{"id":6550,"date":"2026-02-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=6550"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:59:53","slug":"kidsbook_history_0207","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/02\/07\/kidsbook_history_0207\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb\u00adru\u00adary 7th: 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=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder_Little_House_on_the_Prairie-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder_Little_House_on_the_Prairie-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder_Little_House_on_the_Prairie-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder_Little_House_on_the_Prairie-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder_Little_House_on_the_Prairie-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder_Little_House_on_the_Prairie-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder_Little_House_on_the_Prairie-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder_Little_House_on_the_Prairie-12x12.jpg 12w\" 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=\"739\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder_\u5927\u68ee\u6797\u91cc\u7684\u5c0f\u6728\u5c4b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder_\u5927\u68ee\u6797\u91cc\u7684\u5c0f\u6728\u5c4b.jpg 739w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder_\u5927\u68ee\u6797\u91cc\u7684\u5c0f\u6728\u5c4b-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder_\u5927\u68ee\u6797\u91cc\u7684\u5c0f\u6728\u5c4b-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1867\u5e742\u67087\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u7f57\u5170\u82f1\u683c\u65af\u6000\u5fb7-laura-ingalls-wilder\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>February 7, 1867 \u2013 Birth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Laura Ingalls Wilder<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Famous Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture author<strong>Roland Ingalls Wilder<\/strong>Born (1867\u20131957). She is best known for her semi-auto\u00adbi\u00ado\u00adgraph\u00adi\u00adcal \u201cLit\u00adtle House\u201d series.<em>Lit\u00adtle House<\/em>&nbsp;The book is world-renowned and pro\u00advides a true record of life in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan West dur\u00ading the fron\u00adtier peri\u00adod.<\/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>New\u00adbery Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;Her many works, includ\u00ading<strong>log cab\u00adins on the grass\u00adland<\/strong>-<em>Lit\u00adtle House on the Prairie<\/em>(This is fol\u00adlowed by a list of titles, includ\u00ading \u201cFarm Boy\u201d and \u201cOn the Shore of Sil\u00adver Lake,\u201d which have been award\u00aded five times.)<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment:<\/strong>&nbsp;In 1954, she received an award named after her from the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Library Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion (now renamed\u2026).<strong>Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Her\u00aditage Award<\/strong>(CLLA) In recog\u00adni\u00adtion of her endur\u00ading con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Influ\u00adence:<\/strong>&nbsp;The lit\u00adtle girl who grew up in a car\u00adriage and ran across the prairie in Roland\u2019s nov\u00adel, and the resilient and warm Ingalls fam\u00adi\u00adly, became sym\u00adbols of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan spir\u00adit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;| Lau\u00adra Ingalls Wilder |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder\">Lau\u00adra Ingalls Wilder (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=\"365\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Charles-Dickens_A-Christmas-Carol.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Charles-Dickens_A-Christmas-Carol.jpg 365w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Charles-Dickens_A-Christmas-Carol-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Charles-Dickens_A-Christmas-Carol-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Charles-Dickens_\u5723\u8bde\u9882\u6b4c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Charles-Dickens_\u5723\u8bde\u9882\u6b4c.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Charles-Dickens_\u5723\u8bde\u9882\u6b4c-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Charles-Dickens_\u5723\u8bde\u9882\u6b4c-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1812\u5e742\u67087\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u67e5\u5c14\u65af\u72c4\u66f4\u65af-charles-dickens\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>February 7, 1812 \u2013 Birth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Charles Dickens<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The great\u00adest nov\u00adel\u00adist of the Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan era in Britain<strong>Charles Dick\u00adens<\/strong>Born (1812\u20131870).