{"id":10639,"date":"2026-09-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=10639"},"modified":"2026-08-29T21:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:38:16","slug":"kidsbook_history_0901","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/09\/01\/kidsbook_history_0901\/","title":{"rendered":"Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 1st: 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=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0436_01__Barbara-Smucker-Underground-to-Canada-731x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0436_01__Barbara-Smucker-Underground-to-Canada-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0436_01__Barbara-Smucker-Underground-to-Canada-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0436_01__Barbara-Smucker-Underground-to-Canada-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0436_01__Barbara-Smucker-Underground-to-Canada-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0436_01__Barbara-Smucker-Underground-to-Canada-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0436_01__Barbara-Smucker-Underground-to-Canada-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0436_01__Barbara-Smucker-Underground-to-Canada.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1915 \u2013 Born: Barbara Smucker<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan-Cana\u00addi\u00adan his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal fic\u00adtion writer, jour\u00adnal\u00adist, and librar\u00adi\u00adan (1915\u20132003). She excelled at using authen\u00adtic and rig\u00ador\u00adous his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal doc\u00adu\u00adments and archives to focus on the sur\u00advival strug\u00adgles and choic\u00ades for free\u00addom of Indige\u00adnous peo\u00adples and African slaves dur\u00ading peri\u00adods of great his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal upheaval.<\/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:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Under\u00adground Pas\u00adsage to Cana\u00adda<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Under\u00adground to Cana\u00adda<\/em>(1977, also trans\u00adlat\u00aded as *Run\u00adning Towards Cana\u00adda*) \u2014 Select\u00aded for *1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books*, a clas\u00adsic of Cana\u00addi\u00adan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. Set against the back\u00addrop of the Under\u00adground Rail\u00adroad on the eve of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Civ\u00adil War in the 19th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, the sto\u00adry fol\u00adlows Julie, a young enslaved girl on a plan\u00adta\u00adtion, and her com\u00adpan\u00adion Lisa. Guid\u00aded by abo\u00adli\u00adtion\u00adist Alexan\u00adder Ross, they evade vicious dogs and pur\u00adsuers as they jour\u00adney north, cross\u00ading Lake Erie towards the land of free\u00addom in Canada\u2014a per\u00adilous escape and a jour\u00adney of growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Bar\u00adbara Smuck\u00ader |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbara_Smucker\">Bar\u00adbara Smuck\u00ader (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=\"308\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0150_01__Rosa-Guy-The-Friends.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0150_01__Rosa-Guy-The-Friends.jpg 308w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0150_01__Rosa-Guy-The-Friends-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0150_01__Rosa-Guy-The-Friends-7x12.jpg 7w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1922: Rosa Guy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trinida\u00addi\u00adan-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author, pio\u00adneer of young adult lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, and social activist (1922\u20132012). She was one of the co-founders of the Harlem Writ\u00aders Guild and is known for her works that direct\u00adly address urban pover\u00adty, racial con\u00adflict, immi\u00adgrant iden\u00adti\u00adty, and ado\u00adles\u00adcent psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal anguish.<\/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>\u201cfriend\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Friends<\/em>(1973) \u2014 Select\u00aded for \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d the first book in her famous \u201cHarlem Tril\u00ado\u00adgy.\u201d It tells the sto\u00adry of Feli\u00adcia, a young girl who immi\u00adgrates from the West Indies to Harlem, New York, and feels extreme\u00adly lone\u00adly fac\u00ading a strict and author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan father and a cold and unfa\u00admil\u00adiar school envi\u00adron\u00adment. She befriends Edith, a ragged but inde\u00adpen\u00addent and strong-willed girl, and the two devel\u00adop a com\u00adplex and sin\u00adcere friend\u00adship amidst class dif\u00adfer\u00adences and fam\u00adi\u00adly changes, pro\u00adfound\u00adly show\u00adcas\u00ading the self-esteem and the costs of grow\u00ading up for immi\u00adgrant chil\u00addren.