{"id":10643,"date":"2026-09-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=10643"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T03:54:15","slug":"kidsbook_history_0905","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/09\/05\/kidsbook_history_0905\/","title":{"rendered":"Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 5th: 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=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_01__Paul-Fleischman-Joyful-Noise-Poems-for-Two-Voices.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_01__Paul-Fleischman-Joyful-Noise-Poems-for-Two-Voices.jpg 333w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_01__Paul-Fleischman-Joyful-Noise-Poems-for-Two-Voices-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_01__Paul-Fleischman-Joyful-Noise-Poems-for-Two-Voices-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\"><\/figure>\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\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-Graven-Images.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-Graven-Images.jpg 328w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-Graven-Images-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-Graven-Images-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_01__Paul-Fleischman-\u5a01\u65af\u5229\u738b\u56fd.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_01__Paul-Fleischman-\u5a01\u65af\u5229\u738b\u56fd.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_01__Paul-Fleischman-\u5a01\u65af\u5229\u738b\u56fd-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_01__Paul-Fleischman-\u5a01\u65af\u5229\u738b\u56fd-14x12.jpg 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-\u4e16\u754c\u7684\u7b2c\u4e00\u675f\u5149-850x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-\u4e16\u754c\u7684\u7b2c\u4e00\u675f\u5149-850x1024.jpg 850w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-\u4e16\u754c\u7684\u7b2c\u4e00\u675f\u5149-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-\u4e16\u754c\u7684\u7b2c\u4e00\u675f\u5149-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-\u4e16\u754c\u7684\u7b2c\u4e00\u675f\u5149-768x925.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-\u4e16\u754c\u7684\u7b2c\u4e00\u675f\u5149.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-\u98ce\u8f66\u4e0a\u7684\u5973\u5b69.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-\u98ce\u8f66\u4e0a\u7684\u5973\u5b69.jpg 352w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-\u98ce\u8f66\u4e0a\u7684\u5973\u5b69-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0124_02__Paul-Fleischman-\u98ce\u8f66\u4e0a\u7684\u5973\u5b69-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1952: Paul Fleischman<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s and young adult author and poet (1952), win\u00adner of the New\u00adbery Medal.<a href=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/?s=Sid+Fleischman\">Sid Fleis\u00adchman<\/a>The son of the father and son (the two became the only father and son to win the New\u00adbery Medal in his\u00adto\u00adry). His works are renowned in the lit\u00ader\u00adary world for their high\u00adly inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive two-part antiphonal poet\u00adry, pro\u00adfound inter\u00adweav\u00ading of mul\u00adti\u00adple per\u00adspec\u00adtives, and micro\u00adscop\u00adic obser\u00adva\u00adtions of human civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion.<\/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>Jubi\u00adlant Noise: Two-Part Chil\u00addren\u2019s Poet\u00adry<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Joy\u00adful Noise: Poems for Two Voic\u00ades<\/em>(Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion by Eric Bed\u00addows, 1988) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1989 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>A rare Gold Medal-win\u00adning col\u00adlec\u00adtion of pure poet\u00adry in New\u00adbery his\u00adto\u00adry. The entire book is designed for \u201ctwo peo\u00adple to read aloud at the same time,\u201d with a sym\u00admet\u00adri\u00adcal lay\u00adout resem\u00adbling a musi\u00adcal score on the left and right, sim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading the over\u00adlap\u00adping rhythms and nat\u00adur\u00adal har\u00admonies of insects such as crick\u00adets, cicadas, fire\u00adflies, and water strid\u00aders, inte\u00adgrat\u00ading the acoustic charm of lan\u00adguage with insect nat\u00adur\u00adal his\u00adto\u00adry obser\u00adva\u00adtion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wes\u00adley\u2019s King\u00addom<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Wes\u00adlan\u00addia<\/em>(1999, illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Kevin Hawkes) \u2014 A glob\u00adal\u00adly best\u00adselling clas\u00adsic pic\u00adture book for young learn\u00aders: Wes\u00adley, a