{"id":5535,"date":"2025-12-20T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=5535"},"modified":"2025-12-19T20:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:57:38","slug":"kidsbook_history_1220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2025\/12\/20\/kidsbook_history_1220\/","title":{"rendered":"Decem\u00adber 20th: 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=\"244\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M._B._Goffstein_Fish_for_Supper.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M._B._Goffstein_Fish_for_Supper.jpg 244w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M._B._Goffstein_Fish_for_Supper-14x12.jpg 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%F0%9F%95%AF%EF%B8%8F-1940%E5%B9%B4---2017%E5%B9%B4-%E5%90%8C%E6%9C%88%E5%90%8C%E6%97%A5--m-b-%E6%88%88%E5%A4%AB%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6\">\ud83d\udd6f\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1940\u20132017 (same month, same day) \u2014 MB Goffstein<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan writer and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor<strong>MB Goff\u00adstein<\/strong>(MB Goff\u00adstein, full name Mar\u00adi\u00adlyn Brooke Goff\u00adstein, 1940\u20132017) in<strong>Born on Decem\u00adber 20th<\/strong>Also in<strong>He passed away on Decem\u00adber 20.<\/strong>(She died at the age of 77). She was known for her min\u00adi\u00admal\u00adist art style and philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal sto\u00adries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u665a\u996d\u5403\u9c7c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u665a\u996d\u5403\u9c7c.jpg 538w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u665a\u996d\u5403\u9c7c-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u665a\u996d\u5403\u9c7c-14x12.jpg 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\"><\/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\/\u505a\u73a9\u5076\u7684\u6208\u8482.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u505a\u73a9\u5076\u7684\u6208\u8482.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u505a\u73a9\u5076\u7684\u6208\u8482-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u505a\u73a9\u5076\u7684\u6208\u8482-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u505a\u73a9\u5076\u7684\u6208\u8482-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u505a\u73a9\u5076\u7684\u6208\u8482-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\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>Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;She wrote and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded her own work.<strong>We\u2019ll have fish for din\u00adner.<\/strong>-<em>Fish for Sup\u00adper<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1976) won awards&nbsp;<strong>1977 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>This book depicts a grand\u00admoth\u00ader\u2019s dai\u00adly life with sim\u00adple lines: get\u00adting up ear\u00adly to fish for din\u00adner, fish\u00ading, and cook\u00ading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u300a<strong>Got\u00adti the Doll Mak\u00ader<\/strong>-<em>Goldie the Doll\u00admak\u00ader<\/em>It is also one of her clas\u00adsic works, explor\u00ading the lone\u00adli\u00adness and per\u00adse\u00adver\u00adance of artis\u00adtic cre\u00adation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>Birth\/Death<\/strong>&nbsp;| MB Goff\u00adstein |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M._B._Goffstein\">MB Goff\u00adstein (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=\"711\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-red-pony-711x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-red-pony-711x1024.jpg 711w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-red-pony-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-red-pony-768x1107.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-red-pony-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-red-pony.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%E2%9A%B0%EF%B8%8F-1968%E5%B9%B412%E6%9C%8820%E6%97%A5--%E9%80%9D%E4%B8%96-%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E8%B4%9D%E5%85%8B\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>December 20, 1968 \u2013 Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;John Steinbeck<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan writ\u00aders<strong>John Stein\u00adbeck<\/strong>John Stein\u00adbeck (1902\u20131968) died. He was one of the most impor\u00adtant Amer\u00adi\u00adcan writ\u00aders of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry.&nbsp;<strong>He was award\u00aded the Nobel Prize in Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture in 1962.<\/strong>.<\/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>Although pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly known for adult lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (such as *The Grapes of Wrath*), his col\u00adlec\u00adtion of short stories\/novellas, *The Grapes of Wrath*, is also sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant.