{"id":4177,"date":"2025-09-16T10:26:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T02:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=4177"},"modified":"2026-09-13T15:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T07:50:44","slug":"kidsbook_history_0916","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2025\/09\/16\/kidsbook_history_0916\/","title":{"rendered":"This Day in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book His\u00adto\u00adry: Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u597d\u5947\u7684\u4e54\u6cbb\u548c\u9ec4\u5e3d\u5b50.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u597d\u5947\u7684\u4e54\u6cbb\u548c\u9ec4\u5e3d\u5b50.jpg 709w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u597d\u5947\u7684\u4e54\u6cbb\u548c\u9ec4\u5e3d\u5b50-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u597d\u5947\u7684\u4e54\u6cbb\u548c\u9ec4\u5e3d\u5b50-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u5965\u79d8-780x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u5965\u79d8-780x1024.jpg 780w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u5965\u79d8-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u5965\u79d8-768x1007.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u5965\u79d8-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u5965\u79d8.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u661f\u5ea7\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u4e00\u8d77\u53bb\u53d1\u73b0.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u661f\u5ea7\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u4e00\u8d77\u53bb\u53d1\u73b0.jpg 531w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u661f\u5ea7\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u4e00\u8d77\u53bb\u53d1\u73b0-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/H.-A.-Rey-\u661f\u5ea7\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u4e00\u8d77\u53bb\u53d1\u73b0-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1898 \u2013 Born: HA Rey (original name Hans Augusto Rey)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mar\u00adgrethe Rey (1898\u20131977), a renowned Ger\u00adman-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and pop\u00adu\u00adlar sci\u00adence schol\u00adar spe\u00adcial\u00adiz\u00ading in astron\u00ado\u00admy. On the eve of World War II, he and his wife, Mar\u00adgret Rey, fled Paris by bicy\u00adcle, car\u00adry\u00ading their draw\u00adings, even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly arriv\u00ading in the Unit\u00aded States. His art style is char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by bright, pure blocks of col\u00ador, humor\u00adous and flow\u00ading pen lines, and a pre\u00adcise, lev\u00adel under\u00adstand\u00ading of chil\u00addren\u2019s psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent passed down through gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Curi\u00adous George series<\/strong>\uff08<em>Curi\u00adous George<\/em>&nbsp;(The series, pub\u00adlished in 1941, co-authored with Mar\u00adgaret Ray) \u2014 includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d a mile\u00adstone in ear\u00adly child\u00adhood edu\u00adca\u00adtion that has cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00aded the world for over eighty years. The sto\u00adries revolve around George, a lit\u00adtle mon\u00adkey full of curios\u00adi\u00adty about every\u00adthing new in the world, and the \u201cman in the yel\u00adlow hat\u201d who pro\u00advides him with tol\u00ader\u00adance and guid\u00adance. George\u2019s curios\u00adi\u00adty often leads him to tin\u00adker with every\u00adday objects like tele\u00adphones, bal\u00adloons, and paint, caus\u00ading a series of hilar\u00adi\u00adous mishaps, which he always man\u00adages to resolve with his wit and kind\u00adness. The work per\u00adfect\u00adly echoes the nat\u00adur\u00adal instinct of young chil\u00addren to learn about the world through explo\u00adration and tri\u00adal and error.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless clas\u00adsic of pop\u00adu\u00adlar sci\u00adence in astron\u00ado\u00admy:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Mys\u00adtery of the Stars (<em>The Stars: A New Way to See Them<\/em>(1952) and \u201cThe Con\u00adstel\u00adla\u00adtions, Let\u2019s Dis\u00adcov\u00ader Them Togeth\u00ader\u201d (<em>Find the Con\u00adstel\u00adla\u00adtions<\/em>(1954) \u2014 Ray broke away from the obscure and dif\u00adfi\u00adcult-to-under\u00adstand tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal clas\u00adsi\u00adcal star charts of the past hun\u00addreds of years. He was the first to use sim\u00adple and intu\u00aditive geo\u00admet\u00adric lines to direct\u00adly con\u00adnect stars into vivid human and ani\u00admal shapes, which com\u00adplete\u00adly rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adized the mod\u00adern ama\u00adteur astro\u00adnom\u00adi\u00adcal obser\u00adva\u00adtion and chil\u00addren\u2019s star sky cog\u00adni\u00adtion sys\u00adtem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | HA Rey |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H._A._Rey\">HA Rey (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.douban.com\/personage\/27257549\/\">Douban Peo\u00adple<\/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=\"755\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5495\u565c\u725b\u5c01\u9762-2-755x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5495\u565c\u725b\u5c01\u9762-2-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5495\u565c\u725b\u5c01\u9762-2-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5495\u565c\u725b\u5c01\u9762-2-768x1041.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5495\u565c\u725b\u5c01\u9762-2-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5495\u565c\u725b\u5c01\u9762-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0598_03__Julia-Donaldson-\u57ce\u91cc\u6700\u6f02\u4eae\u7684\u5de8\u4eba.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0598_03__Julia-Donaldson-\u57ce\u91cc\u6700\u6f02\u4eae\u7684\u5de8\u4eba.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0598_03__Julia-Donaldson-\u57ce\u91cc\u6700\u6f02\u4eae\u7684\u5de8\u4eba-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0598_02__Julia-Donaldson-Room-on-the-Broom.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0598_02__Julia-Donaldson-Room-on-the-Broom.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0598_02__Julia-Donaldson-Room-on-the-Broom-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0598_02__Julia-Donaldson-Room-on-the-Broom-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1948: Julia Donaldson<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned British chil\u00addren\u2019s author, poet, and play\u00adwright (1948). She wrote songs for chil\u00addren\u2019s tele\u00advi\u00adsion pro\u00adgrams for many years and was pro\u00adfi\u00adcient in the use of cycli\u00adcal rhythms, par\u00adal\u00adlelism, and ono\u00admatopoeia in folk songs. She served as Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lau\u00adre\u00adate from 2011 to 2013.<\/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 Gruffa\u00adlo<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Gruffa\u00adlo<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Axel Schef\u00adfler, 1999) \u2014 Select\u00aded for \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d and win\u00adner of the Smar\u00adties Book Award: a land\u00admark in mod\u00adern pic\u00adture book nar\u00adra\u00adtive rhythm. A clever lit\u00adtle mouse wan\u00adders deep in the for\u00adest and encoun\u00adters a fox, an owl, and a snake, all want\u00adi\u00adng to eat it. The lit\u00adtle mouse con\u00adjures up a giant beast with fangs, claws, a black tongue, and a love for predators\u2014the Gruffalo\u2014and suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly scares away its preda\u00adtors. How\u00adev\u00ader, it then encoun\u00adters a real Gruffa\u00adlo that looks exact\u00adly like it! The lit\u00adtle mouse remains calm and, with the Gruffa\u00adlo in tow, leads it back into the for\u00adest, using the preda\u00adtors\u2019 fear to its advan\u00adtage and scare away the giant beast. The book is fast-paced and full of humor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include the best\u00adselling clas\u00adsic *Sit\u00adting in a Row of Witch\u00ades*.<em>Room on the Broom<\/em>), explor\u00ading shar\u00ading and gen\u00aderos\u00adi\u00adty in \u201cThe Most Beau\u00adti\u00adful Giant in Town\u201d (<em>The Smartest Giant in Town<\/em>), and the pre\u00adhis\u00adtoric-themed \u201cLit\u00adtle Wild Man\u201d (<em>Cave Baby<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Julia Don\u00adald\u00adson |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julia_Donaldson\">Julia Don\u00adald\u00adson (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.douban.com\/personage\/36108694\/\">Douban Peo\u00adple<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1897 \u2013 Born: Thomas Handforth<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan print\u00admak\u00ader, etch\u00ading artist, and pic\u00adture book cre\u00adator (1897\u20131948). He trav\u00adeled to North Africa and South\u00adeast Asia, and lived in Bei\u00adjing, Chi\u00adna for sev\u00ader\u00adal years, deeply observ\u00ading the life and tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal cus\u00adtoms of old Bei\u00adjing\u2019s hutongs. He was skilled at using high\u00adly expres\u00adsive lith\u00ado\u00adgraph lines to show\u00adcase the beau\u00adty of East\u00adern folk cus\u00adtoms.