{"id":10016,"date":"2026-08-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=10016"},"modified":"2026-08-02T21:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T13:05:32","slug":"kidsbook_history_0807","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/08\/07\/kidsbook_history_0807\/","title":{"rendered":"August 7th: 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\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-Summer-of-the-Swans-669x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-Summer-of-the-Swans-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-Summer-of-the-Swans-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-Summer-of-the-Swans-768x1175.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-Summer-of-the-Swans-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-Summer-of-the-Swans-1338x2048.jpg 1338w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-Summer-of-the-Swans-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-Summer-of-the-Swans.jpg 1673w\" 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\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-\u590f\u65e5\u5929\u9e45.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-\u590f\u65e5\u5929\u9e45.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-\u590f\u65e5\u5929\u9e45-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-\u590f\u65e5\u5929\u9e45-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-\u590f\u65e5\u5929\u9e45-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0160__Betsy-Byars-\u590f\u65e5\u5929\u9e45-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1928: Betsy Byars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s author (1928\u20132020). Her works are known for their extreme\u00adly keen psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal insight, gen\u00adtle and humor\u00adous touch, and pro\u00adfound con\u00adcern for the dai\u00adly strug\u00adgles, fam\u00adi\u00adly rela\u00adtion\u00adships, and self-iden\u00adti\u00adty of chil\u00addren and teenagers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\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>Sum\u00admer Swan<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Sum\u00admer of the Swans<\/em>(1970) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1971 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>The sto\u00adry fol\u00adlows 14-year-old Sarah, a sen\u00adsi\u00adtive and anx\u00adious teenag\u00ader filled with wor\u00adry about her appear\u00adance and life. One day, her younger broth\u00ader Char\u00adlie, who suf\u00adfers from intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal dis\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty and apha\u00adsia, goes miss\u00ading late at night while try\u00ading to see the swans. Dur\u00ading the town\u2019s search for her broth\u00ader, Sarah over\u00adcomes her inner tur\u00admoil and prej\u00adu\u00addice, gain\u00ading a deep\u00ader under\u00adstand\u00ading of her love for her broth\u00ader and her own per\u00adson\u00adal growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Bet\u00adsy Byars |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Betsy_Byars\">Bet\u00adsy Byars (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=\"905\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0138_01__Joy-Cowley-Mrs.-Wishy-Washy-905x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0138_01__Joy-Cowley-Mrs.-Wishy-Washy-905x1024.jpg 905w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0138_01__Joy-Cowley-Mrs.-Wishy-Washy-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0138_01__Joy-Cowley-Mrs.-Wishy-Washy-768x869.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0138_01__Joy-Cowley-Mrs.-Wishy-Washy-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0138_01__Joy-Cowley-Mrs.-Wishy-Washy.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-Snake-and-Lizard-755x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-Snake-and-Lizard-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-Snake-and-Lizard-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-Snake-and-Lizard-768x1041.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-Snake-and-Lizard-1133x1536.jpg 1133w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-Snake-and-Lizard-1510x2048.jpg 1510w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-Snake-and-Lizard-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-Snake-and-Lizard.jpg 1888w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0142_01__Joy-Cowley-The-Silent-One.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0142_01__Joy-Cowley-The-Silent-One.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0142_01__Joy-Cowley-The-Silent-One-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0142_01__Joy-Cowley-The-Silent-One-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/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\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-\u86c7\u548c\u8725\u8734\u8d85\u7ea7\u635f\u53cb.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-\u86c7\u548c\u8725\u8734\u8d85\u7ea7\u635f\u53cb.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-\u86c7\u548c\u8725\u8734\u8d85\u7ea7\u635f\u53cb-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-\u86c7\u548c\u8725\u8734\u8d85\u7ea7\u635f\u53cb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-\u86c7\u548c\u8725\u8734\u8d85\u7ea7\u635f\u53cb-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-\u86c7\u548c\u8725\u8734\u8d85\u7ea7\u635f\u53cb-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1936 \u2013 Born: Joy Cowley<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A New Zealand chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture author (1936). She is an impor\u00adtant fig\u00adure in New Zealand\u2019s chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture scene, whose works cov\u00ader grad\u00aded read\u00aders for tod\u00addlers, fairy tales and real\u00adis\u00adtic nov\u00adels for young read\u00aders, and her works are pop\u00adu\u00adlar in the South\u00adern Hemi\u00adsphere and the glob\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s read\u00ading com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Awards and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At&nbsp;<strong>In 2018, he was short\u00adlist\u00aded for the Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Best Writer.