).
  • Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works:
  • Bit­ter Choco­late（Bit­ter­schoko­ladeThis study explores the rela­tion­ship between bulim­ia and self-iden­ti­ty dur­ing ado­les­cence.
  • Kit­ty the kit­ten and her four lives（Ich bin’s Kit­ty).
  • She was also the edi­tor and trans­la­tor of the author­i­ta­tive Ger­man ver­sion of “The Diary of Anne Frank”.

| Death Mir­jam Pressler | Mir­jam Pressler (Wikipedia) |

⚰️ January 16, 2012 — Passed away Bartolomeu Campos de Keros

Brazil­ian writerBar­tolomeu Cam­pos de Keros(Bar­tolomeu Cam­pos de Queirós, 1944–2012) passed away.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
  • Inter­na­tion­al recog­ni­tion: He is a renowned Brazil­ian art edu­ca­tor and writer, and has been short­list­ed twice.Hans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award (HCAA) Writer AwardShort­list (2008, 2010).
  • style: His writ­ing is full of poet­ry and philo­soph­i­cal reflec­tion, and he is ded­i­cat­ed to explor­ing the bound­aries of lan­guage and the essence of child­hood.

| Death | Bar­tolomeu Cam­pos de Keros | Bar­tolomeu Cam­pos de Queirós (Wikipedia) |

🗓️ Other Important Person Briefings

eventfig­ureDetails/AwardsMain Ref­er­ence
bornAndrew Glass (Andrew Glass)Amer­i­can author and illus­tra­tor. His most famous work is “Every­one Calls Me Apple­seed John”.Link
bornKate McMul­lan (Kate McMul­lan)Amer­i­can author. Rep­re­sen­ta­tive work: *I Stinky!*I stink!), a humor­ous pic­ture book about garbage trucks.Link
bornRobert Lipset (Robert Lip­syte)Amer­i­can sports jour­nal­ist and young adult nov­el­ist. Rep­re­sen­ta­tive work: *The Com­peti­tor* (…).The Con­tender), a clas­sic box­ing-themed nov­el.Link
DeathLouisa Shotwell (Louisa Shotwell)Amer­i­can author. Rep­re­sen­ta­tive work: *Roo­sevelt Grady* (Roo­sevelt Grady(This refers to a sto­ry about migrant work­er fam­i­lies.)Link

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