{"id":10014,"date":"2026-08-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=10014"},"modified":"2026-08-02T20:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:50:27","slug":"kidsbook_history_0805","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/08\/05\/kidsbook_history_0805\/","title":{"rendered":"August 5th: 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=\"669\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-Roller-Skates-669x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-Roller-Skates-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-Roller-Skates-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-Roller-Skates-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-Roller-Skates-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-Roller-Skates-1338x2048.jpg 1338w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-Roller-Skates-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-Roller-Skates.jpg 1519w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-\u8f6e\u6ed1\u5973\u5b69\u9732\u8f9b\u8fbe.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-\u8f6e\u6ed1\u5973\u5b69\u9732\u8f9b\u8fbe.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-\u8f6e\u6ed1\u5973\u5b69\u9732\u8f9b\u8fbe-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-\u8f6e\u6ed1\u5973\u5b69\u9732\u8f9b\u8fbe-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-\u8f6e\u6ed1\u5973\u5b69\u9732\u8f9b\u8fbe-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0155_01__Ruth-Sawyer-\u8f6e\u6ed1\u5973\u5b69\u9732\u8f9b\u8fbe-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1880 \u2013 Born: Ruth Sawyer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture author and folk tale sto\u00adry\u00adteller (1880\u20131970). She was an impor\u00adtant founder of ear\u00adly oral nar\u00adra\u00adtive and real\u00adis\u00adtic com\u00ading-of-age nov\u00adels for chil\u00addren in the Unit\u00aded States, and was good at inte\u00adgrat\u00ading sin\u00adcere life obser\u00adva\u00adtions and folk sto\u00adry\u00adtelling art into chil\u00addren\u2019s cre\u00adations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Hon\u00adors and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lucin\u00adda, the Roller Skat\u00ading Girl<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Roller Skates<\/em>(Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion by Valen\u00adti Ange\u00adlo, 1936) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>The 1937 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>The sto\u00adry takes place in 1890s New York City. Ten-year-old Lucin\u00adda lives with her two gen\u00adtle aunts while her par\u00adents trav\u00adel to Europe for a year. Free and adrift on the streets of New York, Lucin\u00adda meets an Ital\u00adian fruit ven\u00addor, an Irish police offi\u00adcer, a Jew\u00adish girl, and a poor vio\u00adlin\u00adist, expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading the city\u2019s human rela\u00adtion\u00adships and the pain of life and death with inno\u00adcence and kind\u00adness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Award\u00aded by the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Library Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion in 1965&nbsp;<strong>The Lau\u00adra Ingalls Wilder Award (now the Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Her\u00aditage Award CLLA)<\/strong>&nbsp;Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment Award.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Ruth Sawyer |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruth_Sawyer\">Ruth Sawyer (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=\"711\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Raben-Baby_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Raben-Baby_a.jpg 711w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Raben-Baby_a-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Raben-Baby_a-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Raben-Baby_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Raben-Baby_d.jpg 570w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Raben-Baby_d-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Raben-Baby_d-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Die-Entstehung-der-Gurteltiere_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Die-Entstehung-der-Gurteltiere_a.jpg 676w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Die-Entstehung-der-Gurteltiere_a-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Die-Entstehung-der-Gurteltiere_a-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Die-Entstehung-der-Gurteltiere_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Die-Entstehung-der-Gurteltiere_d.jpg 541w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Die-Entstehung-der-Gurteltiere_d-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_Die-Entstehung-der-Gurteltiere_d-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1991_John-A.-Rowe_Wieso-das-Kanguruh-so-lange-Beine-hat_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1991_John-A.-Rowe_Wieso-das-Kanguruh-so-lange-Beine-hat_a.jpg 678w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1991_John-A.-Rowe_Wieso-das-Kanguruh-so-lange-Beine-hat_a-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1991_John-A.-Rowe_Wieso-das-Kanguruh-so-lange-Beine-hat_a-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_\u6211\u60f3\u8981\u4e00\u4e2a\u62e5\u62b1-720x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_\u6211\u60f3\u8981\u4e00\u4e2a\u62e5\u62b1-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_\u6211\u60f3\u8981\u4e00\u4e2a\u62e5\u62b1-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_\u6211\u60f3\u8981\u4e00\u4e2a\u62e5\u62b1-768x1093.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_\u6211\u60f3\u8981\u4e00\u4e2a\u62e5\u62b1-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1995_John-A.-Rowe_\u6211\u60f3\u8981\u4e00\u4e2a\u62e5\u62b1.