{"id":4489,"date":"2025-10-07T09:17:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=4489"},"modified":"2025-10-12T21:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T13:51:33","slug":"kidsbook_history_1007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2025\/10\/07\/kidsbook_history_1007\/","title":{"rendered":"Octo\u00adber 7: This Day in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book His\u00adto\u00adry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\ud83c\udf82 Octo\u00adber 7, 1942:Susan Jef\u00adfers (1942\u20132020), Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s illus\u00adtra\u00adtor<\/a>Born in New Jer\u00adsey, she won the 1974 Calde\u00adcott Medal and the 1975 Gold\u00aden Apple Award at the Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion Bien\u00adnale (BIB) for her pic\u00adture book Three Jovial Hunts\u00admen: A Moth\u00ader Goose Rhyme (1973). Her beau\u00adti\u00adful illus\u00adtra\u00adtions have advanced the nar\u00adra\u00adtives of nature and cul\u00adture in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. Her illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for Broth\u00ader Eagle, Sis\u00adter Sky and Stop\u00adping by Woods on a Snowy Evening are also pop\u00adu\u00adlar in Chi\u00adna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Octo\u00adber 7, 1929 \u2014 Born:Robert West\u00adall (1929\u20131993), British chil\u00addren\u2019s author<\/a>Born in North Shields, Northum\u00adber\u00adland, he is best known for his young adult nov\u00adels The Machine Gun\u00adners (1975) and A Time of Fire (1981), win\u00adners of the Carnegie Medal in 1975 and 1981 respec\u00adtive\u00adly. His works, which depict com\u00ading-of-age and courage against the back\u00addrop of World War II, have pro\u00admot\u00aded real\u00adis\u00adtic nar\u00adra\u00adtives in British chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Octo\u00adber 7, 1893 \u2014 Born:Alice Dal\u00adgliesh (1893\u20131979), Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s author and edi\u00adtor<\/a>Born in Trinidad. She is best known for her his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal nov\u00adel The Bear on Hem\u00adlock Moun\u00adtain.The Bears on Hem\u00adlock Moun\u00adtain<\/a><\/em>, 1952) and won the New\u00adbery Medal in 1953. He also wrote The Sil\u00adver Pen\u00adcil (The Sil\u00adver Pen\u00adcil<\/a><\/em>, 1944) won the 1945 New\u00adbery Medal, and A Jour\u00adney of Courage (The Courage of Sarah Noble<\/a><\/em>, 1954) won the 1955 New\u00adbery Medal and pro\u00admot\u00aded adven\u00adture and moral nar\u00adra\u00adtive in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udf82 Octo\u00adber 7, 1932 \u2014 Born: Bul\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adan illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Rumen Sko\u00adr\u010dev was born in Sofia. He is known for his pic\u00adture book illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, which com\u00adbine folk art with mod\u00adern styles.Majs\u00adtor Chans Rjok\u00adle i mis\u00adtar Ognenog<\/strong>\u300bwon the 1973 andDet\u00adst\u00advo moe, Sti\u00adchotvoreni\u00adja Tom treti<\/strong>\u300bWon the Medal Award and Hon\u00adorary Rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtion at the 1979 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion Bien\u00adnale (BIB), pro\u00admot\u00ading visu\u00adal inno\u00adva\u00adtion in East\u00adern Euro\u00adpean chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u26b0\ufe0f October 7, 2014 \u2014 Death:<\/strong> Zylfar Keatley Snyder<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Amer\u00adi\u00adcan writer of chil\u00addren\u2019s and young adult fic\u00adtionZyl\u00adfar Keat\u00adley Sny\u00adder<\/strong>(Zil\u00adpha Keat\u00adley Sny\u00adder, 1927\u20132014)<\/a>She died in San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco. She cre\u00adat\u00aded near\u00adly 50 works dur\u00ading her life\u00adtime and was rec\u00adog\u00adnized as a mas\u00adter of fan\u00adta\u00adsy lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and real\u00adis\u00adtic adven\u00adture in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n