{"id":10417,"date":"2026-08-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=10417"},"modified":"2026-08-27T21:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:36:55","slug":"kidsbook_history_0829","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/08\/29\/kidsbook_history_0829\/","title":{"rendered":"August 29: 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=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-Out-of-the-Dust-705x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-Out-of-the-Dust-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-Out-of-the-Dust-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-Out-of-the-Dust-767x1115.jpg 767w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-Out-of-the-Dust-1057x1536.jpg 1057w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-Out-of-the-Dust-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-Out-of-the-Dust.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u98ce\u513f\u4e0d\u8981\u6765-701x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u98ce\u513f\u4e0d\u8981\u6765-701x1024.jpg 701w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u98ce\u513f\u4e0d\u8981\u6765-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u98ce\u513f\u4e0d\u8981\u6765-768x1121.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u98ce\u513f\u4e0d\u8981\u6765-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u98ce\u513f\u4e0d\u8981\u6765-1052x1536.jpg 1052w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u98ce\u513f\u4e0d\u8981\u6765.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u4e3d\u8299\u5361\u7684\u4fe1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u4e3d\u8299\u5361\u7684\u4fe1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u4e3d\u8299\u5361\u7684\u4fe1-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u4e3d\u8299\u5361\u7684\u4fe1-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u966a\u7238\u7238\u4e0a\u591c\u73ed.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u966a\u7238\u7238\u4e0a\u591c\u73ed.jpg 605w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u966a\u7238\u7238\u4e0a\u591c\u73ed-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0039_01__Karen-Hesse-\u966a\u7238\u7238\u4e0a\u591c\u73ed-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1952: Karen Hesse<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was a renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s and young adult author and poet (1952). She was adept at using free verse, rich in blank rhythms and a sense of breath, to recon\u00adstruct the liv\u00ading con\u00addi\u00adtions of chil\u00addren in real his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal events. Her writ\u00ading was restrained and detached yet extreme\u00adly emo\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly pow\u00ader\u00adful.<\/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>Don\u2019t Let the Wind Come<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Out of the Dust<\/em>(1997) \u2014 Award&nbsp;<strong>1998 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>Set in Okla\u00adhoma dur\u00ading the Great Depres\u00adsion and the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, the sto\u00adry fol\u00adlows 14-year-old Bil\u00adly Joe, a pas\u00adsion\u00adate pianist whose preg\u00adnant moth\u00ader dies in a kerosene fire that severe\u00adly burns her hands. Amidst the swirling dust, pover\u00adty, and guilt, Bil\u00adly\u2019s love for the land and music helps her emerge from the shad\u00adows, poignant\u00adly show\u00adcas\u00ading the resilience of life in the face of adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Livka\u2019s Let\u00adters<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Let\u00adters from Rif\u00adka<\/em>(1992) \u2014 A real\u00adis\u00adtic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece that tells the sto\u00adry of a Jew\u00adish girl named Liv\u00adka and her fam\u00adi\u00adly who are on their way to exile from Rus\u00adsia to the Unit\u00aded States. She is iso\u00adlat\u00aded in Bel\u00adgium because she has a ring\u00adworm dis\u00adease and records her courage and hope through poet\u00adic let\u00adters to her cousin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include the chil\u00addren\u2019s nov\u00adel *Brook\u00adlyn Bridge*.<em>Brook\u00adlyn Bridge<\/em>), Nier\u2019s Sky (<em>Phoenix Ris\u00ading<\/em>) and the heart\u00adwarm\u00ading pic\u00adture book \u201cAccom\u00adpa\u00adny\u00ading Dad to the Night Shift\u201d (<em>Night Job<\/em>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<em>Nights with Dad<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Karen Hesse |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karen_Hesse\">Karen Hesse (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=\"328\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0013_01__Mary-Norton-The-Borrowers.