{"id":10192,"date":"2026-08-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=10192"},"modified":"2026-08-19T18:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:11:01","slug":"kidsbook_history_0820","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/08\/20\/kidsbook_history_0820\/","title":{"rendered":"August 20: 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=\"603\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-\u5965\u5fb7\u8d5b-1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-\u5965\u5fb7\u8d5b-1.jpg 603w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-\u5965\u5fb7\u8d5b-1-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-\u5965\u5fb7\u8d5b-1-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-Black-Ships-Before-Troy-2-813x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-Black-Ships-Before-Troy-2-813x1024.jpg 813w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-Black-Ships-Before-Troy-2-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-Black-Ships-Before-Troy-2-768x967.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-Black-Ships-Before-Troy-2-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-Black-Ships-Before-Troy-2.jpg 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-\u7eb8\u4e0a\u4e2d\u6d32-1-764x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-\u7eb8\u4e0a\u4e2d\u6d32-1-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-\u7eb8\u4e0a\u4e2d\u6d32-1-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-\u7eb8\u4e0a\u4e2d\u6d32-1-768x1029.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-\u7eb8\u4e0a\u4e2d\u6d32-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0377_01__Alan-Lee-\u7eb8\u4e0a\u4e2d\u6d32-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1947: Alan Lee<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British con\u00adcept design\u00ader, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and artist (1947). He is a lead\u00ading fig\u00adure in con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary clas\u00adsi\u00adcal fan\u00adta\u00adsy and mytho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal epic illus\u00adtra\u00adtion, known for his ethe\u00adre\u00adal and pro\u00adfound water\u00adcol\u00ador wash\u00ades and pre\u00adcise and real\u00adis\u00adtic depic\u00adtions of clas\u00adsi\u00adcal archi\u00adtec\u00adture and nat\u00adur\u00adal land\u00adscapes. He won the Acad\u00ade\u00admy Award for Best Art Direc\u00adtion for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.<\/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>The Black Ships Before Troy<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Black Ships Before Troy: The Sto\u00adry of the Ili\u00adad<\/em>(1993, by Rose\u00admary Sut\u00adcliff) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1993 Kate Green\u00adaway Medal (CIL)<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>The French Sor\u00adci\u00e8res Award<\/strong>Alan Lee\u2019s clas\u00adsic children\u2019s retelling of Homer\u2019s epic poem, the Ili\u00adad, is pre\u00adsent\u00aded in a grand and slight\u00adly melan\u00adcholic water\u00adcol\u00ador style. It per\u00adfect\u00adly cap\u00adtures the rage of Achilles, the shad\u00adow of the Tro\u00adjan Horse, and the trag\u00adic epic feel of the ancient bat\u00adtle\u00adfield.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Odyssey<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Wan\u00adder\u00adings of Odysseus<\/em>(1995) \u2014 Con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ading the epic water\u00adcol\u00ador tex\u00adture, it vivid\u00adly depicts Odysseus\u2019s myth\u00adi\u00adcal adven\u00adture of return\u00ading home after ten years of wan\u00adder\u00ading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mid\u00addle-earth on Paper: Alan Lee\u2019s Sketch\u00ades of The Lord of the Rings<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Lord of the Rings Sketch\u00adbook<\/em>\u2014 This doc\u00adu\u00adment records the man\u00adu\u00adscripts and cre\u00adative process that laid the visu\u00adal foun\u00adda\u00adtion for Tolkien\u2019s Mid\u00addle-earth (the Shire, Riven\u00addell, and Minas Tirith).