{"id":4536,"date":"2025-10-12T09:56:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T01:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=4536"},"modified":"2025-10-12T21:50:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T13:50:01","slug":"kidsbook_history_1012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2025\/10\/12\/kidsbook_history_1012\/","title":{"rendered":"Octo\u00adber 12: This Day in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book His\u00adto\u00adry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1970 \u2014 Feodor Rojankovsky (1891\u20131970) dies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fyo\u00addor Rod\u00adhankovsky, the Russ\u00adian-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan illus\u00adtra\u00adtor who was one of the most influ\u00aden\u00adtial artists in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pic\u00adture book indus\u00adtry dur\u00ading the mid-20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, has died in Bronxville, New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfa8 Natural colors full of vitality<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rod\u00adjankovsky is known for his vibrant\u00adly col\u00adored, flu\u00adid illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly depict\u00ading ani\u00admals and nat\u00adur\u00adal scenes. His career spanned Europe and the Unit\u00aded States, from the French P\u00e8re Cas\u00adtor series to Ran\u00addom House pic\u00adture books, lay\u00ading the foun\u00adda\u00adtion for the visu\u00adal style of post\u00adwar Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcd8 Representative Works and Honors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

His illus\u00adtrat\u00aded retold ver\u00adsion of the bal\u00adlad The Frogs\u2019 Wed\u00adding for John LangstaffFrog Went A\u2011Courtin\u2019<\/em>, 1955) drew illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for the book and won the Calde\u00adcott Medal in 1956 for its humor\u00adous and dra\u00admat\u00adic ani\u00admal fig\u00adures.
This work trans\u00adforms a four-hun\u00addred-year-old folk song into a vivid visu\u00adal nar\u00adra\u00adtive, becom\u00ading a clas\u00adsic in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pic\u00adture books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc49 Feodor Rojankovsky \u2014 Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2017 \u2014 Joan W. Blos (1928\u20132017) died<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author and edu\u00adca\u00adtor, who died in Ann Arbor, Michi\u00adgan. Her his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal nov\u00adels hold a unique place in the his\u00adto\u00adry of children\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture for their lit\u00ader\u00adary and edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal val\u00adue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcd6 \u201cThe Diary That Never Grows Old\u201d and Women\u2019s Writing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cThe Diary That Nev\u00ader Grows Old\u201cA Gath\u00ader\u00ading of Days: A New Eng\u00adland Girl\u2019s Jour\u00adnal, 1830\u201332<\/em>, 1979) describes the growth of 13-year-old girl Kather\u00adine Hall in diary form, del\u00adi\u00adcate\u00adly recre\u00adat\u00ading life in 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry New Eng\u00adland.
The book won the 1980 New\u00adbery Medal and the Nation\u00adal Book Award for its for\u00admal inno\u00adva\u00adtion and his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal authen\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adty, and is hailed as \u201ca lit\u00ader\u00adary bridge for young read\u00aders to under\u00adstand Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adto\u00adry and moral choic\u00ades.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc49 Joan Blos \u2014 Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1908 \u2014 Ann Petry (1908\u20131997)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author, born in Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut, was one of the first black female writ\u00aders to achieve com\u00admer\u00adcial suc\u00adcess in the main\u00adstream lit\u00ader\u00adary world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u270a\ud83c\udffd The bridge between civil rights and children\u2019s education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Although the adult nov\u00adel StreetThe Street<\/em>, 1946), Petry also wrote young adult nov\u00adels and biogra\u00adphies, such as Har\u00adri\u00adet Tub\u00adman: Free\u00addom\u2019s Engine (Har\u00adri\u00adet Tub\u00adman: Con\u00adduc\u00adtor on the Under\u00adground Rail\u00adroad<\/em>, 1955), offer\u00ading young read\u00aders a win\u00addow into African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adto\u00adry and the civ\u00adil rights move\u00adment.
She depicts the tenac\u00adi\u00adty and dig\u00adni\u00adty of black women with con\u00adcise and sin\u00adcere strokes, which has had a pro\u00adfound impact on the mul\u00adti\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal writ\u00ading of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc49 Ann Petry \u2014 Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1916 \u2013 Alice Childress (1916\u20131994)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amer\u00adi\u00adcan play\u00adwright, nov\u00adel\u00adist, and actor, born in Charleston, South Car\u00adoli\u00adna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfad From stage to young adult novel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Chil\u00address was the first black female play\u00adwright to win the Nation\u00adal Dra\u00adma Crit\u00adics Cir\u00adcle Award on the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan stage. Her rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work is \u201cLike Fam\u00adi\u00adly\u201cLike One of the Fam\u00adi\u00adly<\/em>, 1956) uses dia\u00adlogue to depict the every\u00adday wis\u00addom and humor of black female work\u00aders.
The 1973 teen nov\u00adel A Hero is But a Sand\u00adwichA Hero Ain\u2019t Noth\u00adin\u2019 but a Sand\u00adwich<\/em>) direct\u00adly con\u00adfronts drugs, prej\u00adu\u00addice, and fam\u00adi\u00adly dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties, and is hailed as a pio\u00adneer\u00ading work of black youth lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc49 Alice Chil\u00address \u2014 Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udcda Further reading<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • Frog Went A\u2011Courtin\u2019<\/em> \u2014 John Langstaff & Feodor Rojankovsky (1955)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • A Gath\u00ader\u00ading of Days<\/em> \u2014 Joan W. Blos (1979)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Har\u00adri\u00adet Tub\u00adman: Con\u00adduc\u00adtor on the Under\u00adground Rail\u00adroad<\/em> \u2014 Ann Petry (1955)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • A Hero Ain\u2019t Noth\u00adin\u2019 but a Sand\u00adwich<\/em> \u2014 Alice Chil\u00address (1973)<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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