<strong>Lit\u00adtle Red Horse<\/strong>-<em>The Red Pony<\/em>(1933) is a clas\u00adsic of youth lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Influ\u00adence:<\/strong>&nbsp;The book con\u00adsists of four relat\u00aded sto\u00adries that tell the sto\u00adry of a boy named Jody grow\u00ading up on a Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia farm. It touch\u00ades on themes of respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, death, and the pain of grow\u00ading up and is high\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;John Stein\u00adbeck |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Steinbeck\">John Stein\u00adbeck (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=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/H._R._Millar_Five_Children_and_It_br-717x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/H._R._Millar_Five_Children_and_It_br-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/H._R._Millar_Five_Children_and_It_br-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/H._R._Millar_Five_Children_and_It_br-768x1098.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/H._R._Millar_Five_Children_and_It_br-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/H._R._Millar_Five_Children_and_It_br.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%E2%9A%B0%EF%B8%8F-1942%E5%B9%B412%E6%9C%8820%E6%97%A5--%E9%80%9D%E4%B8%96-hr%E7%B1%B3%E6%8B%89%E5%B0%94\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>December 20, 1942 \u2013 Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;HR Mirall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Scot\u00adtish illus\u00adtra\u00adtor<strong>HR Mirall<\/strong>(HR Mil\u00adlar, 1869\u20131942) 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>He is a famous chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer&nbsp;<strong>E. Nes\u00adbit<\/strong>(E. Nesbit)\u2018s pre\u00adferred illus\u00adtra\u00adtor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He wrote the lyrics for Nes\u00adbit\u00adt\u2019s clas\u00adsic fan\u00adta\u00adsy nov\u00adel,<strong>Five chil\u00addren and the sand spir\u00adit<\/strong>-<em>Five Chil\u00addren and It<\/em>He illus\u00adtrat\u00aded works such as \u201cThe Phoenix and the Car\u00adpet\u201d (1902). His illus\u00adtra\u00adtions not only defined the image of the \u201cPsam\u00admead\u201d but also per\u00adfect\u00adly matched the style of Nes\u00adbit\u00adt\u2019s works, which inter\u00adtwined real\u00adi\u00adty and mag\u00adic, and were 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;HR Mil\u00adlar |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H._R._Millar\">HR Mil\u00adlar (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=\"773\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jurg_Obrist_Die_Aludose_und_die_leisen_Lieder_br-773x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jurg_Obrist_Die_Aludose_und_die_leisen_Lieder_br-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jurg_Obrist_Die_Aludose_und_die_leisen_Lieder_br-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jurg_Obrist_Die_Aludose_und_die_leisen_Lieder_br-768x1017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jurg_Obrist_Die_Aludose_und_die_leisen_Lieder_br-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jurg_Obrist_Die_Aludose_und_die_leisen_Lieder_br.jpg 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%F0%9F%8E%82-1947%E5%B9%B412%E6%9C%8820%E6%97%A5--%E5%87%BA%E7%94%9F-%E4%BA%8E%E6%A0%BC%E5%A5%A5%E5%B8%83%E9%87%8C%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born: December 20, 1947<\/strong>&nbsp;Hugh Obrist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Swiss illus\u00adtra\u00adtor<strong>Hugh Obrist<\/strong>(J\u00fcrg Obrist) was born.<\/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>He&nbsp;<strong>1997<\/strong>&nbsp;With the work \u201c<strong>Alu\u00adminum cans and gen\u00adtle songs<\/strong>-<em>Die Alu\u00addose and die Leisen Lieder<\/em>(ten\u00adta\u00adtive trans\u00adla\u00adtion) won<strong>Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (BIB) Badge Award<\/strong>(Plaque).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He is also a pro\u00adlif\u00adic illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader, cre\u00adat\u00ading many pic\u00adture books with a unique visu\u00adal style.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;| J\u00fcrg Obrist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u9ed1\u732b\u514b\u83b1\u8499.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u9ed1\u732b\u514b\u83b1\u8499.jpg 529w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u9ed1\u732b\u514b\u83b1\u8499-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u9ed1\u732b\u514b\u83b1\u8499-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udd6f\ufe0f&nbsp;1940\u5e74 &#8211; 2017\u5e74 (\u540c\u6708\u540c\u65e5) \u2014 M. 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