🎂 April 22, 1923 – Born: Paula Fox
One of the most important writers in the history of contemporary American children’s literature Paula Fox Born in 1923–2017. With a calm, concise, and penetrating writing style, she explored the most complex and profound issues of human nature.
- Highest Honor:
- The Hans Christian Andersen Award (HCAA): At 1978 He won the Writer’s Award.
- Newbery Medal: With theMoonlight-The Slave Dancer) won Gold Medal 1974.
- Representative works:
- 《MoonlightThis work, which takes the experiences of a 14-year-old boy on a slave ship as its starting point, shockingly exposes the cruelty of the slave trade and is hailed as a classic of American anti-slavery literature.
- 《One-eyed cat-One-Eyed Cat(1985 Newbery Honor Book) : This book delves into the guilt, lies, and self-redemption of teenagers.
- Literary status: Fox’s works never compromise with child readers or deliberately evoke sentimentality; she insists on facing reality with the most sincere literary language.
| Birth | Paula Fox | Paula Fox (Wikipedia) |
🎂 April 22, 1887 – Born: Kurt Wiese
German-American illustrator and author Kurt Wiese Born in 1887–1974. His early life in China made him one of the most important artists in the early Western children’s book world to depict China.
- Key Achievements:
- Caldecott Honor: He once relied on “Can you write Chinese characters?-You Can Write Chinese)and“Fish in the air-Fish in the AirHe has received the honorary award twice.
- Representative works:
- 《Ping’s Story-The Story About Ping(This is a play on words, written by Marjorie Flacco and illustrated by Wiese.) Ping, the little duck who embarks on an adventure on the Yangtze River, is one of the most famous picture book characters of the 20th century.
- 《Five Chinese brothers-Five Chinese BrothersAlthough its character design is controversial in contemporary times due to ethnic stereotypes, it was an important bridge for the West to understand Chinese folk tales at the time.
| Birth | Kurt Wiese | Kurt Wiese (Wikipedia) |
🎂 April 22, 1943 – Born: Eileen Christelow
American renowned pictorial book author and illustrator Erin Cristoro born.
- Global Classics:
- ““Five Little Monkeys” series（Five Little Monkeys): Among them, the first work is “Five little monkeys caused a ruckus-Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the BedIt is almost a must-read for young children all over the world.
- Style characteristics: She excels at capturing the playfulness and rhythm in young children’s lives, transforming simple counting games into visually appealing and humorous stories that are beloved by the parent-child reading market.
| Birth | Erin Cristoro | Eileen Christelow (Wikipedia) |
🗓️ Other Important Person Briefings
| event | figure | Details/Awards | Wikipedia link |
|---|---|---|---|
| born | Oscar Rogers (Oscar Rojas) | Argentine writer. Representative works The Hungry Poor Dog (Casiperro del HambreIt was included in “1001 Children’s Books”. | Oscar Rojas |
| born | Ron Cortegger (Ron Koertge) | American young adult novelist and poet. His representative work is…Sterner and Spaz-Stoner & SpazIt depicts the growth of marginalized teenagers with sharp writing. | Ron Koertge |
| Death | Jane Hudson (Jan Hudson) | Canadian author. Representative works Sweet Grass (SweetgrassIt tells the epic story of a 19th-century Blackfoot girl. | Jan Hudson |
| Death | Joanna Kanna (Joanna Cannan) | British author. A pioneer of the “Pony Stories” genre, his representative work is… “To Jane’s Little Horse” (A Pony for JeanIt was included in “1001 Children’s Books”. | Joanna Cannan |