<\/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>Beau\u00adti\u00adful New Year<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Mei Li<\/em>(1938) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>The sec\u00adond Calde\u00adcott Medal, award\u00aded in 1939.<\/strong>A time\u00adless clas\u00adsic of Chi\u00adnese-themed pic\u00adture books. On New Year\u2019s Eve, a lit\u00adtle girl named \u201cMeili\u201d from a north\u00adern vil\u00adlage, car\u00adry\u00ading three cop\u00adper coins and three lucky toys, sneaks into Bei\u00adjing with her broth\u00ader to vis\u00adit the Spring Fes\u00adti\u00adval tem\u00adple fair. In the city, she watch\u00ades lion dances, eats can\u00addied hawthorns, walks on stilts, and skates on an ice skat\u00ading rink. Before dark, she rush\u00ades home to help her fam\u00adi\u00adly wor\u00adship the Kitchen God and make dumplings to wel\u00adcome the New Year. Hand\u00adford\u2019s exquis\u00adite and grand two-col\u00ador lith\u00ado\u00adgraphs vivid\u00adly depict the live\u00adly and fes\u00adtive atmos\u00adphere of the tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Chi\u00adnese Spring Fes\u00adti\u00adval in the 1930s, cap\u00adtur\u00ading the charm of the hutongs and bustling streets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Thomas Hand\u00adforth |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Handforth\">Thomas Hand\u00adforth (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=\"600\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u4e0d\u4f1a\u5199\u5b57\u7684\u72ee\u5b50.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u4e0d\u4f1a\u5199\u5b57\u7684\u72ee\u5b50.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u4e0d\u4f1a\u5199\u5b57\u7684\u72ee\u5b50-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u4e0d\u4f1a\u5199\u5b57\u7684\u72ee\u5b50-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u6211\u9009\u6211\u81ea\u5df1-734x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u6211\u9009\u6211\u81ea\u5df1-734x1024.jpg 734w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u6211\u9009\u6211\u81ea\u5df1-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u6211\u9009\u6211\u81ea\u5df1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u6211\u9009\u6211\u81ea\u5df1-768x1071.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u6211\u9009\u6211\u81ea\u5df1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0603_01__Martin-Baltscheit-Die-Geschichte-vom-Fuchs-der-den-Verstand-verlor.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0603_01__Martin-Baltscheit-Die-Geschichte-vom-Fuchs-der-den-Verstand-verlor.jpg 499w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0603_01__Martin-Baltscheit-Die-Geschichte-vom-Fuchs-der-den-Verstand-verlor-299x300.jpg 299w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0603_01__Martin-Baltscheit-Die-Geschichte-vom-Fuchs-der-den-Verstand-verlor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0603_01__Martin-Baltscheit-Die-Geschichte-vom-Fuchs-der-den-Verstand-verlor-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1965: Martin Baltscheit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Ger\u00adman chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, play\u00adwright, and voice actor (1965). His works span philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal themes, absurd fables, and social satire, and he excels at using extreme\u00adly humor\u00adous and absurd sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions to delve into the deep\u00adest emo\u00adtions and real\u00adis\u00adtic issues in chil\u00addren\u2019s lives.<\/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 Sto\u00adry of the Fox Who Lost His Mem\u00ado\u00adry<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Die Geschichte vom Fuchs, der den Ver\u00adstand ver\u00adlor<\/em>(2010) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2011 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP) Pic\u00adture Book Award<\/strong>A heart\u00adwarm\u00ading alle\u00adgo\u00adry con\u00adfronting Alzheimer\u2019s dis\u00adease (demen\u00adtia) and aging. The fox was once the most intel\u00adli\u00adgent and agile hunter in the for\u00adest, pos\u00adsess\u00ading a mas\u00adtery of all sur\u00advival skills; how\u00adev\u00ader, as it grew old, it began to for\u00adget its own name, its hunt\u00ading meth\u00adods, and even that it was a fox. The young fox\u00ades no longer idol\u00adized it, but instead gath\u00adered around it, car\u00ading for it and find\u00ading food for it. The entire book poet\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly and sub\u00adtly depicts the cycle of life and inter\u00adgen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional inclu\u00adsion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Lion Who Could\u00adn\u2019t Write<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Die Geschichte vom L\u00f6wen, der nicht schreiben kon\u00adnte<\/em>(2002) \u2014 The majes\u00adtic king of the jun\u00adgle, a lion, falls in love with a lioness who is read\u00ading. In order to write a love let\u00adter to her, he asks a mon\u00adkey, a hip\u00adpopota\u00admus, and a dung bee\u00adtle to write it for him, which results in a series of hilar\u00adi\u00adous and absurd sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions. In the end, the lioness teach\u00ades him to read her\u00adself.