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Alan Lee |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Lee_(illustrator)\">Alan Lee (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=\"996\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_03__Tar-Gomi-\u9cc4\u9c7c\u6015\u6015\u7259\u533b\u6015\u6015-1-996x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_03__Tar-Gomi-\u9cc4\u9c7c\u6015\u6015\u7259\u533b\u6015\u6015-1-996x1024.jpg 996w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_03__Tar-Gomi-\u9cc4\u9c7c\u6015\u6015\u7259\u533b\u6015\u6015-1-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_03__Tar-Gomi-\u9cc4\u9c7c\u6015\u6015\u7259\u533b\u6015\u6015-1-768x789.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_03__Tar-Gomi-\u9cc4\u9c7c\u6015\u6015\u7259\u533b\u6015\u6015-1-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_03__Tar-Gomi-\u9cc4\u9c7c\u6015\u6015\u7259\u533b\u6015\u6015-1.jpg 1011w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_01__Tar-Gomi-\u5927\u5bb6\u6765\u5927\u4fbf.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_01__Tar-Gomi-\u5927\u5bb6\u6765\u5927\u4fbf.jpg 610w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_01__Tar-Gomi-\u5927\u5bb6\u6765\u5927\u4fbf-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_01__Tar-Gomi-\u5927\u5bb6\u6765\u5927\u4fbf-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_03__Tar-Gomi-\u5c0f\u725b\u7684\u6625\u5929-1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_03__Tar-Gomi-\u5c0f\u725b\u7684\u6625\u5929-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_03__Tar-Gomi-\u5c0f\u725b\u7684\u6625\u5929-1-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0397_03__Tar-Gomi-\u5c0f\u725b\u7684\u6625\u5929-1-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1945: Tar\u014d Gomi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u00adese pic\u00adture book author and indus\u00adtri\u00adal design\u00ader (1945). He is one of the most pro\u00adlif\u00adic and influ\u00aden\u00adtial pic\u00adture book mas\u00adters in Japan and the world, hav\u00ading cre\u00adat\u00aded more than 400 pic\u00adture books. His works are known for their extreme\u00adly refined and humor\u00adous geo\u00admet\u00adric shapes, clever use of white space, and inge\u00adnious cap\u00adture of the cog\u00adni\u00adtive per\u00adspec\u00adtive of young chil\u00addren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent passed down through gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Croc\u00ado\u00addile Who Was Afraid of the Den\u00adtist<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Croc\u00ado\u00addile and the Den\u00adtist<\/em>&nbsp;(Orig\u00adi\u00adnal Japan\u00adese title: \u300e\u308f\u306b\u3055\u3093\u3069\u304d\u3063\u306f\u3044\u3057\u3083\u3055\u3093\u3069\u304d\u3063\u300f, 1984) \u2014 A clas\u00adsic dual-per\u00adspec\u00adtive pic\u00adture book: The entire book uses iden\u00adti\u00adcal short sen\u00adtences of dia\u00adlogue to present in par\u00adal\u00adlel the croc\u00ado\u00addile\u2019s fear of going to the den\u00adtist and the den\u00adtist\u2019s fear of pulling the croc\u00ado\u00addile\u2019s teeth. This humor\u00adous and empa\u00adthet\u00adic con\u00adtrast helps young chil\u00addren eas\u00adi\u00adly over\u00adcome their fear of going to the den\u00adtist while laugh\u00ading hearti\u00adly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cEvery\u00adone Come and Poop\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Every\u00adone Poops<\/em>&nbsp;\/ Orig\u00adi\u00adnal Japan\u00adese title: \u2018Min\u00adnauchi\u2019 (1977) \u2014 A clas\u00adsic pic\u00adture book for phys\u00adi\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal cog\u00adni\u00adtion: It presents chil\u00addren with the eat\u00ading and excre\u00adtion of dif\u00adfer\u00adent ani\u00admals in an objec\u00adtive, nat\u00adur\u00adal, and non-preachy tone, trans\u00adform\u00ading phys\u00adi\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal com\u00admon sense into vivid and inter\u00adest\u00ading nat\u00adur\u00adal cog\u00adni\u00adtion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Spring\u00adtime of the Calf<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Spring Is Here<\/em>&nbsp;(Orig\u00adi\u00adnal Japan\u00adese name: \u300e\u3046\u3057\u3055\u3093\u306e\u306f\u308b\u300f) \u2014 clev\u00ader\u00adly using the black and white stripes on a calf as a can\u00advas for the chang\u00ading sea\u00adsons, show\u00adcas\u00ading the poet\u00adic flow of the nat\u00adur\u00adal cycle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include the ever\u00adgreen work \u201cLit\u00adtle Ele\u00adphan\u00adt\u2019s Bus\u201d (\u201c\u305e\u3046\u3055\u3093\u306e\u30d0\u30b9\u201d), which is suit\u00adable for young chil\u00addren.