{"id":5521,"date":"2025-12-19T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=5521"},"modified":"2025-12-18T19:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T11:59:46","slug":"kidsbook_history_1219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2025\/12\/19\/kidsbook_history_1219\/","title":{"rendered":"Decem\u00adber 19: 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=\"600\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5f00\u5f80\u8fdc\u65b9\u7684\u5217\u8f66.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5f00\u5f80\u8fdc\u65b9\u7684\u5217\u8f66.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5f00\u5f80\u8fdc\u65b9\u7684\u5217\u8f66-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5f00\u5f80\u8fdc\u65b9\u7684\u5217\u8f66-14x12.jpg 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%F0%9F%8E%82-1928%E5%B9%B412%E6%9C%8819%E6%97%A5--%E5%87%BA%E7%94%9F-%E4%BC%8A%E5%A4%AB%E9%82%A6%E5%BB%B7\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born: December 19, 1928<\/strong>&nbsp;Yves Bunting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Irish-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan writer<strong>Yves Bunting<\/strong>(Eve Bunting, 1928\u20132023) was born. She is wide\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnized as\u2026<strong>The most social\u00adly con\u00adscious of our time<\/strong>One of the lead\u00ading chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture authors, he cre\u00adat\u00aded more than 250 books in his life\u00adtime, and dared to explore heavy and real\u00adis\u00adtic top\u00adics in pic\u00adture books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u70df\u96fe\u5f25\u6f2b\u7684\u591c\u665a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u70df\u96fe\u5f25\u6f2b\u7684\u591c\u665a.jpg 489w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u70df\u96fe\u5f25\u6f2b\u7684\u591c\u665a-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u70df\u96fe\u5f25\u6f2b\u7684\u591c\u665a-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u7237\u7237\u7684\u5899.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u7237\u7237\u7684\u5899.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u7237\u7237\u7684\u5899-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u7237\u7237\u7684\u5899-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u6700\u91cd\u8981\u7684\u4e8b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u6700\u91cd\u8981\u7684\u4e8b.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u6700\u91cd\u8981\u7684\u4e8b-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u6700\u91cd\u8981\u7684\u4e8b-768x680.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u6700\u91cd\u8981\u7684\u4e8b-14x12.jpg 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A Smoky Night<\/strong>\uff08<em>Smoky Night<\/em>(1994): Set against the back\u00addrop of the Los Ange\u00adles riots, this book explores con\u00adflict and racial rec\u00adon\u00adcil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion. (Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions: David Diaz) won an award.<strong>Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A Train to a Dis\u00adtance<\/strong>\uff08<em>Train to Some\u00adwhere<\/em>(This sen\u00adtence is incom\u00adplete and like\u00adly refers to a dif\u00adfer\u00adent top\u00adic.) It tells the sto\u00adry of an orphan train, which is deeply mov\u00ading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grand\u00adpa\u2019s Wall<\/strong>\uff08<em>The Wall<\/em>): Focus\u00ading on the Viet\u00adnam Vet\u00ader\u00adans Memo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Wall, this sec\u00adtion explores war and loss.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Most Impor\u00adtant Thing<\/strong>\uff08<em>A Day\u2019s Work<\/em>): This sto\u00adry tells of the hard\u00adships faced by immi\u00adgrant fam\u00adi\u00adlies and the val\u00adue of integri\u00adty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>style:<\/strong>&nbsp;Her writ\u00ading is con\u00adcise and pow\u00ader\u00adful, always gen\u00adtly touch\u00ading on social issues such as pover\u00adty, home\u00adless\u00adness, and war from a child\u2019s per\u00adspec\u00adtive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;| Eve Bunting |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eve_Bunting\">Eve Bunting (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=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Eleanor_H._Porter_Pollyanna_br.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Eleanor_H._Porter_Pollyanna_br.jpg 667w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Eleanor_H._Porter_Pollyanna_br-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Eleanor_H._Porter_Pollyanna_br-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u6ce2\u8389\u5b89\u5a1c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u6ce2\u8389\u5b89\u5a1c.