{"id":7028,"date":"2026-03-08T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=7028"},"modified":"2026-02-27T22:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:55:39","slug":"kidsbook_history_0308","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/03\/08\/kidsbook_history_0308\/","title":{"rendered":"March 8th: 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=\"600\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u82f1\u6f58.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u82f1\u6f58.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u82f1\u6f58-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u82f1\u6f58-10x12.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=\"500\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-The-Wind-in-the-Willows.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-The-Wind-in-the-Willows.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-The-Wind-in-the-Willows-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-The-Wind-in-the-Willows-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u8c22\u6cfc\u5fb7-732x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u8c22\u6cfc\u5fb7-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u8c22\u6cfc\u5fb7-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u8c22\u6cfc\u5fb7-768x1074.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u8c22\u6cfc\u5fb7-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u8c22\u6cfc\u5fb7.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1859\u5e743\u67088\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u80af\u5c3c\u601d\u683c\u96f7\u5384\u59c6-kenneth-grahame\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>March 8, 1859 \u2013 Birth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kenneth Grahame<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>British chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture giant<strong>Ken\u00adneth Gra\u00adham<\/strong>Born in 1859\u20131932. He was once a sec\u00adre\u00adtary at the Bank of Eng\u00adland, yet he used his pen to cre\u00adate the most peace\u00adful and poet\u00adic ani\u00admal world for chil\u00addren all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and influ\u00adence:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Wind in the Wil\u00adlows<\/strong>\uff08<em>The Wind in the Wil\u00adlows<\/em>(1908): This work, which orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly orig\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded from bed\u00adtime sto\u00adries he told his son, became a pin\u00adna\u00adcle of British chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;The sto\u00adry revolves around four anthro\u00adpo\u00admor\u00adphic ani\u00admal friends\u2014a gen\u00adtle mole, a clever riv\u00ader rat, a dig\u00adni\u00adfied bad\u00adger, and a boast\u00adful and trou\u00adble\u00adsome toad. The book\u2019s idyl\u00adlic descrip\u00adtions of the Thames River\u2019s nat\u00adur\u00adal scenery and its pro\u00adfound explo\u00adration of friend\u00adship, tol\u00ader\u00adance, and home make it not only a bed\u00adtime sto\u00adry for chil\u00addren but also a sanc\u00adtu\u00adary for count\u00adless adults. It is includ\u00aded in *1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books*.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Ken\u00adneth Gra\u00adhame |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenneth_Grahame\">Ken\u00adneth Gra\u00adhame (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\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-The-Phantom-Tollbooth-700x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-The-Phantom-Tollbooth-700x1024.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-The-Phantom-Tollbooth-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-The-Phantom-Tollbooth-768x1124.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-The-Phantom-Tollbooth-1050x1536.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-The-Phantom-Tollbooth-1400x2048.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-The-Phantom-Tollbooth-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-The-Phantom-Tollbooth.jpg 1561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-\u795e\u5947\u7684\u6536\u8d39\u4ead-704x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-\u795e\u5947\u7684\u6536\u8d39\u4ead-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-\u795e\u5947\u7684\u6536\u8d39\u4ead-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-\u795e\u5947\u7684\u6536\u8d39\u4ead-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-\u795e\u5947\u7684\u6536\u8d39\u4ead-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-\u795e\u5947\u7684\u6536\u8d39\u4ead.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2021\u5e743\u67088\u65e5--\u901d\u4e16-\u8bfa\u987f\u8d3e\u65af\u7279-norton-juster\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>March 8, 2021 \u2014 Passed away:<\/strong>&nbsp;Norton Juster<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture author and archi\u00adtect<strong>Nor\u00adton Juster<\/strong>He died in 1929\u20132021. His works are full of amaz\u00ading imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, word\u00adplay and pro\u00adfound metaphors.<\/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>The Amaz\u00ading Toll\u00adbooth<\/strong>\uff08<em>The Phan\u00adtom Toll\u00adbooth<\/em>(1961): This is a clas\u00adsic fan\u00adta\u00adsy nov\u00adel hailed as a mod\u00adern ver\u00adsion of Alice\u2019s Adven\u00adtures in Won\u00adder\u00adland, illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by his friend, the famous illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Jules Feif\u00adfer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>con\u00adtent:<\/strong>&nbsp;This book tells the sto\u00adry of Milo, a boy who finds life utter\u00adly bor\u00ading. He dri\u00adves his toy car through a mag\u00adi\u00adcal toll\u00adbooth and enters a won\u00addrous world com\u00adprised of the \u201cLand of Words\u201d and the \u201cLand of Num\u00adbers.\u201d It\u2019s an adven\u00adture filled with puns, log\u00adic puz\u00adzles, and philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal reflec\u00adtions, com\u00adplete\u00adly over\u00adturn\u00ading the mun\u00addane world of learn\u00ading and teach\u00ading chil\u00addren how to main\u00adtain their curios\u00adi\u00adty. The book is includ\u00aded in *1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books*.