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1952: John A. Rowe<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1952). His illus\u00adtra\u00adtion style is high\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adniz\u00adable, and he is adept at using thick oil paint tex\u00adtures, sur\u00adre\u00adal\u00adist shapes, and dra\u00admat\u00adic, humor\u00adous dark col\u00adors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Top inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal awards and rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With two works, \u201cCrow Baby\u201d (<em>Raben-Baby<\/em>) and The Ori\u00adgin of the Armadil\u00adlo (<em>Die Entste\u00adhung der G\u00fcrteltiere<\/em>(Adapt\u00aded from Kipling\u2019s fairy tales) also won amaz\u00ading awards&nbsp;<strong>Grand Prix at the 1995 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>He also won the BIB Gold\u00aden Apple Award for \u201cWhy Kan\u00adga\u00adroos Have Two Long Legs\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>King\u00addom of Bad Tem\u00adper<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Smile<\/em>\u2014 It tells the sto\u00adry of a king\u00addom that was once full of laugh\u00adter, but one day the king lost his smile and became irri\u00adta\u00adble. In the end, he regained warmth through the sin\u00adcere smile of a lit\u00adtle boy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>I Want a Hug<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>I want a hug<\/em>\u2014 This is a humor\u00adous and heart\u00adwarm\u00ading sto\u00adry about Elvis, a hedge\u00adhog cov\u00adered in sharp quills, who is afraid of being pricked and there\u00adfore can\u00adnot get a hug, until he meets an alli\u00adga\u00adtor who also longs for a hug.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include \u201cMoon Dog\u201d (<em>Moon\u00addog<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | John A. Rowe |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibiana.sk\/en\/john-a-rowe\">John A. Rowe (BIBIANA)<\/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=\"766\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0267_01__Miska-Petersham-The-Rooster-Crows.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0267_01__Miska-Petersham-The-Rooster-Crows.jpg 766w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0267_01__Miska-Petersham-The-Rooster-Crows-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0267_01__Miska-Petersham-The-Rooster-Crows-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0267_01__Miska-Petersham-\u516c\u9e21\u5594\u5594\u557c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0267_01__Miska-Petersham-\u516c\u9e21\u5594\u5594\u557c.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0267_01__Miska-Petersham-\u516c\u9e21\u5594\u5594\u557c-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0267_01__Miska-Petersham-\u516c\u9e21\u5594\u5594\u557c-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"861\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0104_01__Maud-Petersham-An-American-ABC-861x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0104_01__Maud-Petersham-An-American-ABC-861x1024.jpg 861w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0104_01__Maud-Petersham-An-American-ABC-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0104_01__Maud-Petersham-An-American-ABC-768x913.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0104_01__Maud-Petersham-An-American-ABC-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0104_01__Maud-Petersham-An-American-ABC.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1889 \u2013 Born: Maud Petersham<\/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 (1889\u20131971). She and her hus\u00adband, Miska Peter\u00adsham, were one of the most influ\u00aden\u00adtial pic\u00adture book cre\u00adation duos in the Unit\u00aded States dur\u00ading the 1930s and 40s, and their works were char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by ele\u00adgant hand-lith\u00ado\u00adgraph\u00adic col\u00adors and a retro style.<\/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 Roost\u00ader Crows<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Roost\u00ader Crows: A Book of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Rhymes and Jin\u00adgles<\/em>(1945) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1946 Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>This book col\u00adlects and illus\u00adtrates tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal nurs\u00adery rhymes, count\u00ading songs, game rhymes, and folk say\u00adings passed down through gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions across the Unit\u00aded States, vivid\u00adly depict\u00ading the rur\u00adal farm and child\u00adhood games.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Alpha\u00adbet<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>An Amer\u00adi\u00adcan ABC<\/em>(1941) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1942 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>A pic\u00adture book that uses the 26 let\u00adters of the alpha\u00adbet to explore his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal fig\u00adures, geog\u00adra\u00adphy, and pio\u00adneer\u00ading spir\u00adit across the Unit\u00aded States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Maud Peter\u00adsham |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maud_Petersham\">Maud Peter\u00adsham (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=\"1024\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0106_01__Pierre-Belvs-Roule-Galette-1024x878.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0106_01__Pierre-Belvs-Roule-Galette-1024x878.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0106_01__Pierre-Belvs-Roule-Galette-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0106_01__Pierre-Belvs-Roule-Galette-768x658.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0106_01__Pierre-Belvs-Roule-Galette-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0106_01__Pierre-Belvs-Roule-Galette.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0176_01__Pierre-Belvs-\u9985\u997c\u9003\u8dd1\u8bb0.