{"id":10012,"date":"2026-08-03T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=10012"},"modified":"2026-08-02T20:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:38:30","slug":"kidsbook_history_0803","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/08\/03\/kidsbook_history_0803\/","title":{"rendered":"August 3: Today in the His\u00adto\u00adry of Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0072_01__Gza-Grdonyi-Egri-csillagok-683x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0072_01__Gza-Grdonyi-Egri-csillagok-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0072_01__Gza-Grdonyi-Egri-csillagok-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0072_01__Gza-Grdonyi-Egri-csillagok-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0072_01__Gza-Grdonyi-Egri-csillagok-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0072_01__Gza-Grdonyi-Egri-csillagok.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u7231\u76d6\u5c14\u4e4b\u661f-604x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u7231\u76d6\u5c14\u4e4b\u661f-604x1024.jpg 604w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u7231\u76d6\u5c14\u4e4b\u661f-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u7231\u76d6\u5c14\u4e4b\u661f-768x1301.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u7231\u76d6\u5c14\u4e4b\u661f-907x1536.jpg 907w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u7231\u76d6\u5c14\u4e4b\u661f-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u7231\u76d6\u5c14\u4e4b\u661f.jpg 925w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1863 \u2013 Born: G\u00e9za G\u00e1rdonyi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hun\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adan writer, his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal nov\u00adel\u00adist, and teacher (1863\u20131922). He was an impor\u00adtant fig\u00adure in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Hun\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adan lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, known for his pow\u00ader\u00adful prose, rig\u00ador\u00adous his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal research, and coura\u00adgeous hero\u00adic nar\u00adra\u00adtives that depict the nation\u2019s his\u00adto\u00adry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>An epic his\u00adto\u00adry that will last for\u00adev\u00ader:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Star of Aegir<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Egri csil\u00adlagok<\/em>(Seri\u00adal\u00adized in 1899, pub\u00adlished in 1901) \u2014 List\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d it has con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly ranked first among Hun\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adan chil\u00addren\u2019s books. Set against the back\u00addrop of the true his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal event of the 16th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Ottoman siege of Eger Cas\u00adtle, the sto\u00adry tells of the epic tale of young Bornem\u00ads\u00e1 Gerge\u00adly, who grows from an ordi\u00adnary vil\u00adlage boy into a wise and coura\u00adgeous com\u00adman\u00adder, lead\u00ading a small gar\u00adri\u00adson of just over two thou\u00adsand men to defend the cas\u00adtle and repel tens of thou\u00adsands of ene\u00admy troops. The work is filled with courage, action-packed adven\u00adture, and a stead\u00adfast com\u00admit\u00adment to free\u00addom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | G\u00e9za G\u00e1r\u00addonyi |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G%C3%A9za_G%C3%A1rdonyi\">G\u00e9za G\u00e1r\u00addonyi (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=\"403\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0076_01__Mary-Calhoun-Henry-the-Christmas-Cat.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0076_01__Mary-Calhoun-Henry-the-Christmas-Cat.jpg 403w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0076_01__Mary-Calhoun-Henry-the-Christmas-Cat-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0076_01__Mary-Calhoun-Henry-the-Christmas-Cat-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0076_01__Mary-Calhoun-Hot-Air-Henry-818x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0076_01__Mary-Calhoun-Hot-Air-Henry-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0076_01__Mary-Calhoun-Hot-Air-Henry-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0076_01__Mary-Calhoun-Hot-Air-Henry-768x962.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0076_01__Mary-Calhoun-Hot-Air-Henry-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0076_01__Mary-Calhoun-Hot-Air-Henry.jpg 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1926 \u2013 Born: Mary Calhoun<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary McPher\u00adson Cal\u00adhoun (1926\u20132015), an Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s author and news\u00adpa\u00adper reporter, cre\u00adat\u00aded numer\u00adous pic\u00adture books and young adult nov\u00adels beloved by young chil\u00addren. Her works are char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by their light\u00adheart\u00aded and cheer\u00adful pace and vivid depic\u00adtions of ani\u00admal psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy.<\/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>\u201c\u201cHen\u00adry the Cat\u201d series of pic\u00adture books<\/strong>(Hen\u00adry the Cat in the Hot Air Bal\u00adloon)<em>Hot-Air Hen\u00adry<\/em>(1981, illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Erick Ingra\u00adham) \u2014 This film tells the sto\u00adry of Hen\u00adry, a proud and adven\u00adtur\u00adous con\u00adjoined cat who sneaks into his own\u00ader\u2019s hot air bal\u00adloon bas\u00adket, only to acci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly untan\u00adgle him\u00adself and ascend into the air alone. In the air, Hen\u00adry calm\u00adly and clev\u00ader\u00adly maneu\u00advers the bal\u00adloon, stag\u00ading a thrilling and hilar\u00adi\u00adous high-alti\u00adtude adven\u00adture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sub\u00adse\u00adquent rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works in the series also include \u201cHen\u00adry the Cat\u201d (<em>Hen\u00adry the Christ\u00admas Cat<\/em>)wait.