{"id":5373,"date":"2025-12-12T05:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=5373"},"modified":"2025-12-11T20:28:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T12:28:23","slug":"kidsbook_history_1212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2025\/12\/12\/kidsbook_history_1212\/","title":{"rendered":"Decem\u00adber 12: Today in the His\u00adto\u00adry of Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clifford-the-Big-Red-Dog.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clifford-the-Big-Red-Dog.jpg 495w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clifford-the-Big-Red-Dog-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clifford-the-Big-Red-Dog-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ver\u00adsion 1.0.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5927\u7ea2\u72d7\u514b\u91cc\u5f17.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5927\u7ea2\u72d7\u514b\u91cc\u5f17.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5927\u7ea2\u72d7\u514b\u91cc\u5f17-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5927\u7ea2\u72d7\u514b\u91cc\u5f17-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5927\u7ea2\u72d7\u514b\u91cc\u5f17-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5927\u7ea2\u72d7\u514b\u91cc\u5f17-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2014\u5e7412\u670812\u65e5--\u901d\u4e16-\u8bfa\u5c14\u66fc\u4f2f\u5fb7\u97e6\u5c14\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>December 12, 2014 \u2014 Passed away<\/strong>&nbsp;Norman Birdwell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan writer and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor<strong>Nor\u00adman Bird\u00adwell<\/strong>Nor\u00adman Brid\u00adwell (1928\u20132014) died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He is the author of the clas\u00adsic Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s book series **Clif\u00adford the Big Red Dog**.<em>Clif\u00adford the Big Red Dog<\/em>The cre\u00adator of (the first edi\u00adtion in 1963).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Influ\u00adence:<\/strong>&nbsp;Clif\u00adford, a red dog even big\u00adger than a house, became a child\u00adhood com\u00adpan\u00adion for many chil\u00addren with his loy\u00adal, kind, but often well-inten\u00adtioned yet mis\u00adguid\u00aded char\u00adac\u00adter. The series was not only adapt\u00aded into a pop\u00adu\u00adlar ani\u00admat\u00aded film, but was also includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>Death<\/strong>&nbsp;| Nor\u00adman Brid\u00adwell |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norman_Bridwell\">Nor\u00adman Brid\u00adwell (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 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Pied-Piper-of-Hamelin.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Pied-Piper-of-Hamelin.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Pied-Piper-of-Hamelin-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Pied-Piper-of-Hamelin-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u54c8\u9ed8\u6797\u7684\u82b1\u8863\u5439\u7b1b\u4eba.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u54c8\u9ed8\u6797\u7684\u82b1\u8863\u5439\u7b1b\u4eba.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u54c8\u9ed8\u6797\u7684\u82b1\u8863\u5439\u7b1b\u4eba-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1889\u5e7412\u670812\u65e5--\u901d\u4e16-\u7f57\u4f2f\u7279\u52c3\u6717\u5b81\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>December 12, 1889 \u2013 Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;Robert Browning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Major poets of the Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan era in Eng\u00adland<strong>Robert Brown\u00ading<\/strong>Robert Brown\u00ading (1812\u20131889) died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>His famous nar\u00adra\u00adtive poem<strong>Hamelin\u2019s Pied Piper<\/strong>-<em>The Pied Piper of Hamelin<\/em>It was orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly writ\u00adten for actor William Macready\u2019s sick son.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;This adap\u00adta\u00adtion of a Ger\u00adman folk\u00adtale about bro\u00adken promis\u00ades and revenge, with its catchy rhyme and dra\u00admat\u00adic ele\u00adments, has become a clas\u00adsic in chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. It has been rein\u00adter\u00adpret\u00aded by count\u00adless illus\u00adtra\u00adtors and is spe\u00adcial\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>Death<\/strong>&nbsp;Robert Brown\u00ading |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Browning\">Robert Brown\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 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lassie-Come-Home-677x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lassie-Come-Home-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lassie-Come-Home-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lassie-Come-Home-768x1161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lassie-Come-Home-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lassie-Come-Home.