{"id":4219,"date":"2025-09-22T06:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2026-09-20T20:22:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T12:22:39","slug":"kidsbook_history_0922","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2025\/09\/22\/kidsbook_history_0922\/","title":{"rendered":"This Day in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book His\u00adto\u00adry: Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922Keeping\u7684\u4e66.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922Keeping\u7684\u4e66.jpg 286w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922Keeping\u7684\u4e66-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922Keeping\u7684\u4e66-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charley, Char\u00adlotte and the Gold\u00aden Canary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"785\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0308_02__Charles-Keeping-The-Highwayman-785x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0308_02__Charles-Keeping-The-Highwayman-785x1024.jpg 785w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0308_02__Charles-Keeping-The-Highwayman-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0308_02__Charles-Keeping-The-Highwayman-768x1001.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0308_02__Charles-Keeping-The-Highwayman-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0308_02__Charles-Keeping-The-Highwayman.jpg 1001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1975_Charles-Keeping_Railway-passage_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1975_Charles-Keeping_Railway-passage_a.jpg 608w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1975_Charles-Keeping_Railway-passage_a-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1975_Charles-Keeping_Railway-passage_a-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1973_Charles-Keeping_The-spiders-web_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1973_Charles-Keeping_The-spiders-web_a.jpg 607w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1973_Charles-Keeping_The-spiders-web_a-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1973_Charles-Keeping_The-spiders-web_a-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1924 \u2013 Born: Charles Keeping<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned British chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and lith\u00ado\u00adg\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader (1924\u20131988). He was one of the cen\u00adtral fig\u00adures of the 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry British visu\u00adal expres\u00adsion\u00adist rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion in pic\u00adture books, along\u00adside Bri\u00adan Will\u00adsmith and John Burn\u00ading\u00adham. He pio\u00adneered the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion of com\u00adplex lith\u00ado\u00adg\u00adra\u00adphy tech\u00adniques, mod\u00adernist geo\u00admet\u00adric abstrac\u00adtion, dis\u00adtort\u00aded and pow\u00ader\u00adful lines, and deep, even some\u00adwhat Goth\u00adic, urban psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal light\u00ading into chil\u00addren\u2019s books, thor\u00adough\u00adly expand\u00ading the breadth and seri\u00adous\u00adness of chil\u00addren\u2019s visu\u00adal art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>World-class awards and rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Twice award\u00aded the Kate Green\u00adaway Medal (CIL):<\/strong>&nbsp;In 1967, he starred in \u201cChar\u00adlie, Char\u00adlotte and the Canary\u201d (<em>Charley, Char\u00adlotte and the Gold\u00aden Canary<\/em>He won his first award in 1981 for his work on Alfred Noyce\u2019s clas\u00adsic nar\u00adra\u00adtive poem, *High\u00adway Rob\u00adbers*.<em>The High\u00adway\u00adman<\/em>His black-and-white hor\u00adror illus\u00adtra\u00adtions have once again won the Green\u00adaway Medal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Two Grand Prizes at the Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (BIB):<\/strong>&nbsp;In 1973, with \u201cSpi\u00adder Web\u201d (<em>The Spi\u00adder\u2019s Web<\/em>)&nbsp;<strong>BIB Hon\u00adors and Awards<\/strong>In 1975, he won the award for his self-writ\u00adten and self-paint\u00aded mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, \u201cRail\u00adway Pas\u00adsage\u201d (<em>Rail\u00adway Pas\u00adsage<\/em>) Vic\u00adto\u00adry&nbsp;<strong>BIB Gold\u00aden Apple Award<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They were award\u00aded in 1974.