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Mary Cal\u00adhoun |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Calhoun\">Mary Cal\u00adhoun (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=\"622\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0084_01__William-Sleator-Interstellar-Pig-622x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0084_01__William-Sleator-Interstellar-Pig-622x1024.jpg 622w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0084_01__William-Sleator-Interstellar-Pig-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0084_01__William-Sleator-Interstellar-Pig-768x1265.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0084_01__William-Sleator-Interstellar-Pig-933x1536.jpg 933w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0084_01__William-Sleator-Interstellar-Pig-1243x2048.jpg 1243w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0084_01__William-Sleator-Interstellar-Pig-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0084_01__William-Sleator-Interstellar-Pig.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2011 \u2013 Death: William Sleator<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William Warn\u00ader Slater III (1945\u20132011), an Amer\u00adi\u00adcan sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion and sus\u00adpense nov\u00adel\u00adist and musi\u00adcian, was known for his extreme\u00adly rig\u00ador\u00adous and mind-bend\u00ading sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic hypothe\u00adses (such as time trav\u00adel, mul\u00adti\u00addi\u00admen\u00adsion\u00adal space, and extrater\u00adres\u00adtri\u00adal civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtions) and tense and sus\u00adpense\u00adful psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal bat\u00adtles. He was an impor\u00adtant voice in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion world for young peo\u00adple in the late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry.<\/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>Star Pig<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Inter\u00adstel\u00adlar Pig<\/em>(1984) \u2014 The sto\u00adry fol\u00adlows 16-year-old Bar\u00adney, who, while on a beach vaca\u00adtion, meets three strange strangers next door and is invit\u00aded to join a board game called \u201cPiglet.\u201d Bar\u00adney soon dis\u00adcov\u00aders that this is not just a game, but a real inter\u00adgalac\u00adtic sur\u00advival game, and that the three peo\u00adple next door are aliens dis\u00adguised as humans, while the key to Earth\u00ad\u2019s sur\u00advival is the core item of the board game, the \u201cpig\u201d card.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Deceased | William Sleator |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Sleator\">William Sleator (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=\"628\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0078_01__Max-Fatchen-The-Spirit-Wind-628x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0078_01__Max-Fatchen-The-Spirit-Wind-628x1024.jpg 628w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0078_01__Max-Fatchen-The-Spirit-Wind-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0078_01__Max-Fatchen-The-Spirit-Wind-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0078_01__Max-Fatchen-The-Spirit-Wind.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1920 \u2013 Born: Max Fatchen<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maxwell Edgar Fal\u00adson (1920\u20132012), an Aus\u00adtralian chil\u00addren\u2019s author, jour\u00adnal\u00adist, and poet, wrote many of his chil\u00addren\u2019s nov\u00adels set against the back\u00addrop of the Aus\u00adtralian wilder\u00adness, rivers, and coast\u00adlines, filled with real\u00adis\u00adtic depic\u00adtions of nature and the tri\u00adals and tribu\u00adla\u00adtions of grow\u00ading up.<\/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>Spir\u00adit Wind<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Spir\u00adit Wind<\/em>(1973) \u2014 List\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. Set against the back\u00addrop of Aus\u00adtrali\u00ada\u2019s des\u00ado\u00adlate north\u00adwest coast, the sto\u00adry tells of a boy named Jack\u00adie who, in order to escape bul\u00adly\u00ading, flees into the wilder\u00adness and finds refuge with an elder\u00adly Abo\u00adrig\u00adi\u00adnal man. The adven\u00adture unfolds as he strug\u00adgles to sur\u00advive amidst storms and nature, build\u00ading courage and con\u00adfi\u00addence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Max Fatchen |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Fatchen\">Max Fatchen (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=\"683\" height=\"993\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0171__Juan-Muoz-Martn-Fray-Perico-y-su-borrico.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0171__Juan-Muoz-Martn-Fray-Perico-y-su-borrico.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0171__Juan-Muoz-Martn-Fray-Perico-y-su-borrico-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0171__Juan-Muoz-Martn-Fray-Perico-y-su-borrico-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1945 \u2013 Born: Antonio Tello<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Argen\u00adtine writer, poet, and graph\u00adic artist (1945), whose full name is Antoni Tel\u00adlo Aguel\u00adlo.<\/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>As an illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, he illus\u00adtrat\u00aded Juan Mu\u00f1oz Mart\u00edn\u2019s humor\u00adous chil\u00addren\u2019s clas\u00adsic, *Fry Peri\u00adco and His Don\u00adkey*.