{"id":10010,"date":"2026-08-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=10010"},"modified":"2026-07-31T11:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T03:24:18","slug":"kidsbook_history_0801","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/08\/01\/kidsbook_history_0801\/","title":{"rendered":"August 1st: Today in the his\u00adto\u00adry of chil\u00addren\u2019s books"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0028_01__Alois-Carigiet-A-Bell-for-Ursli.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0028_01__Alois-Carigiet-A-Bell-for-Ursli.jpg 764w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0028_01__Alois-Carigiet-A-Bell-for-Ursli-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0028_01__Alois-Carigiet-A-Bell-for-Ursli-15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0030_01__Alois-Carigiet-The-Snowstorm.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0030_01__Alois-Carigiet-The-Snowstorm.jpg 764w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0030_01__Alois-Carigiet-The-Snowstorm-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0030_01__Alois-Carigiet-The-Snowstorm-15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0032_01__Alois-Carigiet-\u6bdb\u9c81\u65af\u548c\u4ed6\u7684\u7f8a-1024x759.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0032_01__Alois-Carigiet-\u6bdb\u9c81\u65af\u548c\u4ed6\u7684\u7f8a-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0032_01__Alois-Carigiet-\u6bdb\u9c81\u65af\u548c\u4ed6\u7684\u7f8a-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0032_01__Alois-Carigiet-\u6bdb\u9c81\u65af\u548c\u4ed6\u7684\u7f8a-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0032_01__Alois-Carigiet-\u6bdb\u9c81\u65af\u548c\u4ed6\u7684\u7f8a-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0032_01__Alois-Carigiet-\u6bdb\u9c81\u65af\u548c\u4ed6\u7684\u7f8a.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1985 \u2013 Death: Alois Carigiet<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swiss painter, graph\u00adic artist, and chil\u00addren\u2019s book cre\u00adator (1902\u20131985). He was an impor\u00adtant pio\u00adneer in the his\u00adto\u00adry of 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Euro\u00adpean chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture books, known for his extreme\u00adly refined water\u00adcol\u00adors and lines, and his illus\u00adtra\u00adtions rich in the atmos\u00adphere of the Alps and lyri\u00adcal col\u00adors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;At&nbsp;<strong>In 1966, he won the inau\u00adgur\u00adal Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Best Artist.<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Snow Fes\u00adti\u00adval Bells<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>SCHELLEN-URSLI<\/em>(1945, text by Zalia K\u00f6lin\/Selina Ch\u00f6nz, also trans\u00adlat\u00aded as *Usley\u2019s Big Bell*) \u2014 This sto\u00adry tells of Usley, a boy liv\u00ading in a small Alpine vil\u00adlage, who, to avoid being ridiculed by his peers for not tak\u00ading the small\u00adest cow\u00adbell in the tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal \u201cSnow Fes\u00adti\u00adval\u201d parade, braves heavy snow to climb alone to a sum\u00admer pas\u00adture hut on a cliff, finds the large cow\u00adbell hid\u00adden there, and ulti\u00admate\u00adly wins every\u00adone\u2019s admi\u00adra\u00adtion. The illus\u00adtra\u00adtions del\u00adi\u00adcate\u00adly depict the snowy land\u00adscape of the Swiss moun\u00adtains and the courage of child\u00adhood.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cHeavy Snow\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>DER GROSSE SCHNEE<\/em>(1953) \u2014 tells the sto\u00adry of Usley and his sis\u00adter Flo\u00adri\u00adna feed\u00ading birds in the snowy moun\u00adtains and sur\u00adviv\u00ading an avalanche.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mau\u00adrice and His Sheep<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Zot\u00adtel, Zick und Zwerg<\/em>&nbsp;\/ Eng\u00adlish name&nbsp;<em>Anton the Goatherd<\/em>\u2014 It depicts the dai\u00adly life of a shep\u00adherd boy in the Alps and the nat\u00adur\u00adal scenery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Deceased | Alois Carigi\u00adet |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alois_Carigiet\">Alois Carigi\u00adet (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0036_01__Pauline-Baynes-Prince-Caspian.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0036_01__Pauline-Baynes-Prince-Caspian.jpg 364w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0036_01__Pauline-Baynes-Prince-Caspian-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0036_01__Pauline-Baynes-Prince-Caspian-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0034_01__Pauline-Baynes-A-Dictionary-of-Chivalry.