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u6ce2\u8389\u5b89\u5a1c-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u6ce2\u8389\u5b89\u5a1c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u6ce2\u8389\u5b89\u5a1c-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%F0%9F%8E%82-1868%E5%B9%B412%E6%9C%8819%E6%97%A5--%E5%87%BA%E7%94%9F-%E5%9F%83%E8%8E%89%E8%AF%BAh-%E6%B3%A2%E7%89%B9\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>December 19, 1868 \u2013 Birth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Eleanor H. Porter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan writ\u00aders<strong>Eleanor H. Porter<\/strong>(Eleanor H. Porter, 1868\u20131920) was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;Her most famous work is<strong>Pollyan\u00adna<\/strong>-<em>Pollyan\u00adna<\/em>Pub\u00adlished in 1913, also trans\u00adlat\u00aded as \u201cDad\u00addy-Long-Legs,\u201d a con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary opti\u00admistic clas\u00adsic, \u201cLit\u00adtle Girl.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Influ\u00adence:<\/strong>&nbsp;The book\u2019s pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist, Pollyan\u00adna, engages in her \u201chap\u00adpy games.\u201d\u201c<strong>The phrase \u201cPollyan\u00adna\u201d (mean\u00ading \u201cto find some\u00adthing to be hap\u00adpy about in any sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion\u201d) has swept the globe and pro\u00adfound\u00adly influ\u00adenced pop\u00adu\u00adlar cul\u00adture; \u201cPollyan\u00adna\u201d has even become\u2026<\/strong>A syn\u00adonym for blind opti\u00admism. This book is 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>born<\/strong>&nbsp;| Eleanor H. Porter |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eleanor_H._Porter\">Eleanor H. Porter (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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Edge-of-the-Cloud-768x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Edge-of-the-Cloud-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Edge-of-the-Cloud-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Edge-of-the-Cloud-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Edge-of-the-Cloud.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%E2%9A%B0%EF%B8%8F-2023%E5%B9%B412%E6%9C%8819%E6%97%A5--%E9%80%9D%E4%B8%96-km%E7%9A%AE%E9%A1%BF\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>December 19, 2023 \u2014 Passed away:<\/strong>&nbsp;KM Piton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>British writer<strong>KM Piton<\/strong>(KM Pey\u00adton, 1929\u20132023) has passed away. She is best known for her works.<strong>Real\u00adis\u00adtic young adult nov\u00adels<\/strong>It is par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly known for the **Flam\u00adbards** series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and achieve\u00adments:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Carnegie Medal:<\/strong>&nbsp;Her \u201cFran\u00adbaz\u201d series, Part 2<strong>The edge of the cloud<\/strong>-<em>The Edge of the Cloud<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1969) won awards&nbsp;<strong>1969 Carnegie Medal<\/strong>The series depicts growth and adven\u00adtures (includ\u00ading ear\u00adly flight) amidst social change from the Edwar\u00addian era to World War I.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>Death<\/strong>&nbsp;| KM Pey\u00adton |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K._M._Peyton\">KM Pey\u00adton (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=\"1024\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Church-Mouse-1024x866.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Church-Mouse-1024x866.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Church-Mouse-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Church-Mouse-768x650.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Church-Mouse-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Church-Mouse.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Graham_Oakley_The_Church_Mouse_br.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Graham_Oakley_The_Church_Mouse_br.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Graham_Oakley_The_Church_Mouse_br-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Graham_Oakley_The_Church_Mouse_br-768x663.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Graham_Oakley_The_Church_Mouse_br-14x12.jpg 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%E2%9A%B0%EF%B8%8F-2022%E5%B9%B412%E6%9C%8819%E6%97%A5--%E9%80%9D%E4%B8%96-%E6%A0%BC%E9%9B%B7%E5%A7%86%E5%A5%A5%E5%85%8B%E5%88%A9\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>December 19, 2022 \u2014 Passed away:<\/strong>&nbsp;Graeme Oakley<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>British writer and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor<strong>Graeme Oak\u00adley<\/strong>(Gra\u00adham Oak\u00adley, 1929\u20132022) passed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He is the famous cat and mouse fam\u00adi\u00adly (from the TV series \u201cTom and Jer\u00adry\u201d).<em>The Church Mouse<\/em>He is the cre\u00adator of the Church Mouse series.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>style:<\/strong>&nbsp;This series of sto\u00adries tells the incred\u00adi\u00adble friend\u00adship between Arthur, a mouse liv\u00ading in a church, and Samp\u00adson, a cat. Oak\u00adley\u2019s illus\u00adtra\u00adtions\u2026<strong>Extreme\u00adly rich details<\/strong>and<strong>British humor<\/strong>It is renowned and has been spe\u00adcial\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>Death<\/strong>&nbsp;Gra\u00adham Oak\u00adley |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Graham_Oakley\">Gra\u00adham Oak\u00adley (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=\"321\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Friday-or-The-Other-Island.