{"id":10641,"date":"2026-09-03T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=10641"},"modified":"2026-09-02T20:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:35:51","slug":"kidsbook_history_0903","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/09\/03\/kidsbook_history_0903\/","title":{"rendered":"Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 3: 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=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0091_01__Will-James-\u7267\u725b\u9a6c\u65af\u6469\u5947.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0091_01__Will-James-\u7267\u725b\u9a6c\u65af\u6469\u5947.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0091_01__Will-James-\u7267\u725b\u9a6c\u65af\u6469\u5947-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0091_01__Will-James-\u7267\u725b\u9a6c\u65af\u6469\u5947-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0091_01__Will-James-\u7267\u725b\u9a6c\u65af\u6469\u5947-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0091_01__Will-James-\u7267\u725b\u9a6c\u65af\u6469\u5947-768x768.jpg 768w\" 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=\"307\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0091_01__Will-James-Smoky-the-Cowhorse.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0091_01__Will-James-Smoky-the-Cowhorse.jpg 307w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0091_01__Will-James-Smoky-the-Cowhorse-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0091_01__Will-James-Smoky-the-Cowhorse-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1942 \u2013 Death: Will James<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph Ernest Neph\u00adtali Dufault (1892\u20131942), a renowned French-Cana\u00addi\u00adan\/Amer\u00adi\u00adcan cow\u00adboy writer and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, was born. He lived a real life as a cow\u00adboy, hunt\u00ading hors\u00ades and herd\u00ading live\u00adstock. His works are famous for their authen\u00adtic and sim\u00adple West\u00adern cow\u00adboy slang, bold and vivid char\u00adcoal sketch\u00ades, and deep affec\u00adtion for the nature of hors\u00ades and the West\u00adern wilder\u00adness.<\/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>Mas\u00admooch, the Cowherd<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Smoky the Cowhorse<\/em>(1926, also trans\u00adlat\u00aded as *Smokey the Cowherd*) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>The 1927 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>The book unfolds from the per\u00adspec\u00adtive of Smokey, a bleached wild horse born in the West\u00adern wilder\u00adness. Tamed by the per\u00adcep\u00adtive and gen\u00adtle cow\u00adboy Clint, he becomes a top-notch cat\u00adtle part\u00adner. How\u00adev\u00ader, after being robbed by horse thieves, abused in a cir\u00adcus, and sub\u00adject\u00aded to heavy labor, Smokey\u2019s tem\u00adpera\u00adment changes dras\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly, turn\u00ading him into a fero\u00adcious \u201cwild horse.\u201d Only years lat\u00ader, when the aged Smokey reunites with Clint, does he regain trust and peace in the famil\u00adiar call of Clint. The work pro\u00adfound\u00adly por\u00adtrays the most gen\u00aduine bond between humans and ani\u00admals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Will James |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Will_James_(artist)\">Will James (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=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0081_01__Doris-Gates-\u8a79\u59ae\u7684\u68a6\u60f3.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0081_01__Doris-Gates-\u8a79\u59ae\u7684\u68a6\u60f3.jpg 750w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0081_01__Doris-Gates-\u8a79\u59ae\u7684\u68a6\u60f3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0081_01__Doris-Gates-\u8a79\u59ae\u7684\u68a6\u60f3-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0081_01__Doris-Gates-\u8a79\u59ae\u7684\u68a6\u60f3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Blue-Willow-683x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Blue-Willow-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Blue-Willow-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Blue-Willow-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Blue-Willow.jpg 734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1987 \u2013 Death: Doris Gates<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was a renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s author, chil\u00addren\u2019s librar\u00adi\u00adan, and sto\u00adry\u00adtelling expert (1901\u20131987). She was one of the pio\u00adneers in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture who broke away from tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal roman\u00adtic fan\u00adta\u00adsy for\u00admu\u00adlas and direct\u00adly addressed the real\u00adis\u00adtic issues of migrant work\u00aders and the Great Depres\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>Jen\u00adny\u2019s Dream<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Blue Wil\u00adlow<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Paul Landz, 1940) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador, 1941<\/strong>Hailed as the \u201cchil\u00addren\u2019s ver\u00adsion of *The Grapes of Wrath*,\u201d this sto\u00adry takes place in Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adni\u00ada\u2019s San Joaquin Val\u00adley dur\u00ading the Great Depres\u00adsion. Ten-year-old Jen\u00adny lives a nomadic life with her par\u00adents, who work sea\u00adson\u00adal jobs dri\u00adving an old truck. Her most trea\u00adsured pos\u00adses\u00adsion is a blue wil\u00adlow plate, sym\u00adbol\u00adiz\u00ading her long\u00ading for a sta\u00adble and warm home that tru\u00adly belongs to her. The work sin\u00adcere\u00adly por\u00adtrays the self-respect and unwa\u00adver\u00ading com\u00admit\u00adment to a bet\u00adter life with\u00adin a work\u00ading-class fam\u00adi\u00adly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Doris Gates |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doris_Gates\">Doris Gates (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=\"1016\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7231\u8282\u65e5-1016x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7231\u8282\u65e5-1016x1024.