boy who does\u00adn\u2019t con\u00adform and is con\u00adsid\u00adered an odd\u00adball at school, decides to build his own \u201cking\u00addom of civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion\u201d in his back\u00adyard dur\u00ading sum\u00admer vaca\u00adtion. He cul\u00adti\u00advates mag\u00adi\u00adcal crops nev\u00ader seen before, using them to make food, clothes, and ink. He invents his own sun\u00addi\u00adal, units of mea\u00adsure\u00adment, an octal sys\u00adtem, and an alpha\u00adbet, even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly attract\u00ading his for\u00admer class\u00admates who mocked him to join him. The book pro\u00adfound\u00adly cel\u00ade\u00adbrates inde\u00adpen\u00addent think\u00ading, cre\u00adativ\u00adi\u00adty, and the expres\u00adsion of indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Girl on the Wind\u00admill<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Whirligig<\/em>(1998) \u2014 A nov\u00adel about young Bren\u00adt\u2019s redemp\u00adtion after a trag\u00adic car acci\u00addent, in which he builds wind\u00admills in four cor\u00adners of the Unit\u00aded States to atone for the lives lost and to regain hope.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include \u201cThe Sculpt\u00aded Idol,\u201d which was short\u00adlist\u00aded for the 1983 New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador.<em>Graven Images<\/em>), the cre\u00adation myth pic\u00adture book \u201cThe First Ray of Light in the World\u201c<em>First Light, First Life<\/em>); In 2012, he was short\u00adlist\u00aded for the Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) Author Award.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Paul Fleis\u00adchman |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Fleischman\">Paul Fleis\u00adchman (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=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0144_02__Anne-Parrish-\u73a9\u5076\u4e00\u5bb6\u7684\u6d77\u5c9b\u5947\u9047.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0144_02__Anne-Parrish-\u73a9\u5076\u4e00\u5bb6\u7684\u6d77\u5c9b\u5947\u9047.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0144_02__Anne-Parrish-\u73a9\u5076\u4e00\u5bb6\u7684\u6d77\u5c9b\u5947\u9047-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0144_02__Anne-Parrish-\u73a9\u5076\u4e00\u5bb6\u7684\u6d77\u5c9b\u5947\u9047-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0144_02__Anne-Parrish-\u73a9\u5076\u4e00\u5bb6\u7684\u6d77\u5c9b\u5947\u9047-12x12.jpg 12w\" 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=\"383\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0144_02__Anne-Parrish-The-Story-of-Appleby-Capple.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0144_02__Anne-Parrish-The-Story-of-Appleby-Capple.jpg 383w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0144_02__Anne-Parrish-The-Story-of-Appleby-Capple-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0144_02__Anne-Parrish-The-Story-of-Appleby-Capple-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0144_03__Anne-Parrish-The-Dream-Coach.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0144_03__Anne-Parrish-The-Dream-Coach.jpg 375w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0144_03__Anne-Parrish-The-Dream-Coach-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0144_03__Anne-Parrish-The-Dream-Coach-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1957 \u2013 Death: Anne Parrish<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was a renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s author, nov\u00adel\u00adist, and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1888\u20131957). Born into an artis\u00adtic fam\u00adi\u00adly, she excelled at writ\u00ading and illus\u00adtrat\u00ading her own works. Her writ\u00ading style was humor\u00adous and gen\u00adtle, full of imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtive per\u00adson\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion and a keen under\u00adstand\u00ading of chil\u00addren\u2019s psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Three-time New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador recip\u00adi\u00adent:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Float\u00ading Island<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Float\u00ading Island<\/em>(1930, also trans\u00adlat\u00aded as *The Dol\u00adl\u2019s Fam\u00adi\u00adly\u2019s Island Adven\u00adture*) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal, 1931<\/strong>A self-writ\u00adten and self-illus\u00adtrat\u00aded toy adven\u00adture fairy tale. A fam\u00adi\u00adly of porce\u00adlain dolls are packed into a box and shipped by sea with their toy house. Dur\u00ading the voy\u00adage, they are ship\u00adwrecked and drift to a desert\u00aded trop\u00adi\u00adcal island. On the island, the dolls befriend trop\u00adi\u00adcal ani\u00admals and grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly adapt to island life; how\u00adev\u00ader, the doll moth\u00ader pas\u00adsion\u00adate\u00adly sug\u00adgests leav\u00ading the desert\u00aded island because \u201cdolls need chil\u00addren, and chil\u00addren need dolls.