{"id":7570,"date":"2026-04-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=7570"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:38:40","slug":"kidsbook_history_0405","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/04\/05\/kidsbook_history_0405\/","title":{"rendered":"April 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=\"730\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_Hugo_and_Josephine-730x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_Hugo_and_Josephine-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_Hugo_and_Josephine-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_Hugo_and_Josephine-768x1077.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_Hugo_and_Josephine-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_Hugo_and_Josephine.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_The_Glassblowers_Children-663x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_The_Glassblowers_Children-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_The_Glassblowers_Children-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_The_Glassblowers_Children-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_The_Glassblowers_Children-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_The_Glassblowers_Children-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_The_Glassblowers_Children-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria_Gripe_The_Glassblowers_Children.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria-Gripe_\u5c0f\u96e8\u679c\u548c\u7ea6\u745f\u82ac-707x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria-Gripe_\u5c0f\u96e8\u679c\u548c\u7ea6\u745f\u82ac-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria-Gripe_\u5c0f\u96e8\u679c\u548c\u7ea6\u745f\u82ac-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria-Gripe_\u5c0f\u96e8\u679c\u548c\u7ea6\u745f\u82ac-768x1112.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria-Gripe_\u5c0f\u96e8\u679c\u548c\u7ea6\u745f\u82ac-1061x1536.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria-Gripe_\u5c0f\u96e8\u679c\u548c\u7ea6\u745f\u82ac-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Maria-Gripe_\u5c0f\u96e8\u679c\u548c\u7ea6\u745f\u82ac.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2007\u5e744\u67085\u65e5--\u901d\u4e16-maria-gripe-\u739b\u4e3d\u5a05\u683c\u91cc\u4f69\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>April 5, 2007 \u2014 Passed away<\/strong>&nbsp;Maria Gripe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Swe\u00adden\u2019s most out\u00adstand\u00ading chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture authors&nbsp;<strong>Maria Gripe<\/strong>&nbsp;She passed away in 1923\u20132007. She was anoth\u00ader tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure in Swedish chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture after Astrid Lind\u00adgren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA):<\/strong>&nbsp;At&nbsp;<strong>1974<\/strong>&nbsp;He won the Writer\u2019s Award.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u300a<strong>Hugo and Josephine<\/strong>The Tril\u00ado\u00adgy<em>Hugo and Josephine<\/em>It del\u00adi\u00adcate\u00adly por\u00adtrays the friend\u00adship between lone\u00adly chil\u00addren.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u300a<strong>Night Dad<\/strong>\u300b (<em>The Night Dad\u00addy<\/em>): Explor\u00ading uncon\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal rela\u00adtion\u00adships through a unique dual-per\u00adspec\u00adtive nar\u00adra\u00adtive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u300a<strong>The glass\u00adblow\u00ader\u2019s two chil\u00addren<\/strong>\u300b (<em>The Glass\u00adblow\u00ader\u2019s Chil\u00addren<\/em>It is full of sym\u00adbol\u00adism and mys\u00adtery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Grippe\u2019s works mark a shift in Swedish chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture from \u201cexter\u00adnal adven\u00adtures\u201d to \u201cinter\u00adnal psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal explo\u00adrations.\u201d She excels at depict\u00ading chil\u00addren\u2019s lone\u00adli\u00adness, anx\u00adi\u00adety, and search for self-iden\u00adti\u00adty, writ\u00ading with pro\u00adfound and philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal depth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Deceased | Maria Gripe |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maria_Gripe\">Maria Gripe (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=\"1024\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-1967-1024x733.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-1967-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-1967-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-1967-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-1967-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-1967.jpg 1476w\" 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=\"527\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-\u4e0d\u89c1\u4e86\u4e0d\u89c1\u4e86.