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0013_01__Mary-Norton-The-Borrowers.jpg 328w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0013_01__Mary-Norton-The-Borrowers-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0013_01__Mary-Norton-The-Borrowers-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mary-Norton-\u501f\u4e1c\u897f\u7684\u5c0f\u4eba\uff08\u4efb\u6eb6\u6eb6\u8bd1\u672c\uff09-723x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mary-Norton-\u501f\u4e1c\u897f\u7684\u5c0f\u4eba\uff08\u4efb\u6eb6\u6eb6\u8bd1\u672c\uff09-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mary-Norton-\u501f\u4e1c\u897f\u7684\u5c0f\u4eba\uff08\u4efb\u6eb6\u6eb6\u8bd1\u672c\uff09-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mary-Norton-\u501f\u4e1c\u897f\u7684\u5c0f\u4eba\uff08\u4efb\u6eb6\u6eb6\u8bd1\u672c\uff09-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mary-Norton-\u501f\u4e1c\u897f\u7684\u5c0f\u4eba\uff08\u4efb\u6eb6\u6eb6\u8bd1\u672c\uff09-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mary-Norton-\u501f\u4e1c\u897f\u7684\u5c0f\u4eba\uff08\u4efb\u6eb6\u6eb6\u8bd1\u672c\uff09.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"385\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mary-Norton-\u501f\u4e1c\u897f\u7684\u5c0f\u4eba.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mary-Norton-\u501f\u4e1c\u897f\u7684\u5c0f\u4eba.jpg 385w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mary-Norton-\u501f\u4e1c\u897f\u7684\u5c0f\u4eba-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mary-Norton-\u501f\u4e1c\u897f\u7684\u5c0f\u4eba-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1992 \u2013 Death: Mary Norton<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cather\u00adine Mary Nor\u00adton (1903\u20131992), a renowned British chil\u00addren\u2019s author, was a lead\u00ading fig\u00adure in 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry British fan\u00adta\u00adsy lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. She was adept at con\u00adstruct\u00ading won\u00addrous minia\u00adture worlds with extreme\u00adly real\u00adis\u00adtic micro\u00adscop\u00adic phys\u00adi\u00adcal details and empa\u00adthet\u00adic writ\u00ading.<\/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 Bor\u00adrow\u00ader Series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Bor\u00adrow\u00aders<\/em>&nbsp;(Series, pio\u00adneer\u00ading work 1952) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1952 Carnegie Medal<\/strong>List\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d the sto\u00adry tells of the Crook fam\u00adi\u00adly (Pod, Homil\u00adly, and Arri\u00adet\u00adty), who live beneath the floor\u00adboards of an old Eng\u00adlish man\u00adsion. They are only a few cen\u00adtime\u00adters tall and sur\u00advive by \u201cbor\u00adrow\u00ading\u201d safe\u00adty pins for door latch\u00ades, blot\u00adting paper for wall\u00adpa\u00adper, and stamps for wall hang\u00adings when humans aren\u2019t look\u00ading. Arri\u00adet\u00adty\u2019s encounter with a human boy shat\u00adters their tran\u00adquil\u00adi\u00adty, unfold\u00ading a minia\u00adture adven\u00adture about sur\u00advival, free\u00addom, and dig\u00adni\u00adty. It was lat\u00ader adapt\u00aded by Stu\u00addio Ghi\u00adb\u00adli into the clas\u00adsic ani\u00admat\u00aded film \u201cArri\u00adet\u00adty the Secret World of Arri\u00adet\u00adty.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Deceased | Mary Nor\u00adton |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Norton_(author)\">Mary Nor\u00adton (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=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0005_01__Joseph-Jacobs-English-Fairy-Tales.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0005_01__Joseph-Jacobs-English-Fairy-Tales.jpg 667w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0005_01__Joseph-Jacobs-English-Fairy-Tales-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0005_01__Joseph-Jacobs-English-Fairy-Tales-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1854 \u2013 Born: Joseph Jacobs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned British folk\u00adlorist, his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan, and lit\u00ader\u00adary crit\u00adic of Aus\u00adtralian descent (1854\u20131916). He was the founder of the sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adic col\u00adlec\u00adtion and com\u00adpi\u00adla\u00adtion of Eng\u00adlish oral lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and folk tales, and is hailed as \u201cthe Broth\u00aders Grimm of Eng\u00adland\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>An endur\u00ading mon\u00adu\u00adment to folk cus\u00adtoms:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>British folk tales<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Eng\u00adlish Fairy Tales<\/em>(1890) and&nbsp;<strong>More British Fairy Tales<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>More Eng\u00adlish Fairy Tales<\/em>(1894) \u2014 He reject\u00aded the rigid didac\u00adtic rewrit\u00ading of the Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan era, insist\u00ading on pre\u00adserv\u00ading the oral rhythm and orig\u00adi\u00adnal fla\u00advor of folk sto\u00adry\u00adtelling. *The Three Lit\u00adtle Pigs*<em>The Three Lit\u00adtle Pigs<\/em>), Jack and the Beanstalk (<em>Jack and the Beanstalk<\/em>The clas\u00adsic Eng\u00adlish texts of time\u00adless fairy tales such as \u201cDon\u00adnie and the Gin\u00adger\u00adbread Man\u201d were all col\u00adlect\u00aded and estab\u00adlished by him, becom\u00ading a source of inspi\u00adra\u00adtion for count\u00adless pic\u00adture books in lat\u00ader gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Joseph Jacobs |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Jacobs\">Joseph Jacobs (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=\"371\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0011_01__Marjorie-Flack-The-Story-About-Ping.