{"id":10410,"date":"2026-08-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=10410"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T03:41:52","slug":"kidsbook_history_0822","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/08\/22\/kidsbook_history_0822\/","title":{"rendered":"August 22: 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=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u534e\u6c0f451-717x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u534e\u6c0f451-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u534e\u6c0f451-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u534e\u6c0f451-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u534e\u6c0f451-1076x1536.jpg 1076w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u534e\u6c0f451-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u534e\u6c0f451.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"834\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_02__Ray-Bradbury-Switch-On-the-Night-834x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_02__Ray-Bradbury-Switch-On-the-Night-834x1024.jpg 834w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_02__Ray-Bradbury-Switch-On-the-Night-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_02__Ray-Bradbury-Switch-On-the-Night-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_02__Ray-Bradbury-Switch-On-the-Night-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_02__Ray-Bradbury-Switch-On-the-Night.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2-702x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2-702x1024.jpg 702w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2-768x1121.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2-1053x1536.jpg 1053w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ray-Bradbury-0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1920 \u2013 Born: Ray Bradbury<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was a renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion, fan\u00adta\u00adsy, and lit\u00ader\u00adary writer and poet (1920\u20132012). He is hailed as \u201cthe poet and writer who brought mod\u00adern sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion into the main\u00adstream lit\u00ader\u00adary canon.\u201d His works are known for their high\u00adly lyri\u00adcal and poet\u00adic lan\u00adguage, pro\u00adfound philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal reflec\u00adtions on the lone\u00adli\u00adness of the human soul and the alien\u00adation of tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy, and his rec\u00adol\u00adlec\u00adtions of mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous sum\u00admer mem\u00ado\u00adries from child\u00adhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\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>Fahren\u00adheit 451<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Fahren\u00adheit 451<\/em>(1953) \u2014 List\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d and a clas\u00adsic of world lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. The sto\u00adry is set in a dystopi\u00adan future soci\u00adety where read\u00ading is for\u00adbid\u00adden and books are con\u00adsid\u00adered hereti\u00adcal and are burned. The pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist, Mon\u00adtag, is a \u201cfire\u00adfight\u00ader\u201d (whose job is not to put out fires but to burn books). After meet\u00ading Clarice, a girl next door who loves nature and think\u00ading, he has an awak\u00aden\u00ading of his mind. He risks his life to secret\u00adly hide and read books, and even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly escapes the city to join a \u201cmobile library\u201d com\u00adposed of schol\u00adars who recite clas\u00adsics from mem\u00ado\u00adry. He pas\u00adsion\u00adate\u00adly prais\u00ades the eter\u00adnal dig\u00adni\u00adty of human civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion and read\u00ading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Open\u00ading the Night<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Switch On the Night<\/em>(1955, Leo &amp; Diana Dillon\/Norman Winthrop illus\u00adtra\u00adtions) \u2014 A clas\u00adsic heart\u00adwarm\u00ading pic\u00adture book: It tells the sto\u00adry of a lit\u00adtle boy who is afraid of the dark and only likes day\u00adtime and lights. After a chance encounter with a mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous lit\u00adtle girl named \u201cBlack\u00adie\u201d, he learns to under\u00adstand the night from a dif\u00adfer\u00adent perspective\u2014the night does not turn off the light, but rather \u201cturns on the stars, turns on the crick\u00adets, turns on the moon and the frogs\u2019 singing\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include the poet\u00adic chil\u00addren\u2019s fan\u00adta\u00adsy nov\u00adel *The Hal\u00adloween Tree* (<em>The Hal\u00adloween Tree<\/em>), the sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion epic *Chron\u00adi\u00adcles of Mars*<em>The Mar\u00adt\u00adian Chron\u00adi\u00adcles<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Ray Brad\u00adbury |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ray_Bradbury\">Ray Brad\u00adbury (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=\"651\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-651x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-651x1024.jpg 651w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-768x1209.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-976x1536.jpg 976w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-1301x2048.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War.jpg 1486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0013_03__Nina-Bawden-The-Peppermint-Pig-651x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0013_03__Nina-Bawden-The-Peppermint-Pig-651x1024.jpg 651w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0013_03__Nina-Bawden-The-Peppermint-Pig-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0013_03__Nina-Bawden-The-Peppermint-Pig-976x1536.jpg 976w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0013_03__Nina-Bawden-The-Peppermint-Pig-767x1208.jpg 767w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0013_03__Nina-Bawden-The-Peppermint-Pig-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0013_03__Nina-Bawden-The-Peppermint-Pig-1301x2048.