{"id":5690,"date":"2025-12-29T05:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T21:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=5690"},"modified":"2025-12-28T16:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:10:03","slug":"kidsbook_history_1229","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2025\/12\/29\/kidsbook_history_1229\/","title":{"rendered":"Decem\u00adber 29: 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=\"938\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_When_Sophie_Gets_Angry\u2014Really_Really_Angry.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_When_Sophie_Gets_Angry\u2014Really_Really_Angry.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_When_Sophie_Gets_Angry\u2014Really_Really_Angry-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_When_Sophie_Gets_Angry\u2014Really_Really_Angry-768x819.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_When_Sophie_Gets_Angry\u2014Really_Really_Angry-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"991\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_The_Grey_Lady_and_the_Strawberry_Snatcher-991x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_The_Grey_Lady_and_the_Strawberry_Snatcher-991x1024.jpg 991w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_The_Grey_Lady_and_the_Strawberry_Snatcher-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_The_Grey_Lady_and_the_Strawberry_Snatcher-768x793.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_The_Grey_Lady_and_the_Strawberry_Snatcher-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_The_Grey_Lady_and_the_Strawberry_Snatcher.jpg 1452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%F0%9F%8E%82-1943%E5%B9%B412%E6%9C%8829%E6%97%A5--%E5%87%BA%E7%94%9F-%E8%8E%AB%E8%8E%89%E5%8D%9E\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born: December 29, 1943<\/strong>&nbsp;Molly Bian<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and author<strong>Mol\u00adly Bian<\/strong>(Mol\u00adly Bang) was born. She was\u2026<strong>Emo\u00adtion\u00adal expres\u00adsion<\/strong>Known for his pre\u00adcise cap\u00adture and psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal appli\u00adca\u00adtion of col\u00ador and com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, he is one of the most respect\u00aded pic\u00adture book cre\u00adators today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\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>Three-time Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1981:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u300a<strong>The Gray-Robed Granny and the Straw\u00adber\u00adry Thief<\/strong>-<em>The Gray Lady and the Straw\u00adber\u00adry Snatch\u00ader<\/em>): A word\u00adless book full of mys\u00adtery and visu\u00adal ten\u00adsion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1984:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u300a<strong>10, 9, 8<\/strong>-<em>Ten, Nine, Eight<\/em>): A heart\u00adwarm\u00ading bed\u00adtime count\u00addown book that depicts the bond between an African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan father and daugh\u00adter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2000:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u300a<strong>Feifei is angry\u2014very, very angry.<\/strong>-<em>When Sophie Gets Angry\u2014Really, Real\u00adly Angry\u2026<\/em>This is the most famous in the world.<strong>Emo\u00adtion\u00adal Man\u00adage\u00adment Pic\u00adture Book<\/strong>One of the ways it vivid\u00adly illus\u00adtrates the process of anger from its out\u00adburst to its sub\u00adsid\u00ading through changes in col\u00ador.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"895\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_Ten_Nine_Eight-1024x895.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_Ten_Nine_Eight-1024x895.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_Ten_Nine_Eight-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_Ten_Nine_Eight-768x671.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_Ten_Nine_Eight-1536x1342.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_Ten_Nine_Eight-2048x1790.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Molly_Bang_Ten_Nine_Eight-14x12.jpg 14w\" 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=\"600\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u83f2\u83f2\u751f\u6c14\u4e86.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u83f2\u83f2\u751f\u6c14\u4e86.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u83f2\u83f2\u751f\u6c14\u4e86-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u83f2\u83f2\u751f\u6c14\u4e86-10x12.jpg 10w\" 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=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/s34356990.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/s34356990.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/s34356990-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/s34356990-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/s34356990-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/s34356990-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5341\u3001\u4e5d\u3001\u516b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5341\u3001\u4e5d\u3001\u516b.jpg 750w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5341\u3001\u4e5d\u3001\u516b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5341\u3001\u4e5d\u3001\u516b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5341\u3001\u4e5d\u3001\u516b-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;Mol\u00adly Bang |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Molly_Bang\">Mol\u00adly Bang (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=\"533\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5899\u58c1\u91cc\u7684\u72fc.