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0011_01__Marjorie-Flack-The-Story-About-Ping.jpg 371w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0011_01__Marjorie-Flack-The-Story-About-Ping-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0011_01__Marjorie-Flack-The-Story-About-Ping-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\"><\/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\/Marjorie-Flack-\u5e73\u7684\u6545\u4e8b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marjorie-Flack-\u5e73\u7684\u6545\u4e8b.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marjorie-Flack-\u5e73\u7684\u6545\u4e8b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marjorie-Flack-\u5e73\u7684\u6545\u4e8b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marjorie-Flack-\u5e73\u7684\u6545\u4e8b-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marjorie-Flack-\u5e73\u7684\u6545\u4e8b-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/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\/\u5b89\u683c\u65af\u8ff7\u8def\u4e86.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u5b89\u683c\u65af\u8ff7\u8def\u4e86.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u5b89\u683c\u65af\u8ff7\u8def\u4e86-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u5b89\u683c\u65af\u8ff7\u8def\u4e86-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u5b89\u683c\u65af\u8ff7\u8def\u4e86-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u5b89\u683c\u65af\u8ff7\u8def\u4e86-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1958 \u2013 Died: Marjorie Flack<\/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 (1897\u20131958). She was an impor\u00adtant female cre\u00adator in the pio\u00adneer\u00ading peri\u00adod of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pic\u00adture books in the first half of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, and was good at show\u00ading the psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal explo\u00adration of young chil\u00addren through the inno\u00adcent and intu\u00aditive per\u00adspec\u00adtive of ani\u00admals and the brisk short sen\u00adtences.<\/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 Sto\u00adry About Ping<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Sto\u00adry About Ping<\/em>(1933, illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Kurt Wiese) \u2014 Select\u00aded for \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d a peren\u00adni\u00adal favorite in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pic\u00adture books. The sto\u00adry takes place on the Yangtze Riv\u00ader, where a lit\u00adtle duck named Ping fol\u00adlows the flock to for\u00adage for food. At dusk, the last duck to board a boat gets a spank\u00ading. One day, to avoid being spanked, Ping hides on the shore, expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading a night of get\u00adting lost and being cap\u00adtured by fish\u00ader\u00admen. Ulti\u00admate\u00adly, he brave\u00adly faces real\u00adi\u00adty, accepts his pun\u00adish\u00adment, and returns home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201c\u201cAngus the Pup\u00adpy\u201d series<\/strong>\uff08<em>Angus and the Ducks<\/em>&nbsp;(etc., 1930) \u2014 A clas\u00adsic pic\u00adture book for young chil\u00addren, writ\u00adten and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by the author, vivid\u00adly depict\u00ading the adorable dai\u00adly life of a curi\u00adous lit\u00adtle Scot\u00adtish Ter\u00adri\u00ader chas\u00ading wild ducks and explor\u00ading the unknown world in the yard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Mar\u00adjorie Flack |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marjorie_Flack\">Mar\u00adjorie Flack (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=\"379\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Phoebe-Gilman-Phoebe_Gilman_\u7237\u7237\u4e00\u5b9a\u6709\u529e\u6cd5.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Phoebe-Gilman-Phoebe_Gilman_\u7237\u7237\u4e00\u5b9a\u6709\u529e\u6cd5.jpg 379w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Phoebe-Gilman-Phoebe_Gilman_\u7237\u7237\u4e00\u5b9a\u6709\u529e\u6cd5-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Phoebe-Gilman-Phoebe_Gilman_\u7237\u7237\u4e00\u5b9a\u6709\u529e\u6cd5-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0015_01__Phoebe-Gilman-Something-from-Nothing.