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0013_03__Nina-Bawden-The-Peppermint-Pig.jpg 1486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0005_02__Nina-Bawden-Granny-the-Pag.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0005_02__Nina-Bawden-Granny-the-Pag.jpg 311w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0005_02__Nina-Bawden-Granny-the-Pag-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0005_02__Nina-Bawden-Granny-the-Pag-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2012 \u2013 Passed away: Nina Bawden<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British chil\u00addren\u2019s author and nov\u00adel\u00adist (1925\u20132012). She was a key fig\u00adure in 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry British real\u00adist chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, known for her extreme\u00adly del\u00adi\u00adcate and real\u00adis\u00adtic por\u00adtray\u00adals of chil\u00addren\u2019s psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy, obser\u00adva\u00adtions of fam\u00adi\u00adly ethics, and depic\u00adtions of social real\u00adi\u00adties. She was short\u00adlist\u00aded for the Book\u00ader Prize and won the Guardian Chil\u00addren\u2019s Fic\u00adtion Prize.<\/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>Kel\u00adly\u2019s War<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Car\u00adrie\u2019s War<\/em>(1973) \u2014 List\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d a clas\u00adsic British his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal fic\u00adtion for chil\u00addren. Based on the author\u2019s per\u00adson\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00adences dur\u00ading World War II, the sto\u00adry tells of 12-year-old Kel\u00adly and her broth\u00ader who were evac\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded to a min\u00ading town in Wales dur\u00ading the Blitz of Lon\u00addon. They stay with the strict and old-fash\u00adioned gro\u00adcer, Mr. Ifans. In the remote man\u00adsion, Kel\u00adly meets a men\u00adtal\u00adly chal\u00adlenged young man and a kind old woman, but an unin\u00adten\u00adtion\u00adal curse and fire leave her bur\u00addened with years of guilt. Ulti\u00admate\u00adly, she returns to her old home to resolve her inner tur\u00admoil. The work pro\u00adfound\u00adly por\u00adtrays the psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal trau\u00adma and resilience of chil\u00addren grow\u00ading up under the shad\u00adow of war.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pep\u00adper\u00admint Pig<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Pep\u00adper\u00admint Pig<\/em>(1975) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1976 Guardian Chil\u00addren\u2019s Fic\u00adtion Prize<\/strong>It tells a heart\u00adwarm\u00ading sto\u00adry of a fam\u00adi\u00adly whose father is forced to go to Amer\u00adi\u00adca, and how the chil\u00addren sur\u00advive pover\u00adty and the cold win\u00adter by rais\u00ading a cute lit\u00adtle pink pig.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oth\u00ader rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works include \u201cGrand\u00adma Pag\u201d (<em>Granny the Pag<\/em>), The Sum\u00admer of Escape (<em>The Run\u00adaway Sum\u00admer<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Nina Baw\u00adden |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nina_Bawden\">Nina Baw\u00adden (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=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Robert-Bright-Georgie-1024x765.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Robert-Bright-Georgie-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Robert-Bright-Georgie-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Robert-Bright-Georgie-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Robert-Bright-Georgie-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Robert-Bright-Georgie.jpg 1500w\" 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=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Robert-Bright-Georgie02-1024x767.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Robert-Bright-Georgie02-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Robert-Bright-Georgie02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Robert-Bright-Georgie02-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Robert-Bright-Georgie02-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Robert-Bright-Georgie02.jpg 1419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1902 \u2013 Born: Robert Bright<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and news cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00addent (1902\u20131988). He was known for his extreme\u00adly light and gen\u00adtle pen\u00adcil lines and humor\u00adous sto\u00adry struc\u00adtures, pio\u00adneer\u00ading uncon\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal and humor\u00adous pic\u00adture books for 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:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201c\u201cLit\u00adtle Georgie\u201d series<\/strong>\uff08<em>Georgie<\/em>&nbsp;(Series, the first in the series, 1944) \u2014 tells the sto\u00adry of a shy, timid, yet kind lit\u00adtle ghost named Georgie who lives in the attic of Mr. Whit\u00adtak\u00ader\u2019s house. Every night, Georgie makes the stairs creak and the door hinges rat\u00adtle to sig\u00adnal it\u2019s time for every\u00adone to go to bed. When the own\u00aders fix the stairs and door hinges, Georgie thinks he\u2019s no longer need\u00aded and leaves to find a new place, ulti\u00admate\u00adly trig\u00adger\u00ading a series of hilar\u00adi\u00adous and heart\u00adwarm\u00ading reunions. The work uses the con\u00adtrast between his per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty and his char\u00adac\u00adter to com\u00adplete\u00adly dis\u00adpel young chil\u00addren\u2019s fear of \u201cghosts and mon\u00adsters.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Robert Bright |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bright,_Robert\">Bright, Robert (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=\"360\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0003_01__Keith-Ward-The-Black-Stallion.