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed Away | Nor\u00adton Juster |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norton_Juster\">Nor\u00adton Juster (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=\"840\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0019_01__Robert-Sabuda-Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Pop-up-840x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0019_01__Robert-Sabuda-Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Pop-up-840x1024.jpg 840w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0019_01__Robert-Sabuda-Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Pop-up-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0019_01__Robert-Sabuda-Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Pop-up-768x936.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0019_01__Robert-Sabuda-Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Pop-up-1261x1536.jpg 1261w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0019_01__Robert-Sabuda-Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Pop-up-1681x2048.jpg 1681w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0019_01__Robert-Sabuda-Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Pop-up-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0019_01__Robert-Sabuda-Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Pop-up-\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-964x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0019_01__Robert-Sabuda-Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Pop-up-\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-964x1024.jpg 964w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0019_01__Robert-Sabuda-Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Pop-up-\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0019_01__Robert-Sabuda-Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Pop-up-\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-768x816.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0019_01__Robert-Sabuda-Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Pop-up-\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0019_01__Robert-Sabuda-Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland-Pop-up-\u4e2d\u6587\u7248.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1965\u5e743\u67088\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u7f57\u4f2f\u7279\u8428\u5e03\u8fbe-robert-sabuda\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born March 8, 1965:<\/strong>&nbsp;Robert Sabuda<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A world-renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pop-up book mas\u00adter, paper artist, and chil\u00addren\u2019s book cre\u00adator.<strong>Robert Sab\u00adda<\/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>Alice\u2019s Adven\u00adtures in Won\u00adder\u00adland Pop-Up Book<\/strong>\uff08<em>Alice\u2019s Adven\u00adtures in Won\u00adder\u00adland Pop-up<\/em>This is one of his most amaz\u00ading mas\u00adter\u00adpieces, which per\u00adfect\u00adly com\u00adbines clas\u00adsic text with an extreme\u00adly com\u00adplex and exquis\u00adite paper struc\u00adture. Turn\u00ading each page is like a visu\u00adal mag\u00adic show.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Influ\u00adence:<\/strong>&nbsp;He, along with Matthew Rein\u00adhart and oth\u00aders, spear\u00adhead\u00aded the revival of the mod\u00adern pop-up book, push\u00ading this art form to unprece\u00addent\u00aded heights (such as pop-up ver\u00adsions of The Wiz\u00adard of Oz and The Chron\u00adi\u00adcles of Nar\u00adnia).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Robert Sabu\u00adda |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Sabuda\">Robert Sabu\u00adda (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\/03\/0016_01__Eric-Linklater-The-Wind-on-the-Moon-696x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0016_01__Eric-Linklater-The-Wind-on-the-Moon-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0016_01__Eric-Linklater-The-Wind-on-the-Moon-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0016_01__Eric-Linklater-The-Wind-on-the-Moon-768x1129.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0016_01__Eric-Linklater-The-Wind-on-the-Moon-1045x1536.jpg 1045w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0016_01__Eric-Linklater-The-Wind-on-the-Moon-1393x2048.jpg 1393w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0016_01__Eric-Linklater-The-Wind-on-the-Moon-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0016_01__Eric-Linklater-The-Wind-on-the-Moon.jpg 1556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0016_01__Eric-Linklater-\u6708\u4eae\u4e0a\u7684\u98ce.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0016_01__Eric-Linklater-\u6708\u4eae\u4e0a\u7684\u98ce.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0016_01__Eric-Linklater-\u6708\u4eae\u4e0a\u7684\u98ce-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0016_01__Eric-Linklater-\u6708\u4eae\u4e0a\u7684\u98ce-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1899\u5e743\u67088\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-\u827e\u745e\u514b\u6797\u514b\u83b1\u7279-eric-linklater\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>March 8, 1899 \u2013 Birth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Eric Linklater<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>British writer and his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan<strong>Eric Lin\u00adklater<\/strong>Born (1899\u20131974).<\/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>Wind on the Moon<\/strong>-<em>The Wind on the Moon<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1944) won awards&nbsp;<strong>1944 Carnegie Medal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>con\u00adtent:<\/strong>&nbsp;This is a sto\u00adry full of absur\u00addi\u00adty and fan\u00adta\u00adsy, about two lit\u00adtle girls who are told that \u201cif they do bad things when the wind blows on the moon, they will become bad chil\u00addren.\u201d They are trans\u00adformed into ani\u00admals such as kan\u00adga\u00adroos, which leads to a series of adven\u00adtures in an attempt to res\u00adcue their impris\u00adoned father.