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0034_01__Pauline-Baynes-A-Dictionary-of-Chivalry.jpg 360w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0034_01__Pauline-Baynes-A-Dictionary-of-Chivalry-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0034_01__Pauline-Baynes-A-Dictionary-of-Chivalry-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2008 \u2013 Passed away: Pauline Baynes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1922\u20132008). She illus\u00adtrat\u00aded near\u00adly a thou\u00adsand books through\u00adout her life, and is best known for her clas\u00adsic first edi\u00adtion illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for C.S. Lewis\u2019s Chron\u00adi\u00adcles of Nar\u00adnia series and J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Top Award and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Chron\u00adi\u00adcles of Nar\u00adnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe<\/em>(1950) \u2014 Includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. Baines brought to life the mag\u00adi\u00adcal king\u00addom of Nar\u00adnia, the faun Tum\u00adnus, the White Witch, and the great lion Aslan with exquis\u00adite clas\u00adsi\u00adcal pen lines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Dic\u00adtio\u00adnary of Chival\u00adry<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>A Dic\u00adtio\u00adnary of Chival\u00adry<\/em>(Grant Uden, 1968) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1968 Kate Green\u00adaway Medal (CIL)<\/strong>A com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive ency\u00adclo\u00adpe\u00addia of medieval chival\u00adry, her\u00adaldry, and weapons, Baines show\u00adcas\u00ades excep\u00adtion\u00adal artis\u00adtic skill with its illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, bor\u00adders, and del\u00adi\u00adcate details rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent of medieval minia\u00adture paint\u00adings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Pauline Baynes |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pauline_Baynes\">Pauline Baynes (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"789\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-The-Book-of-Everything-789x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-The-Book-of-Everything-789x1024.jpg 789w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-The-Book-of-Everything-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-The-Book-of-Everything-768x997.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-The-Book-of-Everything-1183x1536.jpg 1183w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-The-Book-of-Everything-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-The-Book-of-Everything.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0018_01__Guus-Kuijer-Met-de-poppen-gooien-621x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0018_01__Guus-Kuijer-Met-de-poppen-gooien-621x1024.jpg 621w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0018_01__Guus-Kuijer-Met-de-poppen-gooien-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0018_01__Guus-Kuijer-Met-de-poppen-gooien-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0018_01__Guus-Kuijer-Met-de-poppen-gooien.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0018_01__Guus-Kuijer-Polleke-series-645x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0018_01__Guus-Kuijer-Polleke-series-645x1024.jpg 645w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0018_01__Guus-Kuijer-Polleke-series-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0018_01__Guus-Kuijer-Polleke-series-768x1219.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0018_01__Guus-Kuijer-Polleke-series-968x1536.jpg 968w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0018_01__Guus-Kuijer-Polleke-series-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0018_01__Guus-Kuijer-Polleke-series.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1942: Guus Kuijer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dutch chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture author (1942). His works are known for their extreme humor, frank\u00adness, philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal depth, and per\u00adspec\u00adtive on chil\u00addren\u2019s psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy. He excels at explor\u00ading faith, fam\u00adi\u00adly rela\u00adtion\u00adships, and child\u00adhood self-explo\u00adration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;At&nbsp;<strong>She received the Astrid Lind\u00adgren Memo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Award (ALMA) in 2012.<\/strong>He was also a final\u00adist for the Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Book of All Things<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Het boek van alle din\u00adgen<\/em>&nbsp;\/ Eng\u00adlish name&nbsp;<em>The Book of Every\u00adthing<\/em>(2004) \u2014 The sto\u00adry takes place in Ams\u00adter\u00addam in the 1950s. Nine-year-old Thomas lives in a fam\u00adi\u00adly ruled by a harsh, reli\u00adgious\u00adly author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan father. Thomas records his life and imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion in his secret note\u00adbook, \u201cThe Book of Every\u00adthing.