\u201d In the end, they return to the human world by set\u00adting off sig\u00adnal fire\u00adworks. It is hailed by the *Horn Book* as a fan\u00adta\u00adsy mas\u00adter\u00adpiece com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble to *Doc\u00adtor Dolit\u00adtle*.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Sto\u00adry of Apple\u00adby Kapoor<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Sto\u00adry of Apple\u00adby Cap\u00adple<\/em>(1950) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1951 New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal<\/strong>A self-writ\u00adten and self-illus\u00adtrat\u00aded all-alpha\u00adbet nar\u00adra\u00adtive nov\u00adel that tells the sto\u00adry of a five-year-old boy named Apple\u00adby\u2019s whim\u00adsi\u00adcal adven\u00adture in search of a zebra but\u00adter\u00adfly as a birth\u00adday gift for his elders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dream Bus<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Dream Coach<\/em>(1924, co-authored and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded with his broth\u00ader Dil\u00adwin Parish) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal, 1925<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Deceased | Anne Par\u00adrish |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anne_Parrish\">Anne Par\u00adrish (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=\"730\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-book-730x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-book-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-book-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-book-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-book.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-\u5229\u591a\u5b81\u6751\u7684\u6363\u86cb\u9b3c-737x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-\u5229\u591a\u5b81\u6751\u7684\u6363\u86cb\u9b3c-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-\u5229\u591a\u5b81\u6751\u7684\u6363\u86cb\u9b3c-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-\u5229\u591a\u5b81\u6751\u7684\u6363\u86cb\u9b3c-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-\u5229\u591a\u5b81\u6751\u7684\u6363\u86cb\u9b3c-768x1067.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-\u5229\u591a\u5b81\u6751\u7684\u6363\u86cb\u9b3c.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5973\u5b69\u5e0c\u5409.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5973\u5b69\u5e0c\u5409.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5973\u5b69\u5e0c\u5409-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0129_01__Tiina-Nopola-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5973\u5b69\u5e0c\u5409-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1955: Tiina Nopola<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was a renowned Finnish chil\u00addren\u2019s author and play\u00adwright (1955). She often col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adrat\u00aded with her sis\u00adter Sinikka Nopo\u00adla, and her works are wide\u00adly loved for their vivid and humor\u00adous dia\u00adlogue, brisk pace, and por\u00adtray\u00adal of every\u00adday life in mod\u00adern Finnish fam\u00adi\u00adlies and the sub\u00adtle rela\u00adtion\u00adship between the sis\u00adters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201c\u201cStraw Hat and Socks\u201d Series<\/strong>\uff08<em>Hein\u00e4hat\u00adtu ja Vilt\u00adti\u00adtossu<\/em>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<em>Hayflower and Quilt\u00adshoe<\/em>&nbsp;(Series, launched in 1989) \u2014 A nation\u00adal\u00adly renowned humor\u00adous chil\u00addren\u2019s series in Fin\u00adland. The sto\u00adry fol\u00adlows the cau\u00adtious and well-behaved old\u00ader sis\u00adter \u201cStraw Hat,\u201d who is about to start pri\u00adma\u00adry school, and her ener\u00adgetic and mis\u00adchie\u00advous younger sis\u00adter \u201cSocks,\u201d as they encounter var\u00adi\u00adous hilar\u00adi\u00adous dai\u00adly mishaps in a some\u00adwhat quirky yet heart\u00adwarm\u00ading fam\u00adi\u00adly. It has since been adapt\u00aded for the big screen and pup\u00adpet stage mul\u00adti\u00adple times.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201c\u201cNaughty Girl Hitch\u201d Series<\/strong>\uff08<em>Siri<\/em>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<em>Siiri<\/em>&nbsp;(series, illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Maeve Paley\/Mervi Lind\u00adman) \u2014 A humor\u00adous pic\u00adture book about the inde\u00adpen\u00addent and clever lit\u00adtle girl Shig\u00adgy and her neigh\u00adbors and friends.