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"925\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u7075\u72ac\u83b1\u897f\u65e7\u7248-1024x925.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u7075\u72ac\u83b1\u897f\u65e7\u7248-1024x925.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u7075\u72ac\u83b1\u897f\u65e7\u7248-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u7075\u72ac\u83b1\u897f\u65e7\u7248-768x693.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u7075\u72ac\u83b1\u897f\u65e7\u7248-13x12.jpg 13w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u7075\u72ac\u83b1\u897f\u65e7\u7248.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1954\u5e7412\u670812\u65e5--\u901d\u4e16-\u739b\u683c\u4e3d\u7279\u514b\u59c6\u65af\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>December 12, 1954 \u2013 Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;Margaret Koms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>British-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan artist and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor<strong>Mar\u00adgaret Koms<\/strong>Mar\u00adguerite Kirmse (1885\u20131954) died. She was known for her etch\u00adings and\u2026<strong>\u72d7<\/strong>It is known for its vivid depic\u00adtions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One of her most famous achieve\u00adments was for<strong>Eric Knight<\/strong>Eric Knight\u2019s clas\u00adsic nov\u00adel<strong>Lassie the Good Dog<\/strong>-<em>Lassie Come-Home<\/em>The book (pub\u00adlished in 1940) fea\u00adtures illus\u00adtra\u00adtions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Influ\u00adence:<\/strong>&nbsp;Her illus\u00adtra\u00adtions per\u00adfect\u00adly cap\u00adture the loy\u00adal\u00adty and resilience of this Scot\u00adtish Shep\u00adherd, becom\u00ading an inte\u00adgral part of the sto\u00adry. The work is also includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>Death<\/strong>&nbsp;| Mar\u00adguerite Kirmse |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marguerite_Kirmse\">Mar\u00adguerite Kirmse (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 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Sun-Is-A-Golden-Earring.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Sun-Is-A-Golden-Earring.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Sun-Is-A-Golden-Earring-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Sun-Is-A-Golden-Earring-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Sun-Is-A-Golden-Earring-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ver\u00adsion 1.0.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2004\u5e7412\u670812\u65e5--\u901d\u4e16-\u4f2f\u7eb3\u8fbe\u5e03\u8d56\u68ee\u6c99\u6069\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>December 12, 2004 \u2014 Passed away<\/strong>&nbsp;Bernarda Bryson Shane<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and painter<strong>Bernar\u00adda Bryson Shane<\/strong>Bernar\u00adda Bryson Shahn (1903\u20132004) died. She was the wife of the famous artist Ben Shahn and was also an out\u00adstand\u00ading artist her\u00adself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She relied on her work for \u201c<strong>The sun is a gold\u00aden ear\u00adring.<\/strong>-<em>The Sun Is a Gold\u00aden Ear\u00adring<\/em>The illus\u00adtra\u00adtions cre\u00adat\u00aded by him (pub\u00adlished in 1962) won an award.&nbsp;<strong>1963 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>This book col\u00adlects folk tales about celes\u00adtial bod\u00adies from around the world, and its illus\u00adtra\u00adtions are del\u00adi\u00adcate and dec\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>Death<\/strong>&nbsp;Bernar\u00adda Bryson |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernarda_Bryson\">Bernar\u00adda Bryson (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;2014\u5e7412\u670812\u65e5 \u2014 \u901d\u4e16\uff1a&nbsp;\u8bfa\u5c14\u66fc\u00b7\u4f2f\u5fb7\u97e6\u5c14 \u7f8e\u56fd\u4f5c\u5bb6\u3001\u63d2\u753b\u5bb6\u8bfa\u5c14\u66fc\u00b7\u4f2f\u5fb7\u97e6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[498],"tags":[406,10],"class_list":["post-5373","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\/12\/The-Pied-Piper-of-Hamelin.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373","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=5373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5381,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions\/5381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}