\u201d With the love and encour\u00adage\u00adment of his elder\u00adly neigh\u00adbor, his sis\u00adter, and his friends, he even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly learns to over\u00adcome his fear, stand up against domes\u00adtic vio\u00adlence, and under\u00adstand that \u201chap\u00adpi\u00adness begins with no longer being afraid.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pol\u00adlack series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Polleke<\/em>&nbsp;(series) \u2014 It tells the sto\u00adry of a young girl named Pol\u00adlyk as she nav\u00adi\u00adgates her par\u00adents\u2019 divorce, com\u00adplex inter\u00adper\u00adson\u00adal rela\u00adtion\u00adships at school, and the onset of puber\u00adty with humor and matu\u00adri\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Guus Kui\u00adjer |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guus_Kuijer\">Guus Kui\u00adjer (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0002_01__Berta-Hader-The-Big-Snow.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0002_01__Berta-Hader-The-Big-Snow.jpg 832w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0002_01__Berta-Hader-The-Big-Snow-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0002_01__Berta-Hader-The-Big-Snow-768x923.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0002_01__Berta-Hader-The-Big-Snow-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0004_01__Berta-Hader-Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-816x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0004_01__Berta-Hader-Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-816x1024.jpg 816w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0004_01__Berta-Hader-Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0004_01__Berta-Hader-Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-768x963.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0004_01__Berta-Hader-Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-1225x1536.jpg 1225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0004_01__Berta-Hader-Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0004_01__Berta-Hader-Cock-a-Doodle-Doo.jpg 1322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0006_01__Berta-Hader-The-Mighty-Hunter-859x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0006_01__Berta-Hader-The-Mighty-Hunter-859x1024.jpg 859w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0006_01__Berta-Hader-The-Mighty-Hunter-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0006_01__Berta-Hader-The-Mighty-Hunter-768x915.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0006_01__Berta-Hader-The-Mighty-Hunter-1289x1536.jpg 1289w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0006_01__Berta-Hader-The-Mighty-Hunter-1718x2048.jpg 1718w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0006_01__Berta-Hader-The-Mighty-Hunter-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1890: Berta Hader<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1890\u20131976). She and her hus\u00adband, Elmer Had\u00ader, were a famous pic\u00adture book cre\u00adation cou\u00adple in the Unit\u00aded States in the mid-20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry. Their works were wide\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlar for their gen\u00adtle and real\u00adis\u00adtic style and their love for nature and ani\u00admals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Top Award and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cSnowflakes Are So Heavy\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Big Snow<\/em>(1948) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1949 Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>The sto\u00adry depicts the approach\u00ading autumn, when the wild rab\u00adbits, squir\u00adrels, wood mice, and deer in the for\u00adest sense the signs of win\u00adter and pre\u00adpare their win\u00adter sup\u00adplies. Then, a heavy snow falls and cov\u00aders the earth. An elder\u00adly cou\u00adple spreads food for the ani\u00admals in their court\u00adyard, show\u00adcas\u00ading a heart\u00adwarm\u00ading pic\u00adture of the chang\u00ading sea\u00adsons and the har\u00admo\u00adnious coex\u00adis\u00adtence of humans and ani\u00admals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Roost\u00ader Crows\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Cock-a-Doo\u00addle Doo<\/em>(1939) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1940 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>The sto\u00adry tells of a lit\u00adtle yel\u00adlow chick that hatch\u00ades among a flock of ducks and embarks on an adven\u00adture across farms and hills in search of its kind.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Great Hunter<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Mighty Hunter<\/em>(1943) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1944 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Berta Had\u00ader |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berta_Hader\">Berta Had\u00ader (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0010_01__Edward-van-de-Vendel-Der-Hund-den-Nino-nicht-hatte.