&nbsp;<strong>High\u00adly Com\u00admend\u00aded by the Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Best Artist<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Joseph\u2019s Yard<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Joseph\u2019s Yard<\/em>(1969) \u2014 A philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal alle\u00adgo\u00adry mas\u00adter\u00adpiece writ\u00adten and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Kai Ping: A young boy named Joseph plants a small rose in the mud\u00addy ground of a cramped and des\u00ado\u00adlate city court\u00adyard. To pos\u00adsess its beau\u00adty, Joseph first picks the first flower, caus\u00ading it to with\u00ader. Then, to \u201cpro\u00adtect\u201d it, he cov\u00aders the flower with a piece of black tin, near\u00adly killing it. Through the sea\u00adsons and the nest\u00ading of birds, Joseph final\u00adly under\u00adstands the true mean\u00ading of let\u00adting go and respect\u00ading the nat\u00adur\u00adal growth of life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He wrote the clas\u00adsic his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal nov\u00adel *The Red-Clad War\u00adriors* by Rose\u00admary Sut\u00adcliff.<em>War\u00adrior Scar\u00adlet<\/em>), The Knight\u2019s Reward (<em>Knight\u2019s Fee<\/em>He cre\u00adat\u00aded ink line illus\u00adtra\u00adtions with a strong sense of pri\u00admal, wild pow\u00ader, and also pro\u00adduced stun\u00adning and time\u00adless wood\u00adblock print illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for the com\u00adplete works of Dick\u00adens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Charles Keep\u00ading |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Keeping?utm_source=gemini\">Charles Keep\u00ading (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 aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50.jpg 504w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Caps for Sale (Chi\u00adnese ver\u00adsion)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50\u7684\u753b\u5bb6.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50\u7684\u753b\u5bb6.jpg 190w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50\u7684\u753b\u5bb6-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Esphyr Slo\u00adbod\u00adki\u00adna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1908 \u2013 Born: Esphyr Slobodkina<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Russ\u00adian-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan artist, chil\u00addren\u2019s book author, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and sculp\u00adtor (1908\u20132002). Born in Chelyabin\u00adsk, Rus\u00adsia, she immi\u00adgrat\u00aded to the Unit\u00aded States ear\u00adly in her life and became one of the co-founders of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Abstract Artists. She pio\u00adneered the inte\u00adgra\u00adtion of pure mod\u00adern hard-edge abstrac\u00adtion with min\u00adi\u00admal\u00adist paper-cut\u00adting col\u00adlage into chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture books, cre\u00adat\u00ading works char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by pure col\u00adors, a strong sense of form, and a whim\u00adsi\u00adcal sense of humor.<\/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>Sell\u00ading Hats<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Ped\u00addler, Some Mon\u00adkeys and Their Mon\u00adkey Busi\u00adness<\/em>(1940) \u2014 Select\u00aded for \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d this book has been a glob\u00adal best\u00adseller for over eighty years and is con\u00adsid\u00adered essen\u00adtial read\u00ading for ear\u00adly child\u00adhood read\u00ading and chil\u00addren\u2019s dra\u00adma in the Unit\u00aded States. The sto\u00adry tells of an unusu\u00adal hat ven\u00addor who walks the streets with all his hats stacked on top of his head\u2014first his own plaid hat, then a stack of gray hats, a stack of brown hats, a stack of blue hats, and final\u00adly a stack of red hats on top. One day, he wakes up from a nap under a tree to find that all his hats, except for his plaid hat, have been stolen and worn by mon\u00adkeys in the tree. The ven\u00addor angri\u00adly stomps his feet, punch\u00ades his fists, and roars, but the mon\u00adkeys in the tree sim\u00adply mim\u00adic his actions. Final\u00adly, in despair, the ven\u00addor slams his plaid hat to the ground, and the mon\u00adkeys also take off their hats and throw them to the ground, allow\u00ading the ven\u00addor to suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly retrieve all his hats. The book, with its light\u00adheart\u00aded mim\u00adic\u00adry and dra\u00admat\u00adic ten\u00adsion, has become a humor\u00adous land\u00admark in pic\u00adture book his\u00adto\u00adry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Esphyr Slo\u00adbod\u00adki\u00adna |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Esphyr_Slobodkina?utm_source=gemini\">Esphyr Slo\u00adbod\u00adki\u00adna (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 aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5706\u623f\u5b50\u548c\u65b9\u623f\u5b50.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5706\u623f\u5b50\u548c\u65b9\u623f\u5b50.