{"id":4509,"date":"2025-10-09T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=4509"},"modified":"2025-10-12T21:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T13:50:57","slug":"kidsbook_history_1009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2025\/10\/09\/kidsbook_history_1009\/","title":{"rendered":"Octo\u00adber 9: This Day in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book His\u00adto\u00adry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\ud83c\udf82 Katherine Applegate (1956\u2013 )<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer, born in Michi\u00adgan, she is known for her unique ani\u00admal per\u00adspec\u00adtive, envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal themes, and human\u00adis\u00adtic care, and is a lead\u00ading fig\u00adure in con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Her rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works The One and Only IvanThe One and Only Ivan<\/em>, 2012)<\/strong> Inspired by the real sto\u00adry of goril\u00adlas, it explores ani\u00admal rights and free\u00addom. 2013 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>(New\u00adbery Medal).
Apple\u00adgate co-wrote it with her hus\u00adband \u201cDeformed\u201d series (Ani\u00admorphs<\/em>, 1996\u20132001)<\/strong> Blend\u00ading sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion with moral dilem\u00admas, it has sold over 35 mil\u00adlion copies world\u00adwide. Her \u201cEndling\u201d tril\u00ado\u00adgy (2018\u20132020), which explores themes of extinc\u00adtion and hope, was adapt\u00aded into a Dis\u00adney+ film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her works have been pub\u00adlished in Chi\u00adna, includ\u00ading Mon\u00adster Guardian (Willodeen<\/em>) and The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only Ruby<\/em>).
\ud83d\udc49 Kather\u00adine Apple\u00adgate \u2014 Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Johanna Hurwitz (born 1937)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An Amer\u00adi\u00adcan writer born in New York, she is a rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive of real\u00adis\u00adtic chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, hav\u00ading writ\u00adten over 70 books. She is known for her gen\u00adtle humor and del\u00adi\u00adcate obser\u00adva\u00adtion of every\u00adday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her \u201cRiver\u00adside Chil\u00addren\u201d series (River\u00adside Kids<\/em>) depicts the friend\u00adship and growth of city chil\u00addren, such as \u201cBusy Nora\u201d (Busy\u00adbody Nora<\/em>, 1976), which show\u00adcas\u00ades the humor and authen\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adty of the child\u00adhood world through every\u00adday adven\u00adtures.
Hur\u00adwitz\u2019s works have been wide\u00adly includ\u00aded in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan ele\u00admen\u00adtary school read\u00ading sys\u00adtem and trans\u00adlat\u00aded into mul\u00adti\u00adple lan\u00adguages, influ\u00adenc\u00ading the Euro\u00adpean and Asian mar\u00adkets.
\ud83d\udc49 Johan\u00adna Hur\u00adwitz \u2014 Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udcd8 CookiesCookie<\/em>) Publishing and the \u201cage rating\u201d controversy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On Octo\u00adber 9, 2008, the famous British writer Jacque\u00adline Wil\u00adson<\/strong>Jacque\u00adline Wil\u00adson pub\u00adlished the nov\u00adel Cook\u00adieCook\u00adie<\/em>), illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Nick Shar\u00adratt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wil\u00adson is known for her \u201cgrit\u00adty real\u00adism\u201d. Her works often fea\u00adture 11- or 12-year-old girls as the pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnists, and direct\u00adly address issues such as domes\u00adtic vio\u00adlence, school bul\u00adly\u00ading and pover\u00adty.
Beau\u00adty Cook\u00adson, the pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist of \u201cCook\u00adie\u201d, suf\u00adfers bul\u00adly\u00ading at school and is emo\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly con\u00adtrolled by her father at home. Her self-awak\u00aden\u00ading and growth demon\u00adstrate the courage of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture in fac\u00ading \u201cadult real\u00adi\u00adty\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcda When the book was pub\u00adlished, the British pub\u00adlish\u00ading indus\u00adtry was in the midst of a heat\u00aded debate about age-band\u00ading for chil\u00addren\u2019s books. The pub\u00adlish\u00ader, Dou\u00adble\u00adday, labeled Cook\u00adies \u201c9+,\u201d but Wil\u00adson strong\u00adly opposed this prac\u00adtice, believ\u00ading that \u201cage should not be a bound\u00adary for read\u00ading.\u201c
This debate became a rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive event in the con\u00adflict between the com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adiza\u00adtion of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and cre\u00adative free\u00addom in British pub\u00adlish\u00ading his\u00adto\u00adry.
\ud83d\udc49 Jacque\u00adline Wil\u00adson \u2014 Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f The attack on Malala: From tragedy to global education movement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On Octo\u00adber 9, 2012, Pak\u00adistani edu\u00adca\u00adtion activist Malala Yousafzai<\/strong>Malala Yousafzai was shot while walk\u00ading home from school. Fif\u00adteen years old, she was tar\u00adget\u00aded by the Tal\u00adiban for her advo\u00adca\u00adcy for girls\u2019 right to edu\u00adca\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mirac\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly, she sur\u00advived and con\u00adtin\u00adued to speak out peace\u00adful\u00adly, becom\u00ading a glob\u00adal sym\u00adbol of equal edu\u00adca\u00adtion rights. Nobel Peace Prize<\/strong>, becom\u00ading the youngest win\u00adner in his\u00adto\u00adry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcd6 Malala\u2019s teenage mem\u00adoir, co-authored with Patri\u00adcia McCormick
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Edu\u00adca\u00adtion and Changed the WorldI Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Edu\u00adca\u00adtion and Changed the World<\/em>)<\/strong>
She wants mid\u00addle school stu\u00addents around the world to under\u00adstand edu\u00adca\u00adtion, faith, and courage through her per\u00adspec\u00adtive. She empha\u00adsized, \u201cI don\u2019t want peo\u00adple to remem\u00adber the girl who was shot by the Tal\u00adiban, but the girl who fought for edu\u00adca\u00adtion.\u201d
\ud83d\udc49 Malala Yousafzai \u2014 Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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