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7231\u8282\u65e5-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7231\u8282\u65e5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7231\u8282\u65e5-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7231\u8282\u65e5-767x773.jpg 767w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7231\u8282\u65e5.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"487\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-Llama-Llama-Red-Pajama.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-Llama-Llama-Red-Pajama.jpg 487w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-Llama-Llama-Red-Pajama-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-Llama-Llama-Red-Pajama-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7cfb\u5217-1016x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7cfb\u5217-1016x1024.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7cfb\u5217-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7cfb\u5217-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7cfb\u5217-767x773.jpg 767w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7cfb\u5217-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0076_01__Anna-Dewdney-\u7f8a\u9a7c\u62c9\u739b\u7cfb\u5217.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2016 \u2014 Died: Anna Dewdney<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was a renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and ear\u00adly read\u00ading pro\u00admot\u00ader (1965\u20132016). She was known world\u00adwide for her high\u00adly rhyth\u00admic read\u00adings of poet\u00adry, her del\u00adi\u00adcate and lev\u00adel emo\u00adtion\u00adal res\u00ado\u00adnance with young chil\u00addren, and the warm and bright tex\u00adture of her oil paint\u00adings.<\/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>\u201c\u201cAlpaca Rama\u201d series<\/strong>\uff08<em>Lla\u00adma Lla\u00adma<\/em>&nbsp;The series, start\u00ading with \u201cRama in the Red Paja\u00admas\u201d.<em>Lla\u00adma Lla\u00adma Red Paja\u00adma<\/em>(2005) \u2014 Select\u00aded for \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d a glob\u00adal\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlar clas\u00adsic bed\u00adtime pic\u00adture book for tod\u00addlers. The sto\u00adry accu\u00adrate\u00adly cap\u00adtures the sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion anx\u00adi\u00adety of a tod\u00addler lying alone in a dark bed\u00adroom wait\u00ading for their moth\u00ader to come upstairs after wash\u00ading the dish\u00ades. Rama\u2019s loud calls and the moth\u00ader\u2019s gen\u00adtle yet firm hug con\u00advey a sense of secu\u00adri\u00adty to the child that \u201ceven when Mom isn\u2019t there, her love for you has nev\u00ader left,\u201d mak\u00ading it a bed\u00adtime bible for mil\u00adlions of fam\u00adi\u00adlies across the Unit\u00aded States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Deceased | Anna Dewd\u00adney |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anna_Dewdney\">Anna Dewd\u00adney (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=\"500\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_01__Aliki-\u6211\u7684\u4e94\u79cd\u611f\u89c9.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_01__Aliki-\u6211\u7684\u4e94\u79cd\u611f\u89c9.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_01__Aliki-\u6211\u7684\u4e94\u79cd\u611f\u89c9-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_01__Aliki-\u6211\u7684\u4e94\u79cd\u611f\u89c9-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_02__Aliki-\u6316\u6398\u6050\u9f99.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_02__Aliki-\u6316\u6398\u6050\u9f99.jpg 548w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_02__Aliki-\u6316\u6398\u6050\u9f99-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_02__Aliki-\u6316\u6398\u6050\u9f99-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\"><\/figure>\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\/09\/0056_02__Aliki-Digging-Up-Dinosaurs-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_02__Aliki-Digging-Up-Dinosaurs-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_02__Aliki-Digging-Up-Dinosaurs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_02__Aliki-Digging-Up-Dinosaurs-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_02__Aliki-Digging-Up-Dinosaurs-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_02__Aliki-Digging-Up-Dinosaurs-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0056_02__Aliki-Digging-Up-Dinosaurs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1929: Aliki (born Aliki Brandenberg)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Greek-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1929). She was one of the core cre\u00adators of the \u201cLet\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Sci\u00adence\u201d series in the Unit\u00aded States, and was adept at trans\u00adform\u00ading com\u00adplex phys\u00adi\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence, his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal and archae\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal knowl\u00adedge into high\u00adly approach\u00adable com\u00adic strip-style pan\u00adels and humor\u00adous dia\u00adlogues.