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Tar\u014d Gomi |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tar%C3%B3_Gomi\">Tar\u014d Gomi (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=\"989\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u5c0f\u5c0f\u604b\u4eba-1-1024x989.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u5c0f\u5c0f\u604b\u4eba-1-1024x989.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u5c0f\u5c0f\u604b\u4eba-1-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u5c0f\u5c0f\u604b\u4eba-1-768x742.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u5c0f\u5c0f\u604b\u4eba-1-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u5c0f\u5c0f\u604b\u4eba-1.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"925\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u88ab\u9057\u5fd8\u7684\u516c\u4e3b-1-925x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u88ab\u9057\u5fd8\u7684\u516c\u4e3b-1-925x1024.jpg 925w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u88ab\u9057\u5fd8\u7684\u516c\u4e3b-1-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u88ab\u9057\u5fd8\u7684\u516c\u4e3b-1-768x850.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u88ab\u9057\u5fd8\u7684\u516c\u4e3b-1-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u88ab\u9057\u5fd8\u7684\u516c\u4e3b-1.jpg 1035w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u5154\u5b50\u96c5\u5404\u7684\u751f\u547d\u9882\u6b4c-1-886x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u5154\u5b50\u96c5\u5404\u7684\u751f\u547d\u9882\u6b4c-1-886x1024.jpg 886w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u5154\u5b50\u96c5\u5404\u7684\u751f\u547d\u9882\u6b4c-1-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u5154\u5b50\u96c5\u5404\u7684\u751f\u547d\u9882\u6b4c-1-768x887.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u5154\u5b50\u96c5\u5404\u7684\u751f\u547d\u9882\u6b4c-1-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0392_01__Rbecca-Dautremer-\u5154\u5b50\u96c5\u5404\u7684\u751f\u547d\u9882\u6b4c-1.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1971: R\u00e9becca Dautremer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary pic\u00adture book author, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and art direc\u00adtor (1971). Her style is unique in the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal pic\u00adture book world. She is skilled at using extreme\u00adly fine gouache and opaque water\u00adcol\u00ador, sat\u00adu\u00adrat\u00aded and warm retro dark red tones, and per\u00adspec\u00adtive com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions with dra\u00admat\u00adic ten\u00adsion.<\/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>Lit\u00adtle Lovers<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>L\u2019Amoureux<\/em>(2003) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2004 French Prix Sor\u00adci\u00e8res<\/strong>The sto\u00adry tells of a young boy named Hayne who always likes to tease a lit\u00adtle girl named Salome on the play\u00adground. The adults tell Salome that this is actu\u00adal\u00adly \u201che has fall\u00aden in love with you.\u201d This leads Salome to embark on a naive philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal inquiry into \u201cwhat is love.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The For\u00adgot\u00adten Princess<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Les Princess\u00ades oubli\u00e9es or incon\u00adnues<\/em>(Writ\u00adten by Philippe Lecher\u00admeier) \u2014 Includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. Pre\u00adsent\u00aded in a humor\u00adous, satir\u00adi\u00adcal, and visu\u00adal\u00adly stun\u00adning ency\u00adclo\u00adpe\u00addic for\u00admat, it fic\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adizes and depicts dozens of fan\u00adtas\u00adti\u00adcal princess\u00ades with diverse per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adties and uncon\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal ways.