<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mrs. Wash\u00ading Loves Clean\u00ading<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Mrs. Wishy-Washy<\/em>\u2014 A clas\u00adsic grad\u00aded read\u00ading book for young chil\u00addren, telling the sto\u00adry of Mrs. Wash\u00ading who always likes to bathe the cows, pigs and ducks on the farm, and the cheer\u00adful dai\u00adly life of the ani\u00admals hap\u00adpi\u00adly rolling in the mud after their bath.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Snake and Lizard<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Snake and Lizard<\/em>(2007) \u2014 The sto\u00adry tells of a heart\u00adwarm\u00ading tale of two cold-blood\u00aded ani\u00admals with con\u00adtrast\u00ading per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adties, a snake (calm and ratio\u00adnal) and a lizard (impul\u00adsive and rest\u00adless), who become neigh\u00adbors and build a deep friend\u00adship through dai\u00adly inter\u00adac\u00adtions and argu\u00adments; the sequel, *Snake and Lizard: Super Friend* (2007), is a sequel to the first.<em>Helper and Helper<\/em>This con\u00adtin\u00adues the humor\u00adous phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy of this group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works of juve\u00adnile fic\u00adtion also include *The Old Car and the Rock\u00ading Hol\u00adi\u00adday*.<em>Dunger<\/em>), The Silent Boy (<em>The Silent One<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Joy Cow\u00adley |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joy_Cowley\">Joy Cow\u00adley (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=\"811\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_a.jpg 811w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_a-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_a-768x701.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_a-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_b.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_b-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_b-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_b-18x8.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_d.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_d-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_d-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1999_Toshitaka-Sekiya_Old-Hikoichi-in-wilderness-of-Okhotsk_d-18x8.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1944 \u2013 Born: Toshitaka Sekiya<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u00adese pic\u00adture book author, wood\u00adblock print\u00admak\u00ader, and tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Kata\u00adzome artist (1944). He excels at incor\u00adpo\u00adrat\u00ading tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Japan\u00adese folk dye\u00ading and print\u00admak\u00ading tech\u00adniques into his pic\u00adture book cre\u00adations, result\u00ading in art\u00adworks with a strong his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal feel and folk cus\u00adtoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Awards and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Based on the work \u201cOld Yan on the Wilder\u00adness of Okhot\u00adsk\u201d (<em>Old Hikoichi in wilder\u00adness of Okhot\u00adsk<\/em>&nbsp;\/ Orig\u00adi\u00adnal Japan\u00adese name&nbsp;<em>\u30aa\u30db\u30fc\u30c4\u30af\u306e\u5f66\u4e00<\/em>) won&nbsp;<strong>Gold\u00aden Apple Award at the 1999 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (BIB)<\/strong>With sim\u00adple yet exquis\u00adite folk tech\u00adniques, they vivid\u00adly depict\u00aded the vicis\u00adsi\u00adtudes and per\u00adse\u00adver\u00adance of pio\u00adneer\u00ading the wilder\u00adness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Toshi\u00adta\u00adka Sekiya |<\/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=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_Young-Fu-of-the-Upper-Yangtze-679x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_Young-Fu-of-the-Upper-Yangtze-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_Young-Fu-of-the-Upper-Yangtze-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_Young-Fu-of-the-Upper-Yangtze-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_Young-Fu-of-the-Upper-Yangtze-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_Young-Fu-of-the-Upper-Yangtze.jpg 994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_\u626c\u5b50\u6c5f\u4e0a\u6e38\u7684\u5c0f\u5085-819x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_\u626c\u5b50\u6c5f\u4e0a\u6e38\u7684\u5c0f\u5085-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_\u626c\u5b50\u6c5f\u4e0a\u6e38\u7684\u5c0f\u5085-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_\u626c\u5b50\u6c5f\u4e0a\u6e38\u7684\u5c0f\u5085-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_\u626c\u5b50\u6c5f\u4e0a\u6e38\u7684\u5c0f\u5085-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_\u626c\u5b50\u6c5f\u4e0a\u6e38\u7684\u5c0f\u5085.