{"id":6724,"date":"2026-02-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=6724"},"modified":"2026-02-11T20:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:21:04","slug":"kidsbook_history_0214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/02\/14\/kidsbook_history_0214\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb\u00adru\u00adary 14: 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=\"400\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-Rapunzel.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-Rapunzel.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-Rapunzel-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-Rapunzel-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-Hansel-and-Gretel-Rumpelstiltskin-Swamp-Angel-Rapunzel-725x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-Hansel-and-Gretel-Rumpelstiltskin-Swamp-Angel-Rapunzel-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-Hansel-and-Gretel-Rumpelstiltskin-Swamp-Angel-Rapunzel-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-Hansel-and-Gretel-Rumpelstiltskin-Swamp-Angel-Rapunzel-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-Hansel-and-Gretel-Rumpelstiltskin-Swamp-Angel-Rapunzel-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-Hansel-and-Gretel-Rumpelstiltskin-Swamp-Angel-Rapunzel-1450x2048.jpg 1450w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-Hansel-and-Gretel-Rumpelstiltskin-Swamp-Angel-Rapunzel-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-Hansel-and-Gretel-Rumpelstiltskin-Swamp-Angel-Rapunzel.jpg 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\"><\/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\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-\u4f8f\u5112\u602a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-\u4f8f\u5112\u602a.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-\u4f8f\u5112\u602a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-\u4f8f\u5112\u602a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-\u4f8f\u5112\u602a-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0043__Paul-O.-Zelinsky-\u4f8f\u5112\u602a-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1953\u5e742\u670814\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u4fdd\u7f57\u6cfd\u6797\u65af\u57fa-paul-o-zelinsky\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born February 14, 1953:<\/strong>&nbsp;Paul O. Zelinsky<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most out\u00adstand\u00ading con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Amer\u00adi\u00adcan illus\u00adtra\u00adtors<strong>Paul Zielin\u00ads\u00adki<\/strong>Born. He is known for his amaz\u00ading abil\u00adi\u00adty to mas\u00adter dif\u00adfer\u00adent styles, using a vari\u00adety of artis\u00adtic styles from Renais\u00adsance oil paint\u00ading to Amer\u00adi\u00adcan folk wood\u00adblock prints, depend\u00ading on the sub\u00adject mat\u00adter of the sto\u00adry.<\/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;With the<strong>Bell\u00adflower Girl<\/strong>-<em>Rapun\u00adzel<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1997) won an award&nbsp;<strong>1998 Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>He reimag\u00adined this clas\u00adsic Grim\u00adm\u2019s fairy tale with extreme\u00adly del\u00adi\u00adcate Ital\u00adian Renais\u00adsance-style oil paint\u00ading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Three-time Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1985:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u300a<strong>Hen\u00adschel and Gre\u00adta<\/strong>-<em>Hansel and Gre\u00adtel<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1987:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u300a<strong>dwarf<\/strong>-<em>Rumpel\u00adstilt\u00adskin<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1995:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u300a<strong>Swamp Angel<\/strong>-<em>Swamp Angel<\/em>This book, a col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion with Anne Isaacs, adopts a com\u00adplete\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent style of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan folk art, paint\u00aded on wood veneer and full of exag\u00adger\u00ada\u00adtion and humor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;Paul O. Zelin\u00adsky |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_O._Zelinsky\">Paul O. Zelin\u00adsky (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=\"678\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0040__Adam-Gidwitz-The-Inquisitors-Tale-678x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0040__Adam-Gidwitz-The-Inquisitors-Tale-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0040__Adam-Gidwitz-The-Inquisitors-Tale-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0040__Adam-Gidwitz-The-Inquisitors-Tale-768x1161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0040__Adam-Gidwitz-The-Inquisitors-Tale-1016x1536.