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cJacob the Rab\u00adbit\u2019s Song of Life\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Jacomi\u00adnus Gains\u00adbor\u00adough<\/em>\u2014 Using the life of the anthro\u00adpo\u00admor\u00adphic rab\u00adbit Jacob as a thread, this panoram\u00adic paint\u00ading with oil paint\u00ading qual\u00adi\u00adty deeply sings the prais\u00ades of the love, small hap\u00adpi\u00adness and peace\u00adful aging expe\u00adri\u00adenced by an ordi\u00adnary life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | R\u00e9bec\u00adca Dautremer |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R%C3%A9becca_Dautremer\">R\u00e9bec\u00adca Dautremer (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2016 \u2014 Passed away: Morton Schindel<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan film and ani\u00adma\u00adtion pro\u00adduc\u00ader and pio\u00adneer in pro\u00admot\u00ading chil\u00addren\u2019s read\u00ading (1918\u20132016). He found\u00aded the world-renowned [orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion name miss\u00ading] in 1953.&nbsp;<strong>West\u00adon Woods Stu\u00addios<\/strong>It pio\u00adneered the use of \u201cicono\u00adgraph\u00adic ani\u00adma\u00adtion\u201d tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy to faith\u00adful\u00adly repro\u00adduce and adapt clas\u00adsic pic\u00adture books into high-qual\u00adi\u00adty chil\u00addren\u2019s ani\u00admat\u00aded films and tele\u00advi\u00adsion series, great\u00adly pro\u00admot\u00ading the dis\u00adsem\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion of world clas\u00adsic pic\u00adture books in class\u00adrooms and homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Hon\u00adors and Indus\u00adtry Con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Award\u00aded in 2006&nbsp;<strong>The Car\u00adle Bridge Hon\u00adoree<\/strong>Through\u00adout his life, he led his team to bring hun\u00addreds of Calde\u00adcott Medal-win\u00adning clas\u00adsics, includ\u00ading \u201cWhere the Wild Things Are,\u201d \u201cSwim\u00admy,\u201d \u201cSnowy Day,\u201d and \u201cMake Way for Duck\u00adlings,\u201d to the screen, earn\u00ading him the rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan edu\u00adca\u00adtion com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty as \u201ca mas\u00adter of bridg\u00ading chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture with mov\u00ading images.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Deceased | Mor\u00adton Schin\u00addel |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morton_Schindel\">Mor\u00adton Schin\u00addel (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=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-Scaredy-Squirrel-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-Scaredy-Squirrel-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-Scaredy-Squirrel-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-Scaredy-Squirrel-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-Scaredy-Squirrel-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-Scaredy-Squirrel-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-Scaredy-Squirrel-2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-Scaredy-Squirrel-2-12x12.jpg 12w\" 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=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-\u6015\u6015\u4e0d\u6015-1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-\u6015\u6015\u4e0d\u6015-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-\u6015\u6015\u4e0d\u6015-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-\u6015\u6015\u4e0d\u6015-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-\u6015\u6015\u4e0d\u6015-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0387_01__Mlanie-Watt-\u6015\u6015\u4e0d\u6015-1-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1962: M\u00e9lanie Watt<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cana\u00addi\u00adan chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1962). She is wide\u00adly loved by young read\u00aders across the Unit\u00aded States for her high\u00adly mod\u00adern graph\u00adic design-style flow\u00adchart lay\u00adouts, vivid facial expres\u00adsions, and humor\u00adous inter\u00adac\u00adtive sto\u00adry\u00adtelling.