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0003_01__Keith-Ward-The-Black-Stallion.jpg 360w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0003_01__Keith-Ward-The-Black-Stallion-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0003_01__Keith-Ward-The-Black-Stallion-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1938: Keith Ward<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned British\/American com\u00admer\u00adcial illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and ani\u00admal painter (1938).<\/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>Black Steed<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Black Stal\u00adlion<\/em>Wal\u00adter Far\u00adley (1941) \u2014 list\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. Ward illus\u00adtrat\u00aded the clas\u00adsic first edi\u00adtion cov\u00ader and illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for this wild\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlar chil\u00addren\u2019s nov\u00adel. The sto\u00adry tells the mov\u00ading tale of a young boy named Alec and a wild, untamed Ara\u00adbi\u00adan black horse who, after a ship\u00adwreck, are strand\u00aded on a desert island and rely on each oth\u00ader for sur\u00advival. Upon return\u00ading to civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion, they train togeth\u00ader and win the nation\u00adal cham\u00adpi\u00adonship. Ward vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the black horse\u2019s hero\u00adic and agile fig\u00adure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Kei\u00adth Ward |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keith_Ward\">Kei\u00adth Ward (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=\"361\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maurice-Gee-\u5c71\u4e0b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maurice-Gee-\u5c71\u4e0b.jpg 361w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maurice-Gee-\u5c71\u4e0b-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maurice-Gee-\u5c71\u4e0b-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1931: Maurice Gee<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned New Zealand nov\u00adel\u00adist and chil\u00addren\u2019s author (1931\u20132025). He was a key pio\u00adneer of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary New Zealand chil\u00addren\u2019s fan\u00adta\u00adsy and sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/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>\u201cUnder the Moun\u00adtain\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Under the Moun\u00adtain<\/em>(1979) \u2014 List\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. A New Zealand nation\u00adal-lev\u00adel chil\u00addren\u2019s sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion nov\u00adel: It tells the sto\u00adry of twin sib\u00adlings Rachel and Theo, who have tele\u00adpath\u00adic abil\u00adi\u00adties. While on hol\u00adi\u00adday in Auck\u00adland, they dis\u00adcov\u00ader that an ancient alien species lurks beneath a group of dor\u00admant vol\u00adca\u00adnoes, attempt\u00ading to turn the Earth into a mud\u00addy waste\u00adland. Guid\u00aded by a mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous guardian, the sib\u00adlings embark on a thrilling adven\u00adture to save the world using the pow\u00ader of ancient stones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Mau\u00adrice Gee |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maurice_Gee\">Mau\u00adrice Gee (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=\"686\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2009_Kyosuke-Chinai_\u6211\u51fa\u751f\u65f6\u7684\u58f0\u97f3.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2009_Kyosuke-Chinai_\u6211\u51fa\u751f\u65f6\u7684\u58f0\u97f3.jpg 686w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2009_Kyosuke-Chinai_\u6211\u51fa\u751f\u65f6\u7684\u58f0\u97f3-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2009_Kyosuke-Chinai_\u6211\u51fa\u751f\u65f6\u7684\u58f0\u97f3-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"947\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2009_Kyosuke-Chinai_Sounds-sounds-sounds_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2009_Kyosuke-Chinai_Sounds-sounds-sounds_a.jpg 999w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2009_Kyosuke-Chinai_Sounds-sounds-sounds_a-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2009_Kyosuke-Chinai_Sounds-sounds-sounds_a-13x12.jpg 13w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2009_Kyosuke-Chinai_Sounds-sounds-sounds_a-768x728.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1948 \u2013 by Kyosuke Chinai, brother-in-law<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u00adese painter and con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Japan\u00adese-style oil painter and print\u00admak\u00ader (1948). He was adept at blend\u00ading the tex\u00adture of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Japan\u00adese washi paper and the lines of ukiyo\u2011e with West\u00adern clas\u00adsi\u00adcal real\u00adist oil paint\u00ading tech\u00adniques, cre\u00adat\u00ading paint\u00adings full of pro\u00adfound poet\u00adic beau\u00adty with a strong sense of East\u00adern aes\u00adthet\u00adics.<\/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>The pic\u00adture book \u201cThe Sound of My Birth\u201d cre\u00adat\u00aded by Kon\u00addo et al.<em>Sounds, sounds, sounds<\/em>&nbsp;\/ The beau\u00adti\u00adful illus\u00adtra\u00adtions drawn by the Japan\u00adese name \u201c\u307c\u304f\u304c\u3046\u307e\u308c\u305f\u97f3\u201d) won the&nbsp;<strong>Plaque Award, 2009 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (BIB)<\/strong>It presents the per\u00adcep\u00adtion of the world\u2019s sounds and nature at the begin\u00adning of life with a high\u00adly spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal vision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Kyosuke Chi\u00adnai, broth\u00ader-in-law |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E6%99%BA%E5%86%85%E5%85%84%E5%8A%A9\">Zhi Nei Xiong Zhu (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2009_Kyosuke-Chinai_Sounds-sounds-sounds_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2009_Kyosuke-Chinai_Sounds-sounds-sounds_b.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2009_Kyosuke-Chinai_Sounds-sounds-sounds_b-300x143.jpg 300w, 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