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0040__Adam-Gidwitz-The-Inquisitors-Tale-1355x2048.jpg 1355w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0040__Adam-Gidwitz-The-Inquisitors-Tale-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0040__Adam-Gidwitz-The-Inquisitors-Tale.jpg 1694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ver\u00adsion 1.0.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1982\u5e742\u670814\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u4e9a\u5f53\u5409\u5fb7\u7ef4\u8328-adam-gidwitz\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born February 14, 1982:<\/strong>&nbsp;Adam Gidwitz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan best\u00adselling author<strong>Adam Gid\u00adwitz<\/strong>Born. He excels at retelling clas\u00adsic sto\u00adries in a mod\u00adern, humor\u00adous, and even slight\u00adly dark tone.<\/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>The Judge\u2019s Sto\u00adry<\/strong>-<em>The Inquisi\u00adtor\u2019s Tale<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 2016) won the award&nbsp;<strong>2017 New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>con\u00adtent:<\/strong>&nbsp;Set in medieval France, the sto\u00adry fol\u00adlows the adven\u00adtures of three chil\u00addren (and a dog) with mag\u00adi\u00adcal abil\u00adi\u00adties. The book employs a struc\u00adture sim\u00adi\u00adlar to the *Can\u00adter\u00adbury Tales*, blend\u00ading his\u00adto\u00adry, reli\u00adgion, phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy, and humor, and was hailed as a mas\u00adter\u00adpiece by the *New York Times* Book Review. His most famous work, *The Sis\u00adters Grim\u00adm\u2019s Fairy Tales*, (\u2026)<em>A Tale Dark &amp; Grimm<\/em>It is also very pop\u00adu\u00adlar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;Adam Gid\u00adwitz |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adam_Gidwitz\">Adam Gid\u00adwitz (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=\"440\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-6810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png 440w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2011\u5e742\u670814\u65e5--\u901d\u4e16-\u739b\u683c\u4e3d\u7279\u9ea6\u514b\u5fb7\u91cc-margaret-mcelderry\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>February 14, 2011 \u2014 Passed away<\/strong>&nbsp;Margaret McElderry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A leg\u00adendary fig\u00adure in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pub\u00adlish\u00ading indus\u00adtry, edi\u00adtor<strong>Mar\u00adgaret McDer\u00adry<\/strong>He died in 1912\u20132011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Key con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She was the first edi\u00adtor in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s pub\u00adlish\u00ading to have a sub-brand (Imprint) named after her\u00adself (Mar\u00adgaret K. McElder\u00adry Books, under Simon &amp; Schus\u00adter).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tal\u00adent Scout:<\/strong>&nbsp;She dis\u00adcov\u00adered and intro\u00adduced a large num\u00adber of excel\u00adlent inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s books to the Unit\u00aded States, such as **The Bor\u00adrow\u00aders**. She was also an edi\u00adtor for Susan Coop\u00ader (author of *Above the Sea and Under the Rock*) and Hilary Knight (illus\u00adtra\u00adtor of *Elois*).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;In 2007, he received the Eric Car\u00adle Hon\u00adorary Award (Men\u00adtor Cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>Death<\/strong>&nbsp;| Mar\u00adgaret McElder\u00adry |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_McElderry\">Mar\u00adgaret McElder\u00adry (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\/0044__Pedro-Martn-MexiKid-683x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0044__Pedro-Martn-MexiKid-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0044__Pedro-Martn-MexiKid-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0044__Pedro-Martn-MexiKid-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0044__Pedro-Martn-MexiKid-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0044__Pedro-Martn-MexiKid-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0044__Pedro-Martn-MexiKid-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0044__Pedro-Martn-MexiKid.