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0015_01__Phoebe-Gilman-Something-from-Nothing.jpg 368w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0015_01__Phoebe-Gilman-Something-from-Nothing-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0015_01__Phoebe-Gilman-Something-from-Nothing-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\"><\/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\/0015_02__Phoebe-Gilman-The-Balloon-Tree-755x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0015_02__Phoebe-Gilman-The-Balloon-Tree-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0015_02__Phoebe-Gilman-The-Balloon-Tree-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0015_02__Phoebe-Gilman-The-Balloon-Tree-768x1041.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0015_02__Phoebe-Gilman-The-Balloon-Tree-1133x1536.jpg 1133w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0015_02__Phoebe-Gilman-The-Balloon-Tree-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0015_02__Phoebe-Gilman-The-Balloon-Tree.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2002 \u2013 Death: Phoebe Gilman<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan-Cana\u00addi\u00adan chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1940\u20132002). Her style is char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by a strong folk art warmth, retro and del\u00adi\u00adcate wood tones, and exquis\u00adite ver\u00adti\u00adcal par\u00adal\u00adlel pan\u00adels.<\/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>Grand\u00adpa will def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly have a way.<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Some\u00adthing from Noth\u00ading<\/em>(1992) \u2014 A glob\u00adal best\u00adseller and heart\u00adwarm\u00ading clas\u00adsic: adapt\u00aded from a Jew\u00adish folk\u00adtale. It tells the sto\u00adry of a young boy named Joseph whose grand\u00adfa\u00adther sews him a warm blan\u00adket when he is young; as Joseph grows up and the blan\u00adket gets old, his grand\u00adfa\u00adther skill\u00adful\u00adly repur\u00adpos\u00ades it into a coat, vest, tie, hand\u00adker\u00adchief, and even a but\u00adton. When the but\u00adton is even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly lost, Joseph turns it into a won\u00adder\u00adful sto\u00adry. The illus\u00adtra\u00adtions also fea\u00adture a par\u00adal\u00adlel detail at the bot\u00adtom show\u00ading a fam\u00adi\u00adly of mice in a bur\u00adrow dec\u00ado\u00adrat\u00ading their cozy lit\u00adtle home with scraps of cloth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include the fan\u00adta\u00adsy pic\u00adture book \u201cThe Bal\u00adloon Tree\u201d (<em>The Bal\u00adloon Tree<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Phoebe Gilman |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoebe_Gilman\">Phoebe Gilman (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=\"674\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Lian-Hearn-Das-Schwert-in-der-Stille-674x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Lian-Hearn-Das-Schwert-in-der-Stille-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Lian-Hearn-Das-Schwert-in-der-Stille-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Lian-Hearn-Das-Schwert-in-der-Stille-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Lian-Hearn-Das-Schwert-in-der-Stille-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_01__Lian-Hearn-Das-Schwert-in-der-Stille.jpg 987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_02__Lian-Hearn-Across-the-Nightingale-Floor.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_02__Lian-Hearn-Across-the-Nightingale-Floor.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_02__Lian-Hearn-Across-the-Nightingale-Floor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_02__Lian-Hearn-Across-the-Nightingale-Floor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_02__Lian-Hearn-Across-the-Nightingale-Floor-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_02__Lian-Hearn-Across-the-Nightingale-Floor-768x768.jpg 768w\" 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=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_03__Lian-Hearn-The-Tale-of-Shikanoko.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_03__Lian-Hearn-The-Tale-of-Shikanoko.jpg 667w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_03__Lian-Hearn-The-Tale-of-Shikanoko-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_03__Lian-Hearn-The-Tale-of-Shikanoko-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_03__Lian-Hearn-Foxspell.