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0010_01__Edward-van-de-Vendel-Der-Hund-den-Nino-nicht-hatte.jpg 715w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0010_01__Edward-van-de-Vendel-Der-Hund-den-Nino-nicht-hatte-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0010_01__Edward-van-de-Vendel-Der-Hund-den-Nino-nicht-hatte-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"803\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-\u5c0f\u72d0\u72f8\u7684\u68a6-803x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-\u5c0f\u72d0\u72f8\u7684\u68a6-803x1024.jpg 803w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-\u5c0f\u72d0\u72f8\u7684\u68a6-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-\u5c0f\u72d0\u72f8\u7684\u68a6-768x979.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-\u5c0f\u72d0\u72f8\u7684\u68a6-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-\u5c0f\u72d0\u72f8\u7684\u68a6.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-\u5fe0\u72ac\u5c71\u59c6.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-\u5fe0\u72ac\u5c71\u59c6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-\u5fe0\u72ac\u5c71\u59c6-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0016_01__Guus-Kuijer-\u5fe0\u72ac\u5c71\u59c6-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1964: Edward van de Vendel<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dutch chil\u00addren\u2019s and young adult lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer and poet (1964). His works encom\u00adpass pic\u00adture books, poet\u00adry, and young adult nov\u00adels, and his writ\u00ading is char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by its rhyth\u00admic lan\u00adguage and skill\u00adful depic\u00adtion of del\u00adi\u00adcate emo\u00adtions and psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal hon\u00adors and rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Dog Nino Did\u00adn\u2019t Have<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Der Hund, den Nino nicht hat\u00adte<\/em>(Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion by Anton Van Hert\u00adbruggen, 2013) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2015 French Prix Sor\u00adci\u00e8res<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>2016 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP)<\/strong>The sto\u00adry tells of a young boy named Nino who has a \u201cvir\u00adtu\u00adal\u201d invis\u00adi\u00adble dog that is always there to give him com\u00adpan\u00adion\u00adship and courage. One day, Nino receives a real pup\u00adpy and dis\u00adcov\u00aders that his imag\u00adi\u00adnary dog has not dis\u00adap\u00adpeared but has gone to accom\u00adpa\u00adny oth\u00ader chil\u00addren who need courage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sam the Loy\u00adal Dog<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Toen kwam Sam<\/em>\u2014 It tells the sto\u00adry of the joy and warmth that a hound named Sam brings into a fam\u00adi\u00adly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Lit\u00adtle Fox\u2019s Dream<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Vos\u00adje<\/em>\u2014 It depicts a lit\u00adtle fox\u2019s poet\u00adic explo\u00adration in dreams and the wild nature; the author was short\u00adlist\u00aded for the Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) in 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Edward van de Vendel |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_van_de_Vendel\">Edward van de Vendel (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0026_01__Michael-Martchenko-The-Paper-Bag-Princess-1021x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0026_01__Michael-Martchenko-The-Paper-Bag-Princess-1021x1024.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0026_01__Michael-Martchenko-The-Paper-Bag-Princess-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0026_01__Michael-Martchenko-The-Paper-Bag-Princess-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0026_01__Michael-Martchenko-The-Paper-Bag-Princess-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0026_01__Michael-Martchenko-The-Paper-Bag-Princess-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0026_01__Michael-Martchenko-The-Paper-Bag-Princess.jpg 1197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0453_02__Robert-Munsch-\u7eb8\u888b\u516c\u4e3b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0453_02__Robert-Munsch-\u7eb8\u888b\u516c\u4e3b.