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5706\u623f\u5b50\u548c\u65b9\u623f\u5b50-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5706\u623f\u5b50\u548c\u65b9\u623f\u5b50-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5706\u623f\u5b50\u548c\u65b9\u623f\u5b50-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5706\u623f\u5b50\u548c\u65b9\u623f\u5b50-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vil\u00adlage of Round and Square Hous\u00ades Chi\u00adnese ver\u00adsion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1929 \u2013 Born: Ann Grifalconi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s book illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, author, and visu\u00adal anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgist (1929\u20132020). Her works com\u00adbine a pro\u00adfound cross-cul\u00adtur\u00adal per\u00adspec\u00adtive with keen field obser\u00adva\u00adtion skills. She was adept at using gouache, col\u00adored crayons, and col\u00adlages with rich tex\u00adtures and light and shad\u00adow to show\u00adcase the liv\u00ading wis\u00addom and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal vil\u00adlages in Africa, Latin Amer\u00adi\u00adca, and oth\u00ader parts of the world.<\/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 Vil\u00adlage of Square and Round Hous\u00ades<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Vil\u00adlage of Round and Square Hous\u00ades<\/em>(1986) \u2014 Award&nbsp;<strong>1987 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>The sto\u00adry is based on the remote vil\u00adlage of Tos, nes\u00adtled at the foot of an ancient vol\u00adcano in Cameroon, West Africa. In this vil\u00adlage, men live in square hous\u00ades, and women in round ones. Through her grand\u00admoth\u00ader\u2019s nar\u00adra\u00adtion, the lit\u00adtle girl learns that this tra\u00addi\u00adtion stems from the ancient wis\u00addom of her ances\u00adtors, devel\u00adoped after a vol\u00adcanic erup\u00adtion, to avoid con\u00adflict and har\u00admo\u00adnious\u00adly rebuild their homes amidst the ruins. Grefa\u00adconi vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the vital\u00adi\u00adty of the African plains and the warmth of inter\u00adgen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty life with deep, sun\u00adny orange and earthy brown pas\u00adtel col\u00adors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include Lucille Clifton\u2019s famous poem, \u201cThe Farewell of Everett Ander\u00adson\u201d (<em>Everett Ander\u00adson\u00ad\u2019s Good\u00adbye<\/em>A heart\u00adwarm\u00ading black and white illus\u00adtra\u00adtion drawn by [author\u2019s name].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Ann Gri\u00adfal\u00adconi |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ann_Grifalconi?utm_source=gemini\">Ann Gri\u00adfal\u00adconi (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 aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"986\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922Ruth-Hurlimann-986x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922Ruth-Hurlimann-986x1024.jpg 986w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922Ruth-Hurlimann-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922Ruth-Hurlimann-768x798.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922Ruth-Hurlimann-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922Ruth-Hurlimann.jpg 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1971 BIB Plaque Award-win\u00adning work \u201cThe City Mouse and the Coun\u00adtry Mouse\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1975_Ruth-Hurlimann_Katze-und-Maus-in-Gesellschaft_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1975_Ruth-Hurlimann_Katze-und-Maus-in-Gesellschaft_a.jpg 795w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1975_Ruth-Hurlimann_Katze-und-Maus-in-Gesellschaft_a-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1975_Ruth-Hurlimann_Katze-und-Maus-in-Gesellschaft_a-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1975_Ruth-Hurlimann_Katze-und-Maus-in-Gesellschaft_a-767x628.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1975_Ruth-Hurlimann_Katze-und-Maus-in-Gesellschaft_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1975_Ruth-Hurlimann_Katze-und-Maus-in-Gesellschaft_d.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1975_Ruth-Hurlimann_Katze-und-Maus-in-Gesellschaft_d-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1975_Ruth-Hurlimann_Katze-und-Maus-in-Gesellschaft_d-15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1939: Ruth H\u00fcrlimann<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Swiss chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and author (1939). A grad\u00adu\u00adate of the Zurich Acad\u00ade\u00admy of Fine Arts, she was a lead\u00ading fig\u00adure in the Euro\u00adpean neo\u00adclas\u00adsi\u00adcal pic\u00adture book style of the 1970s. Her style is ele\u00adgant and dig\u00adni\u00adfied, and she excels at using high\u00adly lay\u00adered and metic\u00adu\u00adlous hatch\u00ading, rich and sta\u00adble retro water\u00adcol\u00ador tones, and dra\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly tran\u00adquil frame com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions to breathe mod\u00adern life into ancient folk fables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Twice award\u00aded the Plaque at the Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB):<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>City