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include the polit\u00adi\u00adcal enlight\u00aden\u00adment pic\u00adture book \u201cI Elect Myself\u201d which explores demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic elec\u00adtions.<em>Ich bin f\u00fcr mich!<\/em>), The humor\u00adous pic\u00adture book about math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adcepts, \u201cThe Lion Who Could\u00adn\u2019t Count to 3\u201c<em>Die Geschichte vom L\u00f6wen, der nicht bis 3 z\u00e4hlen kon\u00adnte<\/em>) and the anti-war dra\u00adma pic\u00adture book \u201cThe Were\u00adwolf War\u201d (<em>Die Belagerung<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Mar\u00adtin Baltscheit |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Baltscheit\">Mar\u00adtin Baltscheit (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.douban.com\/personage\/36795372\/\">Douban Peo\u00adple<\/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=\"812\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0618_01__F.-K.-Waechter-Wir-knnen-noch-viel-zusammen-machen-812x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0618_01__F.-K.-Waechter-Wir-knnen-noch-viel-zusammen-machen-812x1024.jpg 812w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0618_01__F.-K.-Waechter-Wir-knnen-noch-viel-zusammen-machen-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0618_01__F.-K.-Waechter-Wir-knnen-noch-viel-zusammen-machen-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0618_01__F.-K.-Waechter-Wir-knnen-noch-viel-zusammen-machen-768x968.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0618_01__F.-K.-Waechter-Wir-knnen-noch-viel-zusammen-machen.jpg 952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0618_01__F.-K.-Waechter-Der-rote-Wolf.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0618_01__F.-K.-Waechter-Der-rote-Wolf.jpg 473w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0618_01__F.-K.-Waechter-Der-rote-Wolf-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0618_01__F.-K.-Waechter-Der-rote-Wolf-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2005 \u2013 Death: FK Waechter (full name Friedrich Karl Waechter)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Ger\u00adman car\u00adtoon\u00adist, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and play\u00adwright (1937\u20132005). He was one of the core satir\u00adi\u00adcal artists of the post\u00adwar Neue Frank\u00adfurter Schule, known for his extreme\u00adly sharp pen and ink lines, absurd and rebel\u00adlious anti-author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan humor, and pro\u00adfound human\u00adis\u00adtic warmth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Twice award\u00aded the Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP):<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>We can still do many things togeth\u00ader.<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Wir k\u00f6n\u00adnen noch viel zusam\u00admen machen<\/em>(1973) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1975 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize<\/strong>A pio\u00adneer\u00ading pic\u00adture book that rebels against rigid social rules and prej\u00adu\u00addices, encour\u00adag\u00ading chil\u00addren to explore the pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties of life through col\u00adlec\u00adtive coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion and inde\u00adpen\u00addent cre\u00adation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Red Wolf<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Der rote Wolf<\/em>(1998) \u2014 Award&nbsp;<strong>1999 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize<\/strong>A World War II anti-war epic pic\u00adture book. A red wolf cub, orphaned, is adopt\u00aded and raised by a kind human moth\u00ader and daugh\u00adter. Lat\u00ader, war breaks out, bomb\u00ading and ruins destroy the town, and the red wolf returns to the waste\u00adland amidst the cru\u00adel flames of war, res\u00adcu\u00ading a lone\u00adly human baby in a snow\u00adstorm. The work explores the suf\u00adfer\u00ading and redemp\u00adtion across species through rough water\u00adcol\u00adors and sketch\u00ades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Deceased | FK Waechter |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F._K._Waechter\">FK Waechter (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.douban.com\/personage\/27420446\/\">Douban Peo\u00adple<\/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=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ursula-Wolfel-\u706b\u978b\u4e0e\u98ce\u978b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ursula-Wolfel-\u706b\u978b\u4e0e\u98ce\u978b.