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0453_02__Robert-Munsch-\u7eb8\u888b\u516c\u4e3b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0453_02__Robert-Munsch-\u7eb8\u888b\u516c\u4e3b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0453_02__Robert-Munsch-\u7eb8\u888b\u516c\u4e3b-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1942 \u2013 Born: Michael Martchenko<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French-Cana\u00addi\u00adan illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and car\u00adtoon\u00adist (1942). He is known for his exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00aded and humor\u00adous dynam\u00adic lines and water\u00adcol\u00ador col\u00adors, and was a long-time col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtor with the famous chil\u00addren\u2019s book author Robert Mun\u00adsch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Paper Bag Princess<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Paper Bag Princess<\/em>(Robert Mushvin, 1980) \u2014 Includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. This uncon\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal and sub\u00adver\u00adsive fairy tale tells the sto\u00adry of the beau\u00adti\u00adful Princess Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth, who was orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly going to mar\u00adry Prince Renoir, but the cas\u00adtle was burned down by a drag\u00adon, and the prince was cap\u00adtured by the drag\u00adon. The princess dressed in a paper bag as a coat, and with her excep\u00adtion\u00adal wis\u00addom, she fought the drag\u00adon and res\u00adcued the prince, only to be reject\u00aded by the prince for her disheveled appear\u00adance. The princess deci\u00adsive\u00adly saw through the prince\u2019s hypocrisy and left grace\u00adful\u00adly. The work is hailed as a clas\u00adsic read\u00ader for chil\u00addren\u2019s equal\u00adi\u00adty and inde\u00adpen\u00addent female con\u00adscious\u00adness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Michael Martchenko |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Martchenko\">Michael Martchenko (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Comtesse_de_Segur_Un_Bon_petit_diable-663x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Comtesse_de_Segur_Un_Bon_petit_diable-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Comtesse_de_Segur_Un_Bon_petit_diable-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Comtesse_de_Segur_Un_Bon_petit_diable-768x1186.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Comtesse_de_Segur_Un_Bon_petit_diable-995x1536.jpg 995w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Comtesse_de_Segur_Un_Bon_petit_diable-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Comtesse_de_Segur_Un_Bon_petit_diable.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0008_01__Comtesse-de-Sgur-Un-Bon-petit-diable-663x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0008_01__Comtesse-de-Sgur-Un-Bon-petit-diable-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0008_01__Comtesse-de-Sgur-Un-Bon-petit-diable-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0008_01__Comtesse-de-Sgur-Un-Bon-petit-diable-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0008_01__Comtesse-de-Sgur-Un-Bon-petit-diable-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0008_01__Comtesse-de-Sgur-Un-Bon-petit-diable-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0008_01__Comtesse-de-Sgur-Un-Bon-petit-diable.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1799 \u2013 Born: Countess de S\u00e9gur<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sofia Feodor\u00adov\u00adna Ros\u00adtopchi\u00adna (1799\u20131874), a French-Russ\u00adian chil\u00addren\u2019s author, was a pio\u00adneer of 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry French chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. In her lat\u00ader years, she began writ\u00ading sto\u00adries for her grand\u00adchil\u00addren, her works bear\u00ading a dis\u00adtinct\u00adly real\u00adis\u00adtic style char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic of the era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Kind Lit\u00adtle Dev\u00adil<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Un Bon petit dia\u00adble<\/em>(1865) \u2014 includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. The sto\u00adry tells of an orphan named Charles who is fos\u00adtered by the greedy and mean old Mrs. MacMc. Although Charles is mis\u00adchie\u00advous and loves to play pranks, he shows wit and kind\u00adness when faced with oppres\u00adsion, and even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly regains his dig\u00adni\u00adty and hap\u00adpi\u00adness with the help of kind peo\u00adple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Count\u00adess of S\u00e9gur |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Countess_of_S%C3%A9gur\">Count\u00adess of Segur (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;1985\u5e74 \u2014 \u901d\u4e16\uff1a\u963f\u6d1b\u4f0a\u65af\u00b7\u5361\u745e\u5409\u7279 Alois Carigiet \u745e\u58eb\u753b\u753b\u5bb6\u3001\u5e73\u9762\u827a\u672f\u5bb6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[498],"tags":[406,10],"class_list":["post-10010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-498","tag-406","tag-10"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10039,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10010\/revisions\/10039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}