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5899\u58c1\u91cc\u7684\u72fc.jpg 533w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5899\u58c1\u91cc\u7684\u72fc-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u5899\u58c1\u91cc\u7684\u72fc-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dave_McKean_The-Wolves-in-the-Walls-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dave_McKean_The-Wolves-in-the-Walls-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dave_McKean_The-Wolves-in-the-Walls-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dave_McKean_The-Wolves-in-the-Walls-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dave_McKean_The-Wolves-in-the-Walls-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dave_McKean_The-Wolves-in-the-Walls-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dave_McKean_The-Wolves-in-the-Walls.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%F0%9F%8E%82-1963%E5%B9%B412%E6%9C%8829%E6%97%A5--%E5%87%BA%E7%94%9F-%E6%88%B4%E5%A4%AB%E9%BA%A6%E5%9F%BA%E6%81%A9\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born: December 29, 1963<\/strong>&nbsp;Dave McKean<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>British illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, car\u00adtoon\u00adist, and direc\u00adtor<strong>Dave McK\u00adean<\/strong>(Dave McK\u00adean) was born. He was\u2026<strong>Mixed media, col\u00adlage, pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adphy and dig\u00adi\u00adtal paint\u00ading<\/strong>It is known for its com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of sur\u00adre\u00adal\u00adist styles.<\/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 writer<strong>Neil Gaiman<\/strong>(Neil Gaiman)\u2018s long-term part\u00adner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;He illus\u00adtrat\u00aded Gaiman\u2019s pic\u00adture book,<strong>Wolves in the Wall<\/strong>-<em>The Wolves in the Walls<\/em>(Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions were drawn in 2003).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>style:<\/strong>&nbsp;His illus\u00adtra\u00adtions broke away from the sweet style of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s books, cre\u00adat\u00ading a bizarre yet charm\u00ading atmos\u00adphere with dark fairy tale ele\u00adments, great\u00adly expand\u00ading the expres\u00adsive pow\u00ader of pic\u00adture books. The book was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;| Dave McK\u00adean |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dave_McKean\">Dave McK\u00adean (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=\"337\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Poil-de-Carotte.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Poil-de-Carotte.jpg 337w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Poil-de-Carotte-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Poil-de-Carotte-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"%E2%9A%B0%EF%B8%8F-1925%E5%B9%B412%E6%9C%8829%E6%97%A5--%E9%80%9D%E4%B8%96-%E8%8F%B2%E5%88%A9%E5%85%8B%E6%96%AF%E7%93%A6%E6%B4%9B%E4%B8%9C\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>December 29, 1925 \u2013 Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;Felix Valodon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Swiss-French painter and print\u00admak\u00ader<strong>Felix Val\u00adodon<\/strong>F\u00e9lix Val\u00adlot\u00adton (1865\u20131925) died. (Note: He had just cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00aded his birth\u00adday the day before, Decem\u00adber 28th.)<\/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>As a mas\u00adter of the Nabis school, he wrote the lyrics for Jules Renard\u2019s clas\u00adsic work, \u201cThe Nabis School\u201d.<strong>Car\u00adrot whiskers<\/strong>-<em>Poil de Carotte<\/em>His black and white wood\u00adcut illus\u00adtra\u00adtions are wide\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnized as clas\u00adsics of illus\u00adtra\u00adtion art. These works, with their min\u00adi\u00admal\u00adist black and white con\u00adtrast, pro\u00adfound\u00adly depict the pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist\u2019s inner lone\u00adli\u00adness and rebel\u00adlion, and are includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>Death<\/strong>&nbsp;F\u00e9lix Val\u00adlot\u00adton |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F%C3%A9lix_Vallotton\">F\u00e9lix Val\u00adlot\u00adton (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1943\u5e7412\u670829\u65e5 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a&nbsp;\u83ab\u8389\u00b7\u535e \u7f8e\u56fd\u63d2\u753b\u5bb6\u3001\u4f5c\u5bb6\u83ab\u8389\u00b7\u535e\uff08Molly B [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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-5690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-498","tag-406","tag-10"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5690","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=5690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5700,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5690\/revisions\/5700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}