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Rosa Guy |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rosa_Guy\">Rosa Guy (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=\"417\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1977_Gennadij-Kalinovskij_Skazki-djadjuski-Rimusa_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1977_Gennadij-Kalinovskij_Skazki-djadjuski-Rimusa_b.jpg 417w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1977_Gennadij-Kalinovskij_Skazki-djadjuski-Rimusa_b-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1977_Gennadij-Kalinovskij_Skazki-djadjuski-Rimusa_b-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1977_Gennadij-Kalinovskij_Skazki-djadjuski-Rimusa_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1977_Gennadij-Kalinovskij_Skazki-djadjuski-Rimusa_c.jpg 346w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1977_Gennadij-Kalinovskij_Skazki-djadjuski-Rimusa_c-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1977_Gennadij-Kalinovskij_Skazki-djadjuski-Rimusa_c-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1977_Gennadij-Kalinovskij_Skazki-djadjuski-Rimusa_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1977_Gennadij-Kalinovskij_Skazki-djadjuski-Rimusa_d.jpg 408w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1977_Gennadij-Kalinovskij_Skazki-djadjuski-Rimusa_d-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1977_Gennadij-Kalinovskij_Skazki-djadjuski-Rimusa_d-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1929 \u2013 Born: Gennadij Kalinovskij<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Soviet\/Russian book illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and print\u00admak\u00ading mas\u00adter (1929\u20132006). He was known for his high\u00adly absurd and sur\u00adre\u00adal\u00adis\u00adtic metaphors and his exquis\u00adite and dense pen-and-ink etch\u00ading tech\u00adniques. He cre\u00adat\u00aded stun\u00adning illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for clas\u00adsic works such as \u201cAlice\u2019s Adven\u00adtures in Won\u00adder\u00adland\u201d and \u201cGul\u00adliv\u00ader\u2019s Trav\u00adels\u201d.<\/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>With his work on Joel Chan\u00addler Har\u00adris\u2019s famous nov\u00adel, \u201cUncle Remus\u2019s Sto\u00adry\u201c<em>Skaz\u00adki djad\u00adju\u0161\u00adki Rimusa<\/em>&nbsp;\/ Russ\u00adian orig\u00adi\u00adnal name&nbsp;<em>\u0421\u043a\u0430\u0437\u043a\u0438 \u0434\u044f\u0434\u044e\u0448\u043a\u0438 \u0420\u0438\u043c\u0443\u0441\u0430<\/em>Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions drawn in 1976 won an award.&nbsp;<strong>Gold\u00aden Apple Award at the 1977 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>He used ani\u00admal shapes full of ten\u00adsion and micro-expres\u00adsions to endow \u201cBroth\u00ader Rab\u00adbit\u201d and \u201cBroth\u00ader Fox\u201d with a high degree of folk wis\u00addom and dark humor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Gen\u00adnadij Kali\u00adnovskij |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87\">\u041a\u0430\u043b\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439, \u0413\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u0434\u0438\u0439 \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447 (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=\"304\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Marjorie-Torrey-Sing-Mother-Goose.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Marjorie-Torrey-Sing-Mother-Goose.jpg 304w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Marjorie-Torrey-Sing-Mother-Goose-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Marjorie-Torrey-Sing-Mother-Goose-228x300.jpg 228w\" 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=\"275\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sing_in_Praise.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sing_in_Praise.jpg 275w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sing_in_Praise-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sing_in_Praise-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1964 \u2013 Died: Marjorie Torrey<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tor\u00adrey Chanslor (1891\u20131964), an Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s book illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and author, also used the pen name Tor\u00adrey Chanslor. Her style fea\u00adtures an ele\u00adgant and gen\u00adtle clas\u00adsi\u00adcal water\u00adcol\u00ador and gouache tex\u00adture, and she excels at depict\u00ading the inno\u00adcent faces and vivid emo\u00adtions of chil\u00addren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Twice award\u00aded the Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sing Moth\u00ader Goose<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Sing Moth\u00ader Goose<\/em>(1945, arranged by Opal Wheel\u00ader) \u2014 Award&nbsp;<strong>1946 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>: I drew illus\u00adtra\u00adtions full of warmth and fam\u00adi\u00adly atmos\u00adphere for clas\u00adsic nurs\u00adery rhyme sound\u00adtracks, inte\u00adgrat\u00ading sheet music with nurs\u00adery rhyme scenes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hymn Col\u00adlec\u00adtion<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Sing in Praise: A Col\u00adlec\u00adtion of the Best Loved Hymns<\/em>(1946, edit\u00aded by Opal Wheel\u00ader) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1947 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>It uses extreme\u00adly del\u00adi\u00adcate and peace\u00adful light and shad\u00adow to depict the his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal sto\u00adries and reli\u00adgious poet\u00adry behind clas\u00adsic chil\u00addren\u2019s hymns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Mar\u00adjorie Tor\u00adrey |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marjorie_Torrey\">Mar\u00adjorie Tor\u00adrey (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1915\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u82ad\u82ad\u62c9\u00b7\u65af\u9a6c\u514b Barbara Smucker \u7f8e\u88d4\u52a0\u62ff\u5927\u8457\u540d\u5c11\u513f\u5386\u53f2\u5199\u5b9e [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10655,"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-10639","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\/09\/1977_Gennadij-Kalinovskij_Skazki-djadjuski-Rimusa_b.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10639","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=10639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10660,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10639\/revisions\/10660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}