<\/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>My Five Sens\u00ades<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>My Five Sens\u00ades<\/em>(1962) \u2014 A glob\u00adal clas\u00adsic for ear\u00adly child\u00adhood sen\u00adso\u00adry devel\u00adop\u00adment: Through the every\u00adday scenes of a live\u00adly lit\u00adtle boy observ\u00ading birds, smelling flow\u00aders, tast\u00ading ice cream, and pet\u00adting a kit\u00adten, it explains to young chil\u00addren, using a min\u00adi\u00admal\u00adist text sys\u00adtem, how sight, hear\u00ading, smell, taste, and touch help us under\u00adstand the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Exca\u00advat\u00ading Dinosaurs<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Dig\u00adging Up Dinosaurs<\/em>(1981) \u2014 A clas\u00adsic chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book on nat\u00adur\u00adal his\u00adto\u00adry: Through a live\u00adly and humor\u00adous muse\u00adum vis\u00adit per\u00adspec\u00adtive, it explains in detail the entire process of dinosaur fos\u00adsil exca\u00adva\u00adtion, clean\u00ading, plas\u00adter wrap\u00adping and trans\u00adporta\u00adtion, and skele\u00adton mount\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Ali\u00adki |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aliki_Brandenberg\">Ali\u00adki Bran\u00adden\u00adberg (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=\"398\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0061_02__Andy-Griffiths-\u5c0f\u5c41\u5b69\u6811\u5c4b\u5386\u9669\u8bb0.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0061_02__Andy-Griffiths-\u5c0f\u5c41\u5b69\u6811\u5c4b\u5386\u9669\u8bb0.jpg 398w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0061_02__Andy-Griffiths-\u5c0f\u5c41\u5b69\u6811\u5c4b\u5386\u9669\u8bb0-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0061_02__Andy-Griffiths-\u5c0f\u5c41\u5b69\u6811\u5c4b\u5386\u9669\u8bb0-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0061_02__Andy-Griffiths-The-13-Storey-Treehouse-683x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0061_02__Andy-Griffiths-The-13-Storey-Treehouse-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0061_02__Andy-Griffiths-The-13-Storey-Treehouse-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0061_02__Andy-Griffiths-The-13-Storey-Treehouse-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0061_02__Andy-Griffiths-The-13-Storey-Treehouse-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0061_02__Andy-Griffiths-The-13-Storey-Treehouse-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0061_02__Andy-Griffiths-The-13-Storey-Treehouse-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0061_02__Andy-Griffiths-The-13-Storey-Treehouse.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1961 \u2013 Born: Andy Griffiths<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Aus\u00adtralian chil\u00addren\u2019s humor and adven\u00adture nov\u00adel\u00adist (1961). He is known for his extreme\u00adly absurd and fan\u00adtas\u00adti\u00adcal ideas, uncon\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal slap\u00adstick humor, and bound\u00adless imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, which have made him a favorite among chil\u00addren in low\u00ader and mid\u00addle grades world\u00adwide.<\/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>\u201cCrazy Tree\u00adhouse series<\/strong>\uff08<em>The Tree\u00adhouse Books<\/em>&nbsp;The series, start\u00ading with \u201cThe Adven\u00adtures of Lit\u00adtle Ras\u00adcal in His Tree\u00adhouse: The 13-Sto\u00adry Tree\u00adhouse\u201d.<em>The 13-Storey Tree\u00adhouse<\/em>(2011, illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Ter\u00adry Den\u00adton) \u2014 Select\u00aded for \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d a mile\u00adstone bridge book with tens of mil\u00adlions of copies sold world\u00adwide. The sto\u00adry revolves around the crazy life of author Andy and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Ter\u00adry in their tree\u00adhouse, which fea\u00adtures a bowl\u00ading alley, a see-through swim\u00adming pool, a machine that auto\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly feeds marsh\u00admal\u00adlows to chil\u00addren, and all sorts of incred\u00adi\u00adble facil\u00adi\u00adties. Each book adds 13 more floors to the orig\u00adi\u00adnal, per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00ading absurd humor with visu\u00adal comics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include the humor\u00adous short sto\u00adry col\u00adlec\u00adtion *Super Annoy\u00ading!*<em>Just annoy\u00ading!<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Andy Grif\u00adfiths |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andy_Griffiths_(author)\">Andy Grif\u00adfiths (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=\"575\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1971_Jan-Kudlacek_Petruska_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1971_Jan-Kudlacek_Petruska_a.jpg 575w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1971_Jan-Kudlacek_Petruska_a-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1971_Jan-Kudlacek_Petruska_a-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1971_Jan-Kudlacek_Petruska_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1971_Jan-Kudlacek_Petruska_b.jpg 567w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1971_Jan-Kudlacek_Petruska_b-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1971_Jan-Kudlacek_Petruska_b-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"369\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1971_Jan-Kudlacek_Petruska_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1971_Jan-Kudlacek_Petruska_c.jpg 369w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1971_Jan-Kudlacek_Petruska_c-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1971_Jan-Kudlacek_Petruska_c-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born in 1928: Jan Kudl\u00e1\u010dek<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Czech painter, book illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and ani\u00adma\u00adtion art design\u00ader (1928\u20132017). His paint\u00ading style is char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by a strong Bohemi\u00adan expres\u00adsion\u00adism, wet-on-wet water\u00adcol\u00ador ren\u00adder\u00ading, and a dream\u00adlike, poet\u00adic qual\u00adi\u00adty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Awards and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With his adap\u00adta\u00adtion of Eduard Peti\u0161ka\u2019s pic\u00adture book \u201cPetrush\u00adka\u201d (<em>Petru\u0161\u00adka<\/em>Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions drawn in 1970 won an award.