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1958 \u2013 Death: Elizabeth Foreman Lewis<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal nov\u00adel\u00adist and edu\u00adca\u00adtor (1892\u20131958). She taught in Fuzhou and Chongqing, Chi\u00adna in the 1920s and was deeply influ\u00adenced by tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Chi\u00adnese cul\u00adture and the resilience of the peo\u00adple. In her lat\u00ader years, she incor\u00adpo\u00adrat\u00aded her obser\u00adva\u00adtions into her chil\u00addren\u2019s nov\u00adels.<\/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>\u201cLit\u00adtle Fu from the Upper Yangtze Riv\u00ader\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze<\/em>(Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion by Edward Kurt Wiese, 1932) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>The 1933 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>The sto\u00adry takes place in Chongqing in the 1920s. After his father\u2019s death, Xiao Fu, a coun\u00adtry boy, comes to the city with his moth\u00ader and becomes an appren\u00adtice in a cop\u00adper\u00adsmith\u2019s shop. The work objec\u00adtive\u00adly por\u00adtrays Xiao Fu\u2019s growth process as he over\u00adcomes dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties, learns a skill, and estab\u00adlish\u00ades him\u00adself in soci\u00adety amidst war\u00adlord con\u00adflicts, social unrest, and tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal guild rules, all through dili\u00adgence, hon\u00adesty, and resource\u00adful\u00adness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Died | Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Fore\u00adman Lewis |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_Foreman_Lewis\">Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Fore\u00adman Lewis (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=\"752\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_Leo-the-Late-Bloomer-752x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_Leo-the-Late-Bloomer-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_Leo-the-Late-Bloomer-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_Leo-the-Late-Bloomer-768x1046.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_Leo-the-Late-Bloomer-1128x1536.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_Leo-the-Late-Bloomer-1504x2048.jpg 1504w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_Leo-the-Late-Bloomer-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_Leo-the-Late-Bloomer.jpg 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_\u6bdb\u5934\u5c0f\u9e70.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_\u6bdb\u5934\u5c0f\u9e70.jpg 304w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_\u6bdb\u5934\u5c0f\u9e70-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_\u6bdb\u5934\u5c0f\u9e70-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"326\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_\u4f60\u662f\u8c01\u7684\u8001\u9f20.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_\u4f60\u662f\u8c01\u7684\u8001\u9f20.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_\u4f60\u662f\u8c01\u7684\u8001\u9f20-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-Kraus_\u4f60\u662f\u8c01\u7684\u8001\u9f20-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2001 \u2013 Death: Robert Kraus<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and pub\u00adlish\u00ader (1925\u20132001). He illus\u00adtrat\u00aded comics and cov\u00aders for The New York\u00ader for many years, and lat\u00ader found\u00aded the famous chil\u00addren\u2019s pub\u00adlish\u00ading brand Wind\u00admill Books, cre\u00adat\u00ading many clas\u00adsic pic\u00adture books that soothe chil\u00addren\u2019s anx\u00adi\u00adeties.<\/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>Ah Hu final\u00adly fig\u00adured it out!<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Leo the Late Bloomer<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Jose Aruego, 1971) \u2014 A time\u00adless and heart\u00adwarm\u00ading clas\u00adsic for young chil\u00addren: Lit\u00adtle Tiger can\u2019t do anything\u2014he can\u2019t write, draw, or talk, and he even drools while eat\u00ading. His father is very wor\u00adried, but his moth\u00ader always gen\u00adtly says, \u201cTiger is just a lit\u00adtle late in devel\u00adop\u00ading.\u201d With trust and patience, Tiger final\u00adly \u201cdevel\u00adops\u201d nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly at the right time. The work gen\u00adtly alle\u00advi\u00adates par\u00adent\u00ading anx\u00adi\u00adeties for both par\u00adents and chil\u00addren.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Whose Mouse Are You?<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Whose Mouse Are You?<\/em>(1970) \u2014 Through min\u00adi\u00admal\u00adist ques\u00adtion-and-answer for\u00admat and visu\u00adals, it depicts the love with\u00adin a fam\u00adi\u00adly as a lit\u00adtle mouse res\u00adcues its fam\u00adi\u00adly and wel\u00adcomes its lit\u00adtle broth\u00ader.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include \u201cThe Lit\u00adtle Eagle\u201d (<em>Owliv\u00ader<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Died | Robert Kraus |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Kraus\">Robert Kraus (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1928\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u8d1d\u831c\u00b7\u62dc\u5384\u65af Betsy Byars \u7f8e\u56fd\u513f\u7ae5\u6587\u5b66\u4f5c\u5bb6 (1928-202 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10113,"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-10016","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\/0140_01__Joy-Cowley-Snake-and-Lizard.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10016","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=10016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10121,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10016\/revisions\/10121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}