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_03__Lian-Hearn-Foxspell.jpg 324w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_03__Lian-Hearn-Foxspell-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0009_03__Lian-Hearn-Foxspell-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1942: Lian Hearn (born Gillian Rubinstein)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gillian Rubin\u00adstein (1942) was an Aus\u00adtralian chil\u00addren\u2019s and fan\u00adta\u00adsy author of British descent. She estab\u00adlished her rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion in the Aus\u00adtralian chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture world under the name Gillian Rubin\u00adstein, and lat\u00ader cre\u00adat\u00aded an epic series under the pen name \u201cLian Hearn\u201d that blend\u00aded a medieval Japan\u00adese feu\u00addal back\u00adground with an East\u00adern fan\u00adta\u00adsy 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>Cross\u00ading the Nightin\u00adgale Floor<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Across the Nightin\u00adgale Floor<\/em>, 2002, Ger\u00adman trans\u00adla\u00adtion&nbsp;<em>Das Schw\u00adert in der Stille<\/em>The Sword in Still Water \u2014 Award&nbsp;<strong>2004 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP) for Young Peo\u00adple\u2019s Books<\/strong>It was select\u00aded for \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d: the first work of the \u201cTale of the Bam\u00adboo Cutter\/Otori\u201d tril\u00ado\u00adgy. It tells the sto\u00adry of Takeo, a boy with super\u00adnat\u00adur\u00adal hear\u00ading and invis\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, who seeks revenge for his fam\u00adi\u00adly in a chaot\u00adic world. He sneaks into a cas\u00adtle to assas\u00adsi\u00adnate a war\u00adlord by step\u00adping on \u201cNightin\u00adgale Floors\u201d that can emit warn\u00ading sounds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include the chil\u00addren\u2019s fan\u00adta\u00adsy series \u201cThe Sto\u00adry of the Deer\u2019s Child\u201d (<em>The Tale of Shikanoko<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Lian Hearn |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gillian_Rubinstein\">Gillian Rubin\u00adstein (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=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/elsie-singmaster-Swords-of-Steel.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/elsie-singmaster-Swords-of-Steel.jpg 360w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/elsie-singmaster-Swords-of-Steel-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/elsie-singmaster-Swords-of-Steel-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/elsie-singmaster-Swords-of-Steel-cover.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/elsie-singmaster-Swords-of-Steel-cover.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/elsie-singmaster-Swords-of-Steel-cover-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/elsie-singmaster-Swords-of-Steel-cover-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1879 \u2013 Born: Elsie Singmaster<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal fic\u00adtion writer for chil\u00addren (1879\u20131958). She lived in Get\u00adtys\u00adburg, Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia for a long time and was known for her sto\u00adries set against the back\u00addrop of the Bat\u00adtle of Get\u00adtys\u00adburg and the Ger\u00adman-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty in Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia, depict\u00ading the choic\u00ades and resilience of ordi\u00adnary young peo\u00adple amidst the war.<\/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>Steel Sword<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Swords of Steel<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by David Hen\u00addrick\u00adson, 1933) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador, 1934<\/strong>The sto\u00adry cen\u00adters on the Bat\u00adtle of Get\u00adtys\u00adburg and tells the his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal com\u00ading-of-age sto\u00adry of 12-year-old John, who expe\u00adri\u00adences the dra\u00admat\u00adic changes in his small town before and after the out\u00adbreak of the Civ\u00adil War, and who comes to under\u00adstand the val\u00adue of respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty and peace amidst fam\u00adi\u00adly con\u00adflicts and the storms of war.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Elsie Singmas\u00adter |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elsie_Singmaster\">Elsie Singmas\u00adter (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1952\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u51ef\u4f26\u00b7\u6d77\u745f Karen Hesse \u7f8e\u56fd\u8457\u540d\u513f\u7ae5\u4e0e\u9752\u5c11\u5e74\u6587\u5b66\u4f5c\u5bb6\u3001\u8bd7\u4eba ( [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10588,"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-10417","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\/Phoebe-Gilman-Phoebe_Gilman_\u7237\u7237\u4e00\u5b9a\u6709\u529e\u6cd5.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10417","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=10417"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10592,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10417\/revisions\/10592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}