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1970sest-2\u670814\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u4f69\u5fb7\u7f57\u9a6c\u4e01-pedro-mart\u00edn\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born February 14, 1970s:<\/strong>&nbsp;Pedro Mart\u00edn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan car\u00adtoon\u00adist and for\u00admer Hall\u00admark artist<strong>Pedro Mar\u00adtin<\/strong>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><strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;With the help of the visu\u00adal mem\u00adoir<strong>Mex\u00adi\u00adcan boy<\/strong>-<em>MexiKid<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 2023) won the award&nbsp;<strong>2024 New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal<\/strong>He also received the Pra Bel\u00adpree Writ\u00aders Award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>con\u00adtent:<\/strong>&nbsp;This is a high\u00adly engag\u00ading graph\u00adic nov\u00adel that chron\u00adi\u00adcles the author\u2019s child\u00adhood expe\u00adri\u00adence of his fam\u00adi\u00adly\u2019s epic (and chaot\u00adic, hilar\u00adi\u00adous) road trip from the Unit\u00aded States to Mex\u00adi\u00adco to pick up his grand\u00adfa\u00adther, all crammed into a Win\u00adnipeg camper\u00advan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;Pedro Mart\u00edn |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Pedro+Martin+cartoonist\">Pedro Mart\u00edn (Search)<\/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\/02\/Big-Mama-Makes-the-World-768x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Big-Mama-Makes-the-World-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Big-Mama-Makes-the-World-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Big-Mama-Makes-the-World-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Big-Mama-Makes-the-World.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1949\u5e742\u670814\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u83f2\u8389\u4e1d\u9c81\u7279-phyllis-root\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born February 14, 1949:<\/strong>&nbsp;Phyllis Root<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan illus\u00adtra\u00adtor<strong>Phyl\u00adlis Root<\/strong>born.<\/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>Big Mom Cre\u00adates the World<\/strong>\uff08<em>Big Mom\u00adma Makes the World<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Helen Oxen\u00adbury): This is a mod\u00adern retelling of the cre\u00adation myth, telling the sto\u00adry of a mater\u00adnal\u00adly pow\u00ader\u00adful \u201cBig Mom\u201d who cre\u00adat\u00aded the world while wash\u00ading clothes and car\u00ading for chil\u00addren. It won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>|&nbsp;<strong>born<\/strong>&nbsp;Phyl\u00adlis Root |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phyllis_Root\">Phyl\u00adlis Root (Wikipedia Search)<\/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=\"320\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0042__Jamake-Highwater-Anpao.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0042__Jamake-Highwater-Anpao.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0042__Jamake-Highwater-Anpao-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0042__Jamake-Highwater-Anpao-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0041__George-Shannon-Lizards-Song.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0041__George-Shannon-Lizards-Song.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0041__George-Shannon-Lizards-Song-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0041__George-Shannon-Lizards-Song-14x12.jpg 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-\u5176\u4ed6\u91cd\u8981\u4eba\u7269\u7b80\u62a5\">\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f Other Important Person Briefings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">event<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">fig\u00adure<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Details\/Awards<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Main Ref\u00ader\u00adence<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Yamark Hay\u00adward<\/strong>&nbsp;(Jamake High\u00adwa\u00adter)<\/td><td>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan writer.<strong>1978 New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal<\/strong>Win\u00adner (Ampao)<em>Anpao<\/em>It is an epic sto\u00adry that incor\u00adpo\u00adrates mul\u00adti\u00adple Native Amer\u00adi\u00adcan leg\u00adends. (Note: Its Native Amer\u00adi\u00adcan ances\u00adtry has since been dis\u00adput\u00aded.)<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamake_Highwater\">Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>George Shan\u00adnon<\/strong>&nbsp;(George Shan\u00adnon)<\/td><td>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author and librar\u00adi\u00adan. His most famous work is *The Song of the Lizard*.<em>Lizard\u2019s Song<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Joseph Argo), a love\u00adly sto\u00adry about friend\u00adship and mem\u00ado\u00adries.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Shannon_(author)\">Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1953\u5e742\u670814\u65e5 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a&nbsp;\u4fdd\u7f57\u00b7\u6cfd\u6797\u65af\u57fa (Paul O. 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