<\/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>Christ\u00admas Car\u00adols<\/strong>\uff08<em>A Christ\u00admas Car\u00adol<\/em>(1843): This novel\u00adla not only estab\u00adlished many tra\u00addi\u00adtions of mod\u00adern Christ\u00admas cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtions (such as fam\u00adi\u00adly reunions and char\u00adi\u00adty), but is also one of the most famous ghost sto\u00adries in the his\u00adto\u00adry of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>con\u00adtent:<\/strong>&nbsp;The sto\u00adry of Scrooge, the miser, who, guid\u00aded by three Christ\u00admas elves, trans\u00adforms from a miser into a phil\u00adan\u00adthropist, remains a clas\u00adsic Christ\u00admas read and is includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;Charles Dick\u00adens |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Dickens\">Charles Dick\u00adens (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=\"696\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fred_Gipson_Old_Yeller-696x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fred_Gipson_Old_Yeller-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fred_Gipson_Old_Yeller-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fred_Gipson_Old_Yeller-768x1129.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fred_Gipson_Old_Yeller-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fred_Gipson_Old_Yeller.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ver\u00adsion 1.0.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1908\u5e742\u67087\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u5f17\u83b1\u5fb7\u5409\u666e\u68ee-fred-gipson\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>February 7, 1908 \u2013 Birth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Fred Gipson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan writ\u00aders<strong>Fred Gib\u00adson<\/strong>Born (1908\u20131973).<\/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>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;With the<strong>Old Yel\u00adlow Dog<\/strong>-<em>Old Yeller<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1956) won awards&nbsp;<strong>1957 New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>con\u00adtent:<\/strong>&nbsp;This is a sto\u00adry about loy\u00adal\u00adty and friend\u00adship between a boy named Travis and a stray dog named \u201cOld Yel\u00adlow,\u201d with an extreme\u00adly tear-jerk\u00ading end\u00ading. It is one of the most clas\u00adsic ani\u00admal nov\u00adels in Amer\u00adi\u00adca, explor\u00ading themes of growth, respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, and loss, and was adapt\u00aded into a clas\u00adsic film by Dis\u00adney.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;| Fred Gip\u00adson |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Gipson\">Fred Gip\u00adson (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=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_How_Summer_Came_to_Canada-1-680x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_How_Summer_Came_to_Canada-1-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_How_Summer_Came_to_Canada-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_How_Summer_Came_to_Canada-1-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_How_Summer_Came_to_Canada-1-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_How_Summer_Came_to_Canada-1-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_How_Summer_Came_to_Canada-1-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_How_Summer_Came_to_Canada-1-rotated.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_The_Mountain_Goats_of_Temlaham-750x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_The_Mountain_Goats_of_Temlaham-750x1024.jpg 750w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_The_Mountain_Goats_of_Temlaham-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_The_Mountain_Goats_of_Temlaham-768x1049.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_The_Mountain_Goats_of_Temlaham-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Elizabeth_Cleaver_The_Mountain_Goats_of_Temlaham.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1939\u5e742\u67087\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u4f0a\u8389\u838e\u767d\u514b\u5229\u592b-elizabeth-cleaver\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born February 7, 1939:<\/strong>&nbsp;Elizabeth Cleaver<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Famous Cana\u00addi\u00adan illus\u00adtra\u00adtor<strong>Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Clift<\/strong>Born (1939\u20131985).<\/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&nbsp;<strong>1972<\/strong>&nbsp;get<strong>Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion<\/strong>High\u00adly Com\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>style:<\/strong>&nbsp;She is skilled in using com\u00adplex col\u00adlage tech\u00adniques, and her works often draw inspi\u00adra\u00adtion from indige\u00adnous leg\u00adends and folk tales. Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works include\u2026<strong>sacred deer<\/strong>-<em>The Mirac\u00adu\u00adlous Hind<\/em>(Hun\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adan leg\u00adend) and \u201c<strong>How sum\u00admer arrives in Cana\u00adda<\/strong>-<em>How Sum\u00admer Came to Cana\u00adda<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Cleaver |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_Cleaver\">Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Cleaver (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=\"700\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kevin_Crossley-Holland_Storm-700x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kevin_Crossley-Holland_Storm-700x1024.