&nbsp;<strong>Plaque Award, 1971 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>With an extreme\u00adly del\u00adi\u00adcate and clear water\u00adcol\u00ador tex\u00adture, it show\u00adcas\u00ades the tran\u00adquil atmos\u00adphere of Cen\u00adtral Euro\u00adpean folk pup\u00adpets and autumn forests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Jan Kudl\u00e1\u010dek |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cs.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jan_Kudl%C3%A1%C4%8Dek\">Jan Kudl\u00e1\u010dek (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=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0071_01__Will-Hill-After-the-Fire.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0071_01__Will-Hill-After-the-Fire.jpg 333w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0071_01__Will-Hill-After-the-Fire-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0071_01__Will-Hill-After-the-Fire-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1979: Will Hill<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British teen sus\u00adpense and psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism nov\u00adel\u00adist (1979). He excels at explor\u00ading ado\u00adles\u00adcent trau\u00adma heal\u00ading, inde\u00adpen\u00addent think\u00ading, and break\u00ading free from men\u00adtal con\u00adtrol through high\u00adly sus\u00adpense\u00adful dual-time\u00adline nar\u00adra\u00adtives.<\/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>After the Fire<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>After the Fire<\/em>(2017) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2021 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP) Young Jury Grand Prize<\/strong>The film, short\u00adlist\u00aded for the Carnegie Medal, is based on a true his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal event and tells the sto\u00adry of 17-year-old Moon\u00adbeam, who grows up in a seclud\u00aded extrem\u00adist reli\u00adgious base. After the base is destroyed in a fire and a shootout between police and crim\u00adi\u00adnals, Moon\u00adbeam, through con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions with a psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtrist in a men\u00adtal insti\u00adtu\u00adtion, uses a dual nar\u00adra\u00adtive of \u201cbefore the fire\u201d and \u201cafter the fire\u201d to brave\u00adly unrav\u00adel the deep-seat\u00aded guilt and secrets with\u00adin her heart and rebuild her trust in the real world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Will Hill |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Will_Hill_(author)\">Will Hill (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=\"338\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0086_01__Mabel-Leigh-Hunt-Better-Known-as-Johnny-Appleseed.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0086_01__Mabel-Leigh-Hunt-Better-Known-as-Johnny-Appleseed.jpg 338w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0086_01__Mabel-Leigh-Hunt-Better-Known-as-Johnny-Appleseed-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0086_01__Mabel-Leigh-Hunt-Better-Known-as-Johnny-Appleseed-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0086_02__Mabel-Leigh-Hunt-Have-You-Seen-Tom-Thumb.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0086_02__Mabel-Leigh-Hunt-Have-You-Seen-Tom-Thumb.jpg 353w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0086_02__Mabel-Leigh-Hunt-Have-You-Seen-Tom-Thumb-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0086_02__Mabel-Leigh-Hunt-Have-You-Seen-Tom-Thumb-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1971 \u2013 Death: Mabel Leigh Hunt<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal fic\u00adtion and bio\u00adgraph\u00adi\u00adcal nov\u00adels for chil\u00addren, and for\u00admer chil\u00addren\u2019s librar\u00adi\u00adan (1892\u20131971).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Twice award\u00aded the New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>John\u00adny Apple\u00adseed<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Bet\u00adter Known as John\u00adny Apple\u00adseed<\/em>(1950) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1951 New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal<\/strong>With an extreme\u00adly warm and rig\u00ador\u00adous his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal style, it records the life and great love of John Chap\u00adman, a leg\u00adendary fig\u00adure in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pio\u00adneer\u00ading peri\u00adod, as he sowed apple seeds all over the moun\u00adtains.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Have you ever seen Thumb Tom?<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Have you seen Tom Thumb?<\/em>(1942) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1943 New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal<\/strong>It vivid\u00adly recounts the true and leg\u00adendary his\u00adto\u00adry of Charles Strat\u00adton, the 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry cir\u00adcus leg\u00adend known as \u201cTom Thumb,\u201d as he toured the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Mabel Leigh Hunt |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mabel_Leigh_Hunt\">Mabel Leigh Hunt (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;1942\u5e74 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