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April 28: Today in the history of children’s books

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⚰️ April 28, 2015 — Died: Marcia Brown

A leg­end in the Amer­i­can pic­ture book world, a “chameleon” of illus­tra­tion art.“ Mar­cia Brown He died in 1918–2015.

  • High­est Hon­or:
    • Three-time Calde­cott Medal­ist: She is the first artist in his­to­ry to win the gold medal three times (for Cin­derel­la in 1955, Once Upon a Time in the City in 1962, and Shad­ow in 1983).
    • Record hold­er: She won three gold medals and six sil­ver medals in her life­time, mak­ing her the artist with the most awards in the his­to­ry of the Calde­cott Medal.
  • Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works:
    • 《Stone Soup》 (Stone Soup)、 《Once upon a time, there was a mouse…》 (Once a Mouse)、 《shad­ow》 (Shad­ow)、 《Three goats cack­ling》.
  • Artis­tic fea­tures: Mar­cia Brown nev­er repeats her­self. She choos­es the most suit­able artis­tic expres­sion based on the cul­tur­al back­ground and core of each story—whether it’s wood­cut, col­lage, water­col­or, or del­i­cate lines, she uses them with ease and is hailed as the pin­na­cle of pic­ture book expres­sion.

| Died | Mar­cia Brown | Mar­cia Brown (Wikipedia) |

🎂 April 28, 1948 – Born: Terry Pratchett

British fan­ta­sy lit­er­a­ture mas­ter, humor genius Ter­ry Pra­chett Born (1948–2015).

  • Key Achieve­ments:
    • Carnegie Medal (CMW): With theThe Cat and the Young Pied Piper-The Amaz­ing Mau­rice and His Edu­cat­ed RodentsDis­c­world series) won 2001 Gold Medal.
  • Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works:
    • “Disc World” (Dis­c­world) series,“nation》 (Nation)。
  • Lit­er­ary con­tri­bu­tions: Pra­chett, with his wit­ty satire and bound­less imag­i­na­tion, lib­er­at­ed fan­ta­sy lit­er­a­ture from the con­fines of “swords and mag­ic,” mak­ing it a pro­found medi­um for observ­ing the real world and explor­ing human nature and soci­ety.

| Birth | Ter­ry Pratch­ett | Ter­ry Pratch­ett (Wikipedia) |

🎂 April 28, 1926 – Born: Harper Lee

Amer­i­can famous writer Harp­er Lee Born (1926–2016).

  • Immor­tal mas­ter­piece:
    • 《To Kill a Mock­ing­bird》 (To Kill a Mock­ing­bird): Pub­lished in 1960, it was includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.
  • sta­tus: Although this book was not writ­ten specif­i­cal­ly for chil­dren, it pro­found­ly explores prej­u­dice, jus­tice, and kind­ness through the per­spec­tive of a lit­tle girl named Scoot­er, and has become a clas­sic psy­cho­log­i­cal and moral enlight­en­ment book for teenagers around the world before they enter the adult world.

| Birth | Harp­er Lee | Harp­er Lee (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born April 28, 1950: Amy Hest

Famous Amer­i­can illus­tra­tor Amy Hearst born.

  • Impor­tant Hon­ors:
    • Kate Green­away Medal: With theRid­ing the waves-When Jessie Came Across the Sea) won 1997 Gold Medal.
  • Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works:
    • “Lit­tle Bear Sam”“Series (such as ‘Good­night Kiss’)” Kiss Good Night).
  • fea­ture: Her works are full of secu­ri­ty and warmth, and she is good at depict­ing the del­i­cate emo­tion­al con­nec­tion between par­ents and chil­dren, as well as the hope­ful sto­ries of ordi­nary peo­ple against the back­drop of immi­grant his­to­ry.

| Birth | Amy Hearst | Amy Hest (Wiki­da­ta) |

🗓️ Other Important Person Briefings

eventfig­ureDetails/AwardsWikipedia link
bornAnto­nio Fra­soniA renowned wood­cut illus­tra­tor. His rep­re­sen­ta­tive work is…Jack­’s Lit­tle House》 Calde­cott Sil­ver Medal.Anto­nio Fras­coni
bornHans-Peter RichterGer­man writer. His nov­el, which reflects the back­ground of the Holo­caust, is titled “The Holo­caust.“FriedrichIt was includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.HP. Richter
bornLois Dun­canThe Queen of Amer­i­can Mys­tery Fic­tion. Her rep­re­sen­ta­tive work is…I know what you did last sum­merIt is the pio­neer­ing work of the clas­sic teen hor­ror.Lois Dun­can
bornClara Yarenko­vaSlo­va­kian writer. His rep­re­sen­ta­tive work is…Silent Wolf Broth­ers》 1970 Ger­man Youth Lit­er­a­ture Prize.Klára Jarunk­ová
bornMar­vin TebanAmer­i­can sci­ence writer. His works, such as *[Title of Work]*, use humor to explain Eng­lish idioms.in trou­ble“famous.Mar­vin Ter­ban
bornPalmer CoxCana­di­an-born artist.“Brown Elf” (The Brown­iesThe cre­ator of the image, one of the pio­neers of mod­ern com­ic strips.Palmer Cox
bornNora BerglonAmer­i­can author. With his book…son of earth》 won New­bery Sil­ver Medal, 1933.Nora Bur­glon
DeathJames Wat­sonBritish writer. His rep­re­sen­ta­tive work is…Whis­perIt was includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books” and select­ed for the list of clas­sic chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture.James Wat­son
DeathVida Sebas­t­ianAmer­i­can author. Rep­re­sen­ta­tive work: [Title of work not pro­vid­ed]Lis­ten atten­tive­ly》 (Words by HeartIt was men­tioned in “Book a Day Almanac”.Oui­da Sebestyen

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