<\/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\u201cTimid Squir\u00adrel\u201d series<\/strong>\uff08<em>Scaredy Squir\u00adrel<\/em>&nbsp;The series (the inau\u00adgur\u00adal work from 2006, also known as the \u201cFear or Not\u201d series in Chi\u00adnese) tells the sto\u00adry of \u201cFear,\u201d a squir\u00adrel filled with fear of the unknown and extreme\u00adly cau\u00adtious. Every day, it hides in its famil\u00adiar oak tree, pre\u00adpared with a gas mask, antibac\u00adte\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal soap, and an emer\u00adgency escape plan, fear\u00ading encoun\u00adters with bac\u00adte\u00adria, poi\u00adson vines, or sharks. How\u00adev\u00ader, an acci\u00adden\u00adtal slip reveals that it has not only land\u00aded safe\u00adly but is also a fly\u00ading squir\u00adrel capa\u00adble of glid\u00ading! The work humor\u00adous\u00adly helps chil\u00addren learn to face anx\u00adi\u00adety and step out of their com\u00adfort zones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | M\u00e9lanie Watt |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M%C3%A9lanie_Watt\">M\u00e9lanie Watt (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=\"1017\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0382_01__Judith-Byron-Schachner-Skippyjon-Jones-2-1024x1017.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0382_01__Judith-Byron-Schachner-Skippyjon-Jones-2-1024x1017.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0382_01__Judith-Byron-Schachner-Skippyjon-Jones-2-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0382_01__Judith-Byron-Schachner-Skippyjon-Jones-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0382_01__Judith-Byron-Schachner-Skippyjon-Jones-2-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0382_01__Judith-Byron-Schachner-Skippyjon-Jones-2-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0382_01__Judith-Byron-Schachner-Skippyjon-Jones-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0382_01__Judith-Byron-Schachner-\u6dd8\u6c14\u732b\u8df3\u8df3-1-1024x872.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0382_01__Judith-Byron-Schachner-\u6dd8\u6c14\u732b\u8df3\u8df3-1-1024x872.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0382_01__Judith-Byron-Schachner-\u6dd8\u6c14\u732b\u8df3\u8df3-1-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0382_01__Judith-Byron-Schachner-\u6dd8\u6c14\u732b\u8df3\u8df3-1-768x654.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0382_01__Judith-Byron-Schachner-\u6dd8\u6c14\u732b\u8df3\u8df3-1-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0382_01__Judith-Byron-Schachner-\u6dd8\u6c14\u732b\u8df3\u8df3-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1951: Judith Byron Schachner<\/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 (1951). She is skilled at using live\u00adly water\u00adcol\u00ador col\u00adlage lines and bilin\u00adgual rhyth\u00admic games to cre\u00adate imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtive pet char\u00adac\u00adters.<\/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\u201cNaughty Cat Jump\u00ading\u201d series<\/strong>\uff08<em>Skip\u00adpyjon Jones<\/em>&nbsp;(Series, 2003) \u2014 List\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. The sto\u00adry tells of a Siamese cat named \u201cJumpy\u201d with unusu\u00adal\u00adly large ears and a Chi\u00adhuahua-like appear\u00adance. While locked in a room to reflect on his actions, he uses his bound\u00adless imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion to trans\u00adform him\u00adself into \u201cSchip\u00adi\u00adto Friski\u00adto,\u201d a Span\u00adish swords\u00adman hero wear\u00ading an eye\u00adpatch who saves the entire vil\u00adlage of beans from being stolen by bum\u00adble\u00adbees. The whole book is full of wit\u00adty Span\u00adish puns and dynam\u00adic rhythms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Judith Byron Schachn\u00ader |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judith_Byron_Schachner\">Judith Byron Schachn\u00ader (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1947\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u827e\u4f26\u00b7\u674e Alan Lee \u82f1\u56fd\u6982\u5ff5\u8bbe\u8ba1\u5e08\u3001\u63d2\u753b\u5bb6\u3001\u827a\u672f\u5bb6 (1947)\u3002 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10342,"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-10192","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\/0397_03__Tar-Gomi-\u9cc4\u9c7c\u6015\u6015\u7259\u533b\u6015\u6015-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10192","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=10192"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10353,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10192\/revisions\/10353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}