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Eric Lin\u00adklater |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Linklater\">Eric Lin\u00adklater (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=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0020_01__John-Bellairs-\u5600\u55d2\u5c4b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0020_01__John-Bellairs-\u5600\u55d2\u5c4b.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0020_01__John-Bellairs-\u5600\u55d2\u5c4b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0020_01__John-Bellairs-\u5600\u55d2\u5c4b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0020_01__John-Bellairs-\u5600\u55d2\u5c4b-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0020_01__John-Bellairs-\u5600\u55d2\u5c4b-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0020_01__John-Bellairs-The-House-with-a-Clock-in-Its-Walls-669x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0020_01__John-Bellairs-The-House-with-a-Clock-in-Its-Walls-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0020_01__John-Bellairs-The-House-with-a-Clock-in-Its-Walls-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0020_01__John-Bellairs-The-House-with-a-Clock-in-Its-Walls-768x1175.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0020_01__John-Bellairs-The-House-with-a-Clock-in-Its-Walls-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0020_01__John-Bellairs-The-House-with-a-Clock-in-Its-Walls-1338x2048.jpg 1338w, 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100vw, 653px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BQJNN34J2XTHIYIXKMXF5IWJIM.0.1\u20135<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1991\u5e743\u67088\u65e5--\u901d\u4e16-\u7ea6\u7ff0\u5e03\u83b1\u5c14-john-bellairs\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>March 8, 1991 \u2014 Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;John Bellairs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan writ\u00aders<strong>John Blair<\/strong>He died in 1938\u20131991. He was known for his chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture with Goth\u00adic thriller and sus\u00adpense ele\u00adments.<\/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 Tick-Tock House series<\/strong>\uff08<em>The House with a Clock in Its Walls<\/em>(1973): This is his most famous work (with clas\u00adsic illus\u00adtra\u00adtions by Edward Gory). It tells the sto\u00adry of orphan Lewis who moves in with his uncle, a wiz\u00adard, only to dis\u00adcov\u00ader that the house con\u00adtains a dooms\u00adday clock capa\u00adble of destroy\u00ading the world. The book has a strong Hal\u00adloween atmos\u00adphere and was lat\u00ader adapt\u00aded into a film of the same name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| John Bel\u00adlairs passed away |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Bellairs\">John Bel\u00adlairs (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\/03\/0017_01__Jackie-French-Koller-Nothing-to-Fear-683x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0017_01__Jackie-French-Koller-Nothing-to-Fear-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0017_01__Jackie-French-Koller-Nothing-to-Fear-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0017_01__Jackie-French-Koller-Nothing-to-Fear-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0017_01__Jackie-French-Koller-Nothing-to-Fear-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0017_01__Jackie-French-Koller-Nothing-to-Fear.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/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><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>Jack\u00adie Frankie Khlo\u00e9<\/strong>&nbsp;(Jack\u00adie French Koller)<\/td><td>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author. His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work is *Fear\u00adless*.<em>Noth\u00ading to Fear<\/em>), a mov\u00ading nov\u00adel set in the Great Depres\u00adsion of the 1930s in the Unit\u00aded States, telling the sto\u00adry of the strug\u00adgles and hard\u00adships of an Irish immi\u00adgrant fam\u00adi\u00adly.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jackie_French_Koller\">Jack\u00adie French Koller (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Steven Kroll<\/strong>&nbsp;(Steven Kroll)<\/td><td>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author. Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work: *The Biggest Pump\u00adkin*<em>The Biggest Pump\u00adkin Ever<\/em>The sto\u00adry tells a heart\u00adwarm\u00ading tale of two mice (one dur\u00ading the day and one at night) who unknow\u00ading\u00adly grow a giant pump\u00adkin togeth\u00ader.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steven_Kroll\">Steven Kroll (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1019\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0022_01__Steven-Kroll-The-Biggest-Pumpkin-Ever-1019x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0022_01__Steven-Kroll-The-Biggest-Pumpkin-Ever-1019x1024.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0022_01__Steven-Kroll-The-Biggest-Pumpkin-Ever-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0022_01__Steven-Kroll-The-Biggest-Pumpkin-Ever-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0022_01__Steven-Kroll-The-Biggest-Pumpkin-Ever-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0022_01__Steven-Kroll-The-Biggest-Pumpkin-Ever-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0022_01__Steven-Kroll-The-Biggest-Pumpkin-Ever.jpg 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1859\u5e743\u67088\u65e5 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a&nbsp;\u80af\u5c3c\u601d\u00b7\u683c\u96f7\u5384\u59c6 (Kenneth Grahame)  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7146,"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-7028","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\/03\/0021_01__Norton-Juster-The-Phantom-Tollbooth.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028","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=7028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7157,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028\/revisions\/7157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}