{"id":4219,"date":"2025-09-22T06:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2025-10-12T21:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T13:56:56","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":"
Caps for Sale (Chi\u00adnese ver\u00adsion)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Esphyr Slo\u00adbod\u00adki\u00adna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Select\u00aded his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 <\/strong>Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 22, 1908 \u2013 Born: Russ\u00adian-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan artist, chil\u00addren\u2019s book author, and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Esphyr Slo\u00adbod\u00adki\u00adna (1908\u20132002) was born in Chelyabin\u00adsk, Rus\u00adsia. Her clas\u00adsic pic\u00adture book, \u201cCaps for Sale,\u201d fea\u00adtur\u00ading a ped\u00addler sell\u00ading hats, is renowned for its abstract art style. It has been trans\u00adlat\u00aded into numer\u00adous lan\u00adguages and has become an Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s clas\u00adsic, pro\u00admot\u00ading artis\u00adtic inno\u00adva\u00adtion in chil\u00addren\u2019s books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charley, Char\u00adlotte and the Gold\u00aden Canary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 <\/strong>Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 22, 1924 \u2014 Born: British illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Charles Keep\u00ading (1924\u20131988) was born in Lon\u00addon. He illus\u00adtrat\u00aded many chil\u00addren\u2019s books, such as The Black Doll and Rail\u00adway Pas\u00adsage, and his gloomy and expres\u00adsive style influ\u00adenced the devel\u00adop\u00adment of British chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture illus\u00adtra\u00adtion. He was known for his illus\u00adtrat\u00aded books Charley, Char\u00adlotte and the Gold\u00aden Canary and his illus\u00adtra\u00adtions of Alfred Noyes\u2019 poems.The High\u00adway\u00adman<\/strong>His illus\u00adtra\u00adtions won the Kate Green\u00adaway Medal twice, in 1967 and 1981. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vil\u00adlage of Round and Square Hous\u00ades Chi\u00adnese ver\u00adsion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 22, 1929 \u2014 Born: Amer\u00adi\u00adcan children\u2019s book author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Ann Gri\u00adfal\u00adconi (1929\u20132020) was born in New York. She cre\u00adat\u00aded many pic\u00adture books focus\u00ading on the expe\u00adri\u00adences of African-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren, such as Vil\u00adlage of Round and Square Hous\u00ades, which won the Sil\u00adver Calde\u00adcott Medal in 1987 and empha\u00adsized cul\u00adtur\u00adal diver\u00adsi\u00adty and social themes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oth\u00ader alter\u00adna\u00adtive events <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1971 BIB Plaque Award-win\u00adning work \u201cThe City Mouse and the Coun\u00adtry Mouse\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 1939: Swiss chil\u00addren\u2019s book illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Ruth H\u00fcr\u00adli\u00admann was born. She is best known for her pic\u00adture book \u201cThe Cat and Mouse Who Shared a House,\u201d which won the 1976 Mil\u00addred L. Batchelder Award. Her work, which blends folk\u00adlore with vibrant illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, enriched the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal reach of Swiss chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. She was award\u00aded the BIB Plaque Award twice, in 1971 and 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\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.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,He is often called \u201cDr. Gruffa\u00adlo\u201d by his young patients.<\/a>(Dr. Gruffa\u00adlo).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Don\u00adald\u00adson cou\u00adple often tell sto\u00adries to chil\u00addren togeth\u00ader<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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