Rats and Coun\u00adtry Rats<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Stadt\u00admaus und Land\u00admaus<\/em>(1970) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>Plaque Award, 1971 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>This book retells Aesop\u2019s clas\u00adsic fables, con\u00adtrast\u00ading the tran\u00adquil\u00adi\u00adty and ease of coun\u00adtry mice with the fear and anx\u00adi\u00adety of wealthy city mice under the shad\u00adow of lux\u00adu\u00adri\u00adous cheese and vicious hunt\u00ading dogs from a del\u00adi\u00adcate and warm micro\u00adscop\u00adic per\u00adspec\u00adtive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cTom and Jer\u00adry Become Friends\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft<\/em>(1973) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>Plaque Award, 1975 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>Swiss Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book Award: Adapt\u00aded from the clas\u00adsic Grim\u00adm\u2019s Fairy Tales. The cat and mouse buy a jar of lard and hide it under the church floor to pre\u00adpare for win\u00adter. The cun\u00adning cat repeat\u00aded\u00adly lies about attend\u00ading bap\u00adtisms, secret\u00adly eat\u00ading the lard\u2014\u201cscratching off a lay\u00ader,\u201d \u201ceat\u00ading half,\u201d until it\u2019s \u201ccom\u00adplete\u00adly devoured,\u201d ulti\u00admate\u00adly reveal\u00ading its fero\u00adcious beast\u00adly nature. Sch\u00fcr\u00adrle\u00adman, with his calm, objec\u00adtive, and sus\u00adpense\u00adful visu\u00adal rhythm, presents the real\u00adis\u00adtic sur\u00advival rules of folk tales.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Ruth H\u00fcr\u00adli\u00admann |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/www.sikart.ch\/KuenstlerInnen.aspx%253Fid%253D4003259&amp;utm_source=gemini\">Ruth H\u00fcr\u00adli\u00admann (Sikart)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5495\u565c\u725b\u5c01\u9762-1-221x300.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5495\u565c\u725b\u5c01\u9762-1-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5495\u565c\u725b\u5c01\u9762-1-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5495\u565c\u725b\u5c01\u9762-1-768x1041.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5495\u565c\u725b\u5c01\u9762-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5495\u565c\u725b\u5c01\u9762-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 2024: Mal\u00adcolm Don\u00adald\u00adson, hus\u00adband of British children\u2019s author Julia Don\u00adald\u00adson, dies. Although not direct\u00adly involved in the writ\u00ading of Donaldson\u2019s books, he sup\u00adport\u00aded her career as a pedi\u00ada\u00adtri\u00adcian. His mas\u00adter\u00adpieces, such as The Gruffa\u00adlo, are beloved by chil\u00addren world\u00adwide.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/nibanews\/page.asp?id=10679\">The Don\u00adald\u00adsons vis\u00adit\u00aded Chi\u00adna togeth\u00ader in March 2007 and told sto\u00adries to chil\u00addren in libraries and book\u00adstores in Bei\u00adjing.<\/a>, Mal\u00adcolm played gui\u00adtar and Julia sang the sto\u00adry of the Gruffa\u00adlo. This pedi\u00ada\u00adtri\u00adcian who also had great achieve\u00adments in the med\u00adical field and spe\u00adcial\u00adized in endocrinol\u00ado\u00adgy,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.panmacmillan.com\/blogs\/books-for-children\/in-memory-of-malcolm-donaldson\">He is often called \u201cDr. Gruffa\u00adlo\u201d by his young patients.<\/a>(Dr. Gruffa\u00adlo).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5510\u7eb3\u68ee\u592b\u5987-1024x575.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5510\u7eb3\u68ee\u592b\u5987-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5510\u7eb3\u68ee\u592b\u5987-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5510\u7eb3\u68ee\u592b\u5987-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5510\u7eb3\u68ee\u592b\u5987-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5510\u7eb3\u68ee\u592b\u5987-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u5510\u7eb3\u68ee\u592b\u5987.jpg 1657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Don\u00adald\u00adson cou\u00adple often tell sto\u00adries to chil\u00addren togeth\u00ader<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1924\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u67e5\u5c14\u65af\u00b7\u51ef\u5e73 Charles Keeping \u82f1\u56fd\u8457\u540d\u513f\u7ae5\u56fe\u753b\u4e66\u4f5c\u5bb6\u3001\u63d2\u753b [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4220,"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-4219","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\/\u5510\u7eb3\u68ee\u592b\u5987.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219","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=4219"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11080,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219\/revisions\/11080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}