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ursula-Wolfel-\u706b\u978b\u4e0e\u98ce\u978b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ursula-Wolfel-\u706b\u978b\u4e0e\u98ce\u978b-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ursula-Wolfel-\u706b\u978b\u4e0e\u98ce\u978b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ursula-Wolfel-\u706b\u978b\u4e0e\u98ce\u978b-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ursula-Wolfel-\u60f3\u53d8\u7f8e\u7684\u75a3\u732a-882x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ursula-Wolfel-\u60f3\u53d8\u7f8e\u7684\u75a3\u732a-882x1024.jpg 882w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ursula-Wolfel-\u60f3\u53d8\u7f8e\u7684\u75a3\u732a-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ursula-Wolfel-\u60f3\u53d8\u7f8e\u7684\u75a3\u732a-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ursula-Wolfel-\u60f3\u53d8\u7f8e\u7684\u75a3\u732a-767x891.jpg 767w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ursula-Wolfel-\u60f3\u53d8\u7f8e\u7684\u75a3\u732a.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1922: Ursula W\u00f6lfel<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Ger\u00adman chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer and edu\u00adca\u00adtor (1922\u20132014). She was an impor\u00adtant pio\u00adneer of post\u00adwar Ger\u00adman-lan\u00adguage chil\u00addren\u2019s real\u00adism lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, adept at using extreme\u00adly sim\u00adple and con\u00adcise lan\u00adguage to depict the true psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy of ordi\u00adnary chil\u00addren in post\u00adwar pover\u00adty, infe\u00adri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adty com\u00adplex, and gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional gap, with\u00adout embell\u00adish\u00adment, and full of clear and gen\u00adtle moral strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Hon\u00adors and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At&nbsp;<strong>In 1991, he was award\u00aded the Spe\u00adcial Prize for Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment of the Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP).<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fire Shoes and Wind Shoes<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Feuer\u00adschuh und Wind\u00adsan\u00addale<\/em>(1961) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1962 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize for Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books<\/strong>Tim, a lit\u00adtle boy, was often teased by his class\u00admates for being short and chub\u00adby. On his sev\u00adenth birth\u00adday, his shoe\u00admak\u00ader father gave him a pair of red leather shoes and took him on a sum\u00admer hik\u00ading trip through nature. Along the way, the father and son slept under the stars and expe\u00adri\u00adenced wind and rain. Through a series of vivid sto\u00adries, the father guid\u00aded Tim to accept him\u00adself, and Tim honed his will dur\u00ading the jour\u00adney, grow\u00ading into a cheer\u00adful and con\u00adfi\u00addent young man.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include the humor\u00adous ani\u00admal fairy tale \u201cThe Warthog Who Want\u00aded to Be Beau\u00adti\u00adful\u201d (<em>Blaue Wag\u00adil\u00f6<\/em>), the clas\u00adsic chil\u00addren\u2019s sto\u00adry \u201cThe White Pup\u00adpy\u201d (<em>Geschichte vom kleinen wei\u00dfen Hund<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Ursu\u00adla W\u00f6lfel |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ursula_W%C3%B6lfel\">Ursu\u00adla W\u00f6lfel (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1898\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1aH. A. \u96f7 H. A. Rey\uff08\u539f\u540d Hans Augusto Rey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11036,"comment_status":"open","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-4177","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\/2025\/09\/\u5495\u565c\u725b\u5c01\u9762-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177","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=4177"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11047,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177\/revisions\/11047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}