{"id":6071,"date":"2026-01-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=6071"},"modified":"2026-01-18T15:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T07:55:21","slug":"kidsbook_history_0119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/01\/19\/kidsbook_history_0119\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan\u00adu\u00adary 19: 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=\"640\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manon_Steffan_Ros_The_Blue_Book_of_Nebo-640x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manon_Steffan_Ros_The_Blue_Book_of_Nebo-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manon_Steffan_Ros_The_Blue_Book_of_Nebo-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manon_Steffan_Ros_The_Blue_Book_of_Nebo-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manon_Steffan_Ros_The_Blue_Book_of_Nebo-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manon_Steffan_Ros_The_Blue_Book_of_Nebo-1280x2048.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manon_Steffan_Ros_The_Blue_Book_of_Nebo-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manon_Steffan_Ros_The_Blue_Book_of_Nebo.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1983\u5e741\u670819\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u9a6c\u519c\u65af\u7279\u51e1\u7f57\u65af\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born January 19, 1983:<\/strong>&nbsp;Manon Stefan Ross<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Welsh nov\u00adel\u00adist and play\u00adwright<strong>Manon Ste\u00adfan Ross<\/strong>(Manon Stef\u00adfan Ros) was born.<\/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>Carnegie Medal:<\/strong>&nbsp;She relied on \u201c<strong>Nibo\u2019s Blue Book<\/strong>-<em>The Blue Book of Nebo<\/em>The orig\u00adi\u00adnal text is in Welsh.&nbsp;<em>Llyfr Glas Nebo<\/em>) won&nbsp;<strong>2023 Carnegie Medal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>con\u00adtent:<\/strong>&nbsp;This is a deeply mov\u00ading post-apoc\u00ada\u00adlyp\u00adtic nov\u00adel that tells the sto\u00adry of a moth\u00ader and her son strug\u00adgling to sur\u00advive in a remote cor\u00adner of Wales after the world col\u00adlaps\u00ades. It is the first trans\u00adlat\u00aded work to win the Carnegie Medal (trans\u00adlat\u00aded from Welsh to Eng\u00adlish by the author him\u00adself).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;| Manon Stef\u00adfan Ros |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manon_Steffan_Ros\">Manon Stef\u00adfan Ros (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=\"651\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-651x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-651x1024.jpg 651w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-768x1209.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-976x1536.jpg 976w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-1301x2048.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War.jpg 1486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1925\u5e741\u670819\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u59ae\u5a1c\u9c8d\u767b\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>January 19, 1925 \u2013 Birth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Nina Bowden<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>British famous writer<strong>Nina Bow\u00adden<\/strong>Born (Nina Baw\u00adden, 1925\u20132012). She was skilled at depict\u00ading the psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal changes of chil\u00addren in tur\u00adbu\u00adlent envi\u00adron\u00adments with del\u00adi\u00adcate strokes.<\/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>Kel\u00adly\u2019s War<\/strong>\uff08<em>Car\u00adrie\u2019s War<\/em>(1973): This nov\u00adel is based on the author\u2019s true expe\u00adri\u00adence of being evac\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded to the Welsh coun\u00adtry\u00adside dur\u00ading World War II.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;The sto\u00adry recounts Kel\u00adly and her broth\u00ader\u2019s expe\u00adri\u00adence of being evac\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded to the home of the eccen\u00adtric Mr. Evans, explor\u00ading growth, fear, and under\u00adstand\u00ading under the shad\u00adow of war. Wide\u00adly regard\u00aded as a clas\u00adsic work on the sub\u00adject of chil\u00addren evac\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded dur\u00ading World War II, it is includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;| Nina Baw\u00adden |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nina_Bawden\">Nina Baw\u00adden (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=\"597\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marit-Tornqvist_Wat-niemand-had-verwacht-597x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marit-Tornqvist_Wat-niemand-had-verwacht-597x1024.jpg 597w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marit-Tornqvist_Wat-niemand-had-verwacht-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marit-Tornqvist_Wat-niemand-had-verwacht-768x1317.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marit-Tornqvist_Wat-niemand-had-verwacht-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marit-Tornqvist_Wat-niemand-had-verwacht.jpg 824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marit_Tornqvist_\u7b2c\u4e00\u6b21\u89c1\u5230\u4f60.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marit_Tornqvist_\u7b2c\u4e00\u6b21\u89c1\u5230\u4f60.jpg 441w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marit_Tornqvist_\u7b2c\u4e00\u6b21\u89c1\u5230\u4f60-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marit_Tornqvist_\u7b2c\u4e00\u6b21\u89c1\u5230\u4f60-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1964\u5e741\u670819\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u739b\u4e3d\u7279\u6258\u5c14\u594e\u65af\u7279\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born January 19, 1964:<\/strong>&nbsp;Marit Torqvist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Swedish-Dutch illus\u00adtra\u00adtor<strong>Mar\u00adit Torqvist<\/strong>Mar\u00adit T\u00f6rn\u00adqvist was born. She had a close work\u00ading rela\u00adtion\u00adship with Astrid Lind\u00adgren.