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Friday-or-The-Other-Island.jpg 321w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Friday-or-The-Other-Island-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Friday-or-The-Other-Island-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%F0%9F%8E%82-1924%E5%B9%B412%E6%9C%8819%E6%97%A5--%E5%87%BA%E7%94%9F-%E7%B1%B3%E6%AD%87%E5%B0%94%E5%9B%BE%E5%B0%94%E5%B0%BC%E5%9F%83\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>December 19, 1924 \u2013 Birth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Michel Tournier<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>French writer<strong>Michel Tournier<\/strong>Michel Tournier (1924\u20132016) was born. He was an impor\u00adtant fig\u00adure in French lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and also wrote for chil\u00addren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His works<strong>Fri\u00adday or Prim\u00adi\u00adtive Life<\/strong>-<em>Ven\u00addre\u00addi ou la vie sauvage<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1971) is a work based on Defoe\u2019s *Robin\u00adson Cru\u00adsoe*.<strong>Philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal Restate\u00adment<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>fea\u00adture:<\/strong>&nbsp;This ver\u00adsion was orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly an adap\u00adta\u00adtion of his adult nov\u00adel *Fri\u00adday*, but this chil\u00addren\u2019s book ver\u00adsion places even greater empha\u00adsis on\u2026<strong>Dia\u00adlogue between civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion and nature<\/strong>It became one of the best-sell\u00ading chil\u00addren\u2019s books in France and was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;| Michel Tournier |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michel_Tournier\">Michel Tournier (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=\"868\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/My-Cat-Likes-To-Hide-in-Boxes-868x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/My-Cat-Likes-To-Hide-in-Boxes-868x1024.jpg 868w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/My-Cat-Likes-To-Hide-in-Boxes-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/My-Cat-Likes-To-Hide-in-Boxes-768x906.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/My-Cat-Likes-To-Hide-in-Boxes-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/My-Cat-Likes-To-Hide-in-Boxes.jpg 1017w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%E2%9A%B0%EF%B8%8F-1992%E5%B9%B412%E6%9C%8819%E6%97%A5--%E9%80%9D%E4%B8%96-%E5%A4%8F%E5%A8%83%E8%90%A8%E9%A1%BF\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>December 19, 1992 \u2014 Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;Eve Sutton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand writer<strong>Eve Sut\u00adton<\/strong>Eve Sut\u00adton (1906\u20131992) died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Her rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work is<strong>My cat likes to hide in box\u00ades.<\/strong>-<em>My Cat Likes to Hide in Box\u00ades<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Lyn\u00adley Dodd) is one of the most pop\u00adu\u00adlar pic\u00adture books in New Zealand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>fea\u00adture:<\/strong>&nbsp;This book intro\u00adduces cats from all over the world and their hob\u00adbies in a catchy rhyme scheme, except that \u201cMy Cat\u201d only likes box\u00ades. It has been spe\u00adcial\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>Death<\/strong>&nbsp;| Eve Sut\u00adton |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eve_Sutton\">Eve Sut\u00adton (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=\"700\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Night-Pirates.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Night-Pirates.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Night-Pirates-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Night-Pirates-14x12.jpg 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%F0%9F%8E%82-1925%E5%B9%B412%E6%9C%8819%E6%97%A5--%E5%87%BA%E7%94%9F-%E7%9A%AE%E7%89%B9%E5%93%88%E9%87%8C%E6%96%AF\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>December 19, 1925 \u2013 Birth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Pete Harris<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aus\u00adtralian (also active in the UK) writer<strong>Pete Har\u00adris<\/strong>Peter Har\u00adris was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His pic\u00adture book \u201c<strong>Lit\u00adtle Pirate at Night<\/strong>-<em>The Night Pirates<\/em>This is an imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtive adven\u00adture sto\u00adry about a lit\u00adtle pirate girl who steals a store\u00adfront in town at night, encour\u00adag\u00ading girls\u2019 adven\u00adtur\u00adous spir\u00adit. 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