{"id":5828,"date":"2026-01-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=5828"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:11:11","slug":"kidsbook_history_0105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/kidsbook_history_0105\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan\u00adu\u00adary 5th: Today in the his\u00adto\u00adry of chil\u00addren\u2019s books"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"803\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul_Goble_The_Girl_Who_Loved_Wild_Horses-803x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul_Goble_The_Girl_Who_Loved_Wild_Horses-803x1024.jpg 803w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul_Goble_The_Girl_Who_Loved_Wild_Horses-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul_Goble_The_Girl_Who_Loved_Wild_Horses-768x979.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul_Goble_The_Girl_Who_Loved_Wild_Horses-1205x1536.jpg 1205w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul_Goble_The_Girl_Who_Loved_Wild_Horses-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul_Goble_The_Girl_Who_Loved_Wild_Horses.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u91ce\u9a6c\u4e4b\u6b4c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u91ce\u9a6c\u4e4b\u6b4c.jpg 585w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u91ce\u9a6c\u4e4b\u6b4c-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u91ce\u9a6c\u4e4b\u6b4c-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2017\u5e741\u67085\u65e5--\u901d\u4e16-\u4fdd\u7f57\u6208\u5e03\u5c14\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>January 5, 2017 \u2014 Passed away<\/strong>&nbsp;Paul Goble<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>British-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor<strong>Paul Gob\u00adle<\/strong>Paul Gob\u00adle (1933\u20132017) passed away. He ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded his life to telling the tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal sto\u00adries of the Great Plains Indi\u00adans in the form of pic\u00adture books. His style was deeply influ\u00adenced by tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Indi\u00adan art (such as ledger paint\u00adings), with bright col\u00adors and a strong sense of dec\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive detail.<\/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>Calde\u00adcott Medal:<\/strong>&nbsp;He relied on his self-writ\u00adten and self-paint\u00aded \u201c<strong>Wild Horse Song<\/strong>-<em>The Girl Who Loved Wild Hors\u00ades<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1978) won awards&nbsp;<strong>1979 Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>con\u00adtent:<\/strong>&nbsp;The sto\u00adry tells of an Indi\u00adan girl who loves hors\u00ades. In the end, she is swept away by a herd of wild hors\u00ades dur\u00ading a storm and becomes a beau\u00adti\u00adful wild horse, full of mys\u00adti\u00adcal ele\u00adments of har\u00admo\u00adny between man and nature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>Death<\/strong>&nbsp;Paul Gob\u00adle |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Goble_(writer_and_illustrator)\">Paul Gob\u00adle (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=\"725\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Andre_Franquin_Gaston-1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Andre_Franquin_Gaston-1.jpg 725w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Andre_Franquin_Gaston-1-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Andre_Franquin_Gaston-1-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1997\u5e741\u67085\u65e5--\u901d\u4e16-\u5b89\u5fb7\u70c8\u5f17\u6717\u574e\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>January 5, 1997 \u2013 Passed away:<\/strong>&nbsp;Andr\u00e9 Fran\u00e7ois<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Famous Bel\u00adgian car\u00adtoon\u00adist<strong>Andr\u00e9 Fran\u00e7ois<\/strong>Andr\u00e9 Fran\u00adquin (1924\u20131997) died. He was a mas\u00adter of the gold\u00aden age of Fran\u00adco-Bel\u00adgian comics, on par with Herg\u00e9 of Tintin.<\/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>Jus\u00adton<\/strong>\uff08<em>Gas\u00adton<\/em>(Also trans\u00adlat\u00aded as Gas\u00adton Ragaff): He cre\u00adat\u00aded this \u201canti-hero\u201d char\u00adac\u00adter who works at Spirut mag\u00ada\u00adzine, always does good deeds but gets into bad sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions, and has an end\u00adless stream of bizarre inven\u00adtions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Influ\u00adence:<\/strong>&nbsp;Jus\u00adton\u2019s lazy, anar\u00adchist humor is beloved by Euro\u00adpean read\u00aders and is con\u00adsid\u00adered a clas\u00adsic char\u00adac\u00adter in the his\u00adto\u00adry of comics, and has been includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>Death<\/strong>&nbsp;Andr\u00e9 Fran\u00adquin |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andr%C3%A9_Franquin\">Andr\u00e9 Fran\u00adquin (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\/2026\/01\/Betsy_Maestro_The_Discovery_of_the_Americas-768x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Betsy_Maestro_The_Discovery_of_the_Americas-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Betsy_Maestro_The_Discovery_of_the_Americas-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Betsy_Maestro_The_Discovery_of_the_Americas-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Betsy_Maestro_The_Discovery_of_the_Americas-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Betsy_Maestro_The_Discovery_of_the_Americas-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Betsy_Maestro_The_Discovery_of_the_Americas.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1944\u5e741\u67085\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u8d1d\u9f50\u9a6c\u57c3\u65af\u7279\u7f57\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>January 5, 1944 \u2013 Birth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Betsy Maestro<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan writ\u00aders<strong>Bet\u00adsy Mae\u00adstro<\/strong>Bet\u00adsy Mae\u00adstro was born. She was a kinder\u00adgarten and pri\u00adma\u00adry school teacher and spe\u00adcial\u00adizes in cre\u00adat\u00ading art for chil\u00addren.<strong>Non-fic\u00adtion<\/strong>&nbsp;Her pic\u00adture books were often illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by her hus\u00adband, Giulio Mae\u00adstro.<\/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>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal Sci\u00adence Pop\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adiza\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Her rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work is<strong>The dis\u00adcov\u00adery of the Amer\u00adi\u00adc\u00adas<\/strong>-<em>The Dis\u00adcov\u00adery of the Amer\u00adi\u00adc\u00adas<\/em>With clear and easy-to-under\u00adstand lan\u00adguage and beau\u00adti\u00adful illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, this book intro\u00adduces young read\u00aders to the his\u00adto\u00adry of the Amer\u00adi\u00adc\u00adas from the Ice Age to before and after the arrival of Euro\u00adpean explor\u00aders, mak\u00ading it an excel\u00adlent pop\u00adu\u00adlar sci\u00adence book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;| Bet\u00adsy Mae\u00adstro |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Betsy_Maestro\">Bet\u00adsy Mae\u00adstro (Google Search)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;2017\u5e741\u67085\u65e5 \u2014 \u901d\u4e16\uff1a&nbsp;\u4fdd\u7f57\u00b7\u6208\u5e03\u5c14 \u82f1\u88d4\u7f8e\u7c4d\u4f5c\u5bb6\u3001\u63d2\u753b\u5bb6\u4fdd\u7f57\u00b7\u6208\u5e03\u5c14\uff08Pa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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-5828","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\/5828","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=5828"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5850,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5828\/revisions\/5850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}