<\/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>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal recog\u00adni\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;She was short\u00adlist\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2016 Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion<\/strong>The final short\u00adlist.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BIB Award:<\/strong>&nbsp;In 2011, with \u201c<strong>Unex\u00adpect\u00aded events<\/strong>-<em>Wat nie\u00admand had verwacht<\/em>) Received the Badge Award at the Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>oth\u00ader:<\/strong>&nbsp;She was also respon\u00adsi\u00adble for the set design of the famous fairy tale train at the Juni\u00adback\u00aden Chil\u00addren\u2019s Muse\u00adum in Stock\u00adholm, Swe\u00adden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;| Mar\u00adit T\u00f6rn\u00adqvist |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marit_T%C3%B6rnqvist\">Mar\u00adit T\u00f6rn\u00adqvist (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=\"360\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul_Berna_Le_Cheval_sans_tete.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul_Berna_Le_Cheval_sans_tete.jpg 360w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul_Berna_Le_Cheval_sans_tete-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul_Berna_Le_Cheval_sans_tete-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1994\u5e741\u670819\u65e5--\u901d\u4e16-\u4fdd\u7f57\u535a\u7eb3\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>January 19, 1994 \u2014 Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;Paul Bona<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>French writer<strong>Paul Bona<\/strong>Paul Berna (1908\u20131994) 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><strong>The Head\u00adless Horse<\/strong>\uff08<em>Le Cheval sans t\u00eate<\/em>In 1955, the Eng\u00adlish trans\u00adla\u00adtion was\u2026&nbsp;<em>A Hun\u00addred Mil\u00adlion Francs<\/em>This is a famous chil\u00addren\u2019s detec\u00adtive adven\u00adture nov\u00adel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>con\u00adtent:<\/strong>&nbsp;The sto\u00adry takes place in a poor neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood of post-war Paris, where a group of street chil\u00addren become unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly involved in solv\u00ading a major train rob\u00adbery after their beloved toy\u2014a head\u00adless old wood\u00aden horse\u2014is stolen. The book is fast-paced, real\u00adis\u00adtic, and includ\u00aded in the book series \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>Death<\/strong>&nbsp;Paul Berna |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Berna\">Paul Berna (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=\"816\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pat_Mora_Tomas_and_the_Library_Lady-816x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pat_Mora_Tomas_and_the_Library_Lady-816x1024.jpg 816w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pat_Mora_Tomas_and_the_Library_Lady-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pat_Mora_Tomas_and_the_Library_Lady-768x964.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pat_Mora_Tomas_and_the_Library_Lady-1224x1536.jpg 1224w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pat_Mora_Tomas_and_the_Library_Lady-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pat_Mora_Tomas_and_the_Library_Lady.jpg 1530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1942\u5e741\u670819\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u5e15\u7279\u83ab\u62c9\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>January 19, 1942 \u2013 Birth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Pat Mora<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan writer and edu\u00adca\u00adtor<strong>Pat Mora<\/strong>Pat Mora was born. She was a key advo\u00adcate for the bilin\u00adgual lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adcy move\u00adment in the Unit\u00aded States and found\u00aded \u201cChil\u00addren\u2019s Day\/Book Day\u201d (El d\u00eda de los ni\u00f1os \/ El d\u00eda de los libros).<\/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>Thomas and the Library Lady<\/strong>\uff08<em>Tom\u00e1s and the Library Lady<\/em>This pic\u00adture book is based on the true child\u00adhood of the famous edu\u00adca\u00adtor Tom\u00e1s Rivera. It tells the sto\u00adry of an immi\u00adgrant work\u00ader\u2019s child who dis\u00adcov\u00aders the vast world through books with the help of a kind librar\u00adi\u00adan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;Pat Mora |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pat_Mora\">Pat Mora (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1983\u5e741\u670819\u65e5 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a&nbsp;\u9a6c\u519c\u00b7\u65af\u7279\u51e1\u00b7\u7f57\u65af \u5a01\u5c14\u58eb\u5c0f\u8bf4\u5bb6\u3001\u5267\u4f5c\u5bb6\u9a6c\u519c\u00b7\u65af\u7279\u51e1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6086,"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-6071","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\/2026\/01\/Nina_Bawden_Carries_War.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6071","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=6071"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6104,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6071\/revisions\/6104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}