<em>Fray Peri\u00adco y su bor\u00adri\u00adco<\/em>The book fea\u00adtures won\u00adder\u00adful illus\u00adtra\u00adtions by [author\u2019s name] (1980). It is list\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d and tells the hilar\u00adi\u00adous dai\u00adly life of the kind-heart\u00aded Broth\u00ader Per\u00adic\u00adco and his lit\u00adtle don\u00adkey Calze\u00adtas in a monastery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Anto\u00adnio Tel\u00adlo |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonio_Tello_Arg%C3%BCello\">Anto\u00adnio Tel\u00adlo (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=\"645\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0074_01__Juliana-Horatia-Ewing-A-House-That-Jack-Built-645x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0074_01__Juliana-Horatia-Ewing-A-House-That-Jack-Built-645x1024.jpg 645w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0074_01__Juliana-Horatia-Ewing-A-House-That-Jack-Built-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0074_01__Juliana-Horatia-Ewing-A-House-That-Jack-Built-768x1220.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0074_01__Juliana-Horatia-Ewing-A-House-That-Jack-Built-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0074_01__Juliana-Horatia-Ewing-A-House-That-Jack-Built.jpg 856w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1841 \u2013 Born: Juliana Horatia Ewing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A British Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan chil\u00addren\u2019s author (1841\u20131885). She was the author of the ear\u00adly British chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture mag\u00ada\u00adzine *Aun\u00adtie\u2019s Bag*.<em>Aunt Judy\u2019s Mag\u00ada\u00adzine<\/em>The core cre\u00adator of ) is known for his real\u00adis\u00adtic and del\u00adi\u00adcate depic\u00adtions of fam\u00adi\u00adly life and his warm por\u00adtray\u00adals of mil\u00adi\u00adtary life.<\/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>Jacques Napoleon\u00adic and Oth\u00ader Sto\u00adries<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Jack\u00adanapes, Dad\u00addy Dar\u00adwin\u2019s Dove\u00adcot, and Oth\u00ader Sto\u00adries<\/em>(1884, Ran\u00addolph Calde\u00adcott) \u2014 The title sto\u00adry, *Jack\u00adnappes*, tells the tale of Jacques Napoleon\u00adic, an orphan raised by his grand\u00adfa\u00adther who grows up to join the cav\u00adal\u00adry and hero\u00adical\u00adly sac\u00adri\u00adfices him\u00adself on the bat\u00adtle\u00adfield to res\u00adcue his child\u00adhood friend. The work pro\u00adfound\u00adly por\u00adtrays loy\u00adal\u00adty, sac\u00adri\u00adfice, and noble sen\u00adti\u00adments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Juliana Hor\u00ada\u00adtia Ewing |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juliana_Horatia_Ewing\">Juliana Hor\u00ada\u00adtia Ewing (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=\"660\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0080_01__Steve-Sanfield-The-Adventures-of-High-John-the-Conqueror-660x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0080_01__Steve-Sanfield-The-Adventures-of-High-John-the-Conqueror-660x1024.jpg 660w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0080_01__Steve-Sanfield-The-Adventures-of-High-John-the-Conqueror-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0080_01__Steve-Sanfield-The-Adventures-of-High-John-the-Conqueror-768x1192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0080_01__Steve-Sanfield-The-Adventures-of-High-John-the-Conqueror-990x1536.jpg 990w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0080_01__Steve-Sanfield-The-Adventures-of-High-John-the-Conqueror-1320x2048.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0080_01__Steve-Sanfield-The-Adventures-of-High-John-the-Conqueror-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0080_01__Steve-Sanfield-The-Adventures-of-High-John-the-Conqueror.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"362\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0082_01__Steve-Sanfield-Bit-by-Bit.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0082_01__Steve-Sanfield-Bit-by-Bit.jpg 362w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0082_01__Steve-Sanfield-Bit-by-Bit-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0082_01__Steve-Sanfield-Bit-by-Bit-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1937 \u2013 Born: Steve Sanfield<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan folk\u00adtale col\u00adlec\u00adtor, sto\u00adry\u00adteller, and chil\u00addren\u2019s author (1937). He ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded him\u00adself for many years to col\u00adlect\u00ading and pre\u00adserv\u00ading folk\u00adtales, leg\u00adends from the time of slav\u00adery, and tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal poet\u00adry.<\/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 Adven\u00adtures of John the Con\u00adqueror<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Adven\u00adtures of High John the Con\u00adqueror<\/em>(1989) \u2014 This book col\u00adlects and orga\u00adnizes the sto\u00adries of John Gould, a folk hero from the plan\u00adta\u00adtion era, who was a promi\u00adnent fig\u00adure among African Amer\u00adi\u00adcans. John Gould, with his wis\u00addom, humor, and tena\u00adcious vital\u00adi\u00adty, repeat\u00aded\u00adly over\u00adcame hard\u00adship and fooled greedy plan\u00adta\u00adtion own\u00aders, demon\u00adstrat\u00ading hope and dig\u00adni\u00adty amidst suf\u00adfer\u00ading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include the pic\u00adture book \u201cLit\u00adtle by Lit\u00adtle,\u201d adapt\u00aded from a Jew\u00adish folk\u00adtale.<em>Bit by Bit<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Steve San\u00adfield |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Sanfield\">Steve San\u00adfield (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1863\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u4f3d\u5c14\u4e1c\u5c3c\u00b7\u76d6\u624e G\u00e9za G\u00e1rdonyi \u5308\u7259\u5229\u8457\u540d\u4f5c\u5bb6\u3001\u5386\u53f2\u5c0f\u8bf4\u5bb6\u3001\u6559 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10069,"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-10012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-498","tag-406","tag-10"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0076_01__Mary-Calhoun-Henry-the-Christmas-Cat.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10012","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=10012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10073,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10012\/revisions\/10073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}