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0176_01__Pierre-Belvs-\u9985\u997c\u9003\u8dd1\u8bb0.jpg 550w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0176_01__Pierre-Belvs-\u9985\u997c\u9003\u8dd1\u8bb0-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0176_01__Pierre-Belvs-\u9985\u997c\u9003\u8dd1\u8bb0-14x12.jpg 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1909 \u2013 Born: Pierre Belv\u00e8s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French painter, chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and art edu\u00adca\u00adtor (1909\u20131994). He was one of the core illus\u00adtra\u00adtors of the clas\u00adsic 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry French chil\u00addren\u2019s book series \u201cPere Cas\u00adtor\u201d and ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded him\u00adself to chil\u00addren\u2019s art edu\u00adca\u00adtion and enlight\u00aden\u00adment for many years.<\/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 Pie Escapes<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Roule Galette\u2026<\/em>(1950, by Paul Sabon\/Natha Caputo) \u2014 List\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d this is a nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure of French pic\u00adture books. Adapt\u00aded from the tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal folk\u00adtale \u201cThe Cake in the Dish,\u201d the sto\u00adry tells of a small but\u00adter pie left to cool on a win\u00addowsill that slips off and runs along a path, dodg\u00ading rab\u00adbits, wolves, and bears, rolling for\u00adward singing a cheer\u00adful song, only to be caught off guard by a cun\u00adning fox in a hilar\u00adi\u00adous tale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Pierre Belv\u00e8s |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Belv%C3%A8s\">Pierre Belv\u00e8s (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=\"475\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0100_01__Charlotte-Mollet-Une-souris-verte.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0100_01__Charlotte-Mollet-Une-souris-verte.jpg 475w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0100_01__Charlotte-Mollet-Une-souris-verte-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0100_01__Charlotte-Mollet-Une-souris-verte-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1960 \u2013 Born: Charlotte Mollet<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French painter, wood\u00adcut artist, and chil\u00addren\u2019s book cre\u00adator (1960). She was adept at using hand-cut wood\u00adcuts with a strong sense of pri\u00admal pow\u00ader and con\u00adtrast\u00ading col\u00adors to reshape fairy tales and nurs\u00adery rhymes.<\/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>A Green Mouse<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Une souris verte<\/em>(1993) \u2014 Award&nbsp;<strong>1994 Prix Sor\u00adci\u00e8res, the high\u00adest prize for illus\u00adtrat\u00aded books in France<\/strong>This work rein\u00adter\u00adprets the well-known French tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal nurs\u00adery rhyme of the same name through extreme\u00adly rough, glossy, and col\u00ador\u00adful hard-core prints, giv\u00ading the nurs\u00adery rhyme for young chil\u00addren a very high visu\u00adal qual\u00adi\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Char\u00adlotte Mol\u00adlet |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlotte_Mollet\">Char\u00adlotte Mol\u00adlet (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=\"566\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0112_01__Eloise-Greenfield-Honey-I-Love.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0112_01__Eloise-Greenfield-Honey-I-Love.jpg 566w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0112_01__Eloise-Greenfield-Honey-I-Love-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0112_01__Eloise-Greenfield-Honey-I-Love-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2021 \u2014 Passed away: Eloise Greenfield<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture author and poet (1929\u20132021). She ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded her life to cre\u00adat\u00ading poet\u00adry and chil\u00addren\u2019s nov\u00adels that depict\u00aded the real lives of African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren, fam\u00adi\u00adly love, and cul\u00adtur\u00adal dig\u00adni\u00adty, and was award\u00aded the Coret\u00adta Scott King Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment Award.<\/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>Poet\u00adry Col\u00adlec\u00adtion \u201cMy Dear, I Love You\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Hon\u00adey, I Love and Oth\u00ader Poems<\/em>(1978, illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Leo &amp; Diane Dil\u00adlon) \u2014 Con\u00adtains 16 rhyth\u00admic and heart\u00adwarm\u00ading chil\u00addren\u2019s poems, depict\u00ading a gen\u00aduine love for music, friends, fam\u00adi\u00adly, and one\u2019s own life from a clear child\u2019s per\u00adspec\u00adtive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Deceased | Eloise Green\u00adfield |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eloise_Greenfield\">Eloise Green\u00adfield (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1880\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u9732\u4e1d\u00b7\u7d22\u8036 Ruth Sawyer \u7f8e\u56fd\u513f\u7ae5\u6587\u5b66\u4f5c\u5bb6\u3001\u6c11\u4fd7\u6545\u4e8b\u8bf4\u4e66\u4eba (1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10093,"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-10014","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\/0106_01__Pierre-Belvs-Roule-Galette.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10014","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=10014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10097,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10014\/revisions\/10097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}