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include the cam\u00adpus humor sto\u00adry \u201cThe Mis\u00adchie\u00advous Kid of Lidonin Vil\u00adlage\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Tiina Nopo\u00adla |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiina_Nopola\">Tiina Nopo\u00adla (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=\"295\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oscar-Alfaro-El-sapo-que-queria-ser-estrella.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oscar-Alfaro-El-sapo-que-queria-ser-estrella.jpg 295w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oscar-Alfaro-El-sapo-que-queria-ser-estrella-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oscar-Alfaro-El-sapo-que-queria-ser-estrella-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1921 \u2013 Born: \u00d3scar Alfaro<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolivi\u00ada\u2019s renowned chil\u00addren\u2019s poet, chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer, and folk\u00adlorist (1921\u20131963). He was hailed as \u201cBolivi\u00ada\u2019s Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen\u201d and ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded him\u00adself to con\u00advey\u00ading social con\u00adcern, nat\u00adur\u00adal beau\u00adty, and free\u00addom and dig\u00adni\u00adty to under\u00adpriv\u00adi\u00adleged chil\u00addren through sim\u00adple and clear poet\u00adry and ani\u00admal fables.<\/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>The Toad Who Want\u00aded to Be a Star<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>El sapoque quer\u00eda ser estrel\u00adla<\/em>(1957) \u2014 Select\u00aded for *1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books*. A col\u00adlec\u00adtion of philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal Latin Amer\u00adi\u00adcan fables and fairy tales: the epony\u00admous sto\u00adry tells of a toad liv\u00ading in a swamp who, envi\u00adous of the fire\u00adflies shin\u00ading in the sky, swal\u00adlows one whole, believ\u00ading that it will make him a shin\u00ading star. The work uses con\u00adcise and vivid fables to sat\u00adi\u00adrize van\u00adi\u00adty and blind faith, show\u00adcas\u00ading the pure wis\u00addom of Latin Amer\u00adi\u00adcan folk oral lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | \u00d3scar Alfaro |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%93scar_Alfaro_(poet)\">\u00d3scar Alfaro (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=\"573\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1993_Federico-Maggioni_Cera-una-strega-che-andava-a-vapore_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1993_Federico-Maggioni_Cera-una-strega-che-andava-a-vapore_a.jpg 573w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1993_Federico-Maggioni_Cera-una-strega-che-andava-a-vapore_a-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1993_Federico-Maggioni_Cera-una-strega-che-andava-a-vapore_a-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1944 \u2013 Born: Federico Maggioni<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ital\u00adian renowned pic\u00adture book illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, graph\u00adic design\u00ader, and art direc\u00adtor (1944). He served as the art direc\u00adtor of the famous chil\u00addren\u2019s week\u00adly mag\u00ada\u00adzine \u201cCor\u00adriere dei Pic\u00adcoli\u201d for a long time. His style is char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by a strong mod\u00adernist com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, bold black and white geo\u00admet\u00adric lines, and absurd, dry humor.<\/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 \u201cA Witch Trav\u00adels by Steam\u201d (<em>C\u2019era una stre\u00adga che anda\u00adva a vapore<\/em>The illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, drawn by [author\u2019s name], pos\u00adsess a high\u00adly mod\u00adern com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion\u00adal feel and have won [awards\/recognition].&nbsp;<strong>Plaque Award, 1993 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Fed\u00aderi\u00adco Mag\u00adgioni |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federico_Maggioni\">Fed\u00aderi\u00adco Mag\u00adgioni (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1993_Federico-Maggioni_Cera-una-strega-che-andava-a-vapore_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1993_Federico-Maggioni_Cera-una-strega-che-andava-a-vapore_b.jpg 550w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1993_Federico-Maggioni_Cera-una-strega-che-andava-a-vapore_b-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1993_Federico-Maggioni_Cera-una-strega-che-andava-a-vapore_b-15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"573\" 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