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kevin_Crossley-Holland_Storm-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kevin_Crossley-Holland_Storm-768x1123.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kevin_Crossley-Holland_Storm-1051x1536.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kevin_Crossley-Holland_Storm-1401x2048.jpg 1401w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kevin_Crossley-Holland_Storm-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kevin_Crossley-Holland_Storm.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ver\u00adsion 1.0.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1941\u5e742\u67087\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u51ef\u6587\u514b\u7f57\u65af\u5229-\u970d\u5170-kevin-crossley-holland\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born February 7, 1941:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kevin Crossley-Holland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>British famous writer and poet<strong>Kevin Cross\u00adley-Hol\u00adland<\/strong>Born. He is best known for retelling the Arthuri\u00adan leg\u00adends and Norse mythol\u00ado\u00adgy.<\/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;With the<strong>storm<\/strong>-<em>Storm<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1985) won awards&nbsp;<strong>1985 Carnegie Medal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>con\u00adtent:<\/strong>&nbsp;This is a short but pow\u00ader\u00adful ghost sto\u00adry that tells the tale of a girl fac\u00ading fear and unknown vis\u00adi\u00adtors alone on a stormy night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;| Kevin Cross\u00adley-Hol\u00adland |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_Crossley-Holland\">Kevin Cross\u00adley-Hol\u00adland (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=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Witi_Ihimaera_The_Whale_Rider-683x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Witi_Ihimaera_The_Whale_Rider-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Witi_Ihimaera_The_Whale_Rider-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Witi_Ihimaera_The_Whale_Rider-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Witi_Ihimaera_The_Whale_Rider-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Witi_Ihimaera_The_Whale_Rider-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Witi_Ihimaera_The_Whale_Rider-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Witi_Ihimaera_The_Whale_Rider.jpg 1688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ver\u00adsion 1.0.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1944\u5e742\u67087\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u5a01\u63d0\u4f9d\u5e0c\u9a6c\u57c3\u62c9-witi-ihimaera\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born February 7, 1944:<\/strong>&nbsp;Witi Ihimaera<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand Maori writ\u00aders<strong>Witi Ishi\u00admaela<\/strong>He was born. He was the first Maori writer to pub\u00adlish a nov\u00adel.<\/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 Whale Rid\u00ader<\/strong>\uff08<em>The Whale Rid\u00ader<\/em>(1987): This nov\u00adel blends real life with Maori mythol\u00ado\u00adgy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>con\u00adtent:<\/strong>&nbsp;The sto\u00adry tells of a Maori girl named Kahu who is refused by her grand\u00adfa\u00adther to pass on the knowl\u00adedge of the trib\u00adal chief because of her gen\u00adder. How\u00adev\u00ader, she even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly proves her\u00adself to be the true suc\u00adces\u00adsor of the leg\u00adendary \u201cwhale rid\u00ader\u201d through her mag\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adnec\u00adtion with whales.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;Witi Ihi\u00admaera |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Witi_Ihimaera\">Witi Ihi\u00admaera (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=\"638\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Brian_Patten_Gargling_With_Jelly.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Brian_Patten_Gargling_With_Jelly.jpg 638w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Brian_Patten_Gargling_With_Jelly-191x300.jpg 191w, 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His style is unique, often uti\u00adliz\u00ading recy\u00adcled mate\u00adri\u00adals in his cre\u00adations.<\/td><td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Val Monteyanu<\/strong>&nbsp;(Val Munteanu)<\/td><td>Roman\u00adian illus\u00adtra\u00adtor.<strong>1979 BIB Badge Award<\/strong>The win\u00adner.<\/td><td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Chan\u00adto Begu\u00e9<\/strong>&nbsp;(Shon\u00adto Begay)<\/td><td>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Nava\u00adjo painter and writer. His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work is \u201cMud Horse\u201d (\u2026).<em>The Mud Pony<\/em>(This is a sto\u00adry about a Nava\u00adjo boy who gains pow\u00ader through sculpt\u00ading clay ponies.)<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shonto_Begay\">Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Charles Fred\u00ader\u00adick Ten\u00adnick\u00adliffe<\/strong>&nbsp;(Charles Fred\u00ader\u00adick Tun\u00adni\u00adcliffe)<\/td><td>A renowned British nature illus\u00adtra\u00adtor. 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