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-\u4e0d\u89c1\u4e86\u4e0d\u89c1\u4e86.jpg 527w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-\u4e0d\u89c1\u4e86\u4e0d\u89c1\u4e86-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-\u4e0d\u89c1\u4e86\u4e0d\u89c1\u4e86-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-1989-783x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-1989-783x1024.jpg 783w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-1989-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-1989-768x1004.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-1989-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-1989.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1932\u5e744\u67085\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-yasuo-segawa-\u6fd1\u5ddd\u5eb7\u7537\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>April 5, 1932 \u2013 Birth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Yasuo Segawa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Famous Japan\u00adese pic\u00adture book author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor&nbsp;<strong>Yasuo Segawa<\/strong>&nbsp;Born (1932\u20132010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mile\u00adstone Achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>BIB Grand Prix:<\/strong>&nbsp;With the<strong>Amaz\u00ading bam\u00adboo shoots<\/strong>-<em>Taro and a bam\u00adboo shoot<\/em>Nao\u00adfu\u00admi Mat\u00adsui won the award.&nbsp;<strong>The first BIB Grand Prix in 1967<\/strong>He is the first Asian artist to receive this high\u00adest inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal illus\u00adtra\u00adtor hon\u00ador.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award High Praise Award:<\/strong>&nbsp;It has received inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal recog\u00adni\u00adtion on mul\u00adti\u00adple occa\u00adsions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u300a<strong>It\u2019s gone, it\u2019s gone.<\/strong>-<em>Inai Inai Baa<\/em>(Mat\u00adsuya Miyoko): The best-sell\u00ading ever\u00adgreen pic\u00adture book in Japan\u00adese his\u00adto\u00adry, with cumu\u00adla\u00adtive sales exceed\u00ading 7 mil\u00adlion copies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;He suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly blend\u00aded the dynam\u00adic lines of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Japan\u00adese art (such as pic\u00adture scrolls and ukiyo\u2011e) with the nar\u00adra\u00adtive of mod\u00adern pic\u00adture books, and his style is full of the sim\u00adplic\u00adi\u00adty of folk art and the ten\u00adsion of mod\u00adern design.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Yasuo Segawa |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yasuo_Segawa\">Yasuo Segawa (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=\"670\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eve_Garnett_The_Family_from_One_End_Street-670x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eve_Garnett_The_Family_from_One_End_Street-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eve_Garnett_The_Family_from_One_End_Street-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eve_Garnett_The_Family_from_One_End_Street-768x1174.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eve_Garnett_The_Family_from_One_End_Street-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eve_Garnett_The_Family_from_One_End_Street.jpg 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eve_Garnett_\u5c0f\u62c9\u683c\u5c14\u65af\u5947\u9047\u8bb0.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eve_Garnett_\u5c0f\u62c9\u683c\u5c14\u65af\u5947\u9047\u8bb0.jpg 324w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eve_Garnett_\u5c0f\u62c9\u683c\u5c14\u65af\u5947\u9047\u8bb0-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eve_Garnett_\u5c0f\u62c9\u683c\u5c14\u65af\u5947\u9047\u8bb0-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1991\u5e744\u67085\u65e5--\u901d\u4e16-eve-garnett-\u4f0a\u8299\u52a0\u5c3c\u7279\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>April 5, 1991 \u2014 Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;Eve Garnett<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>British author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor&nbsp;<strong>Eve Gar\u00adnett<\/strong>&nbsp;He died in 1900\u20131991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>His\u00adtoric break\u00adthrough:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Carnegie Medal (CMW):<\/strong>&nbsp;With the<strong>The Adven\u00adtures of Lit\u00adtle Rag\u00adnarok<\/strong>-<em>The Fam\u00adi\u00adly from One End Street<\/em>) won&nbsp;<strong>1937 Carnegie Medal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sta\u00adtus and con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong>&nbsp;Before Gar\u00adnett, British chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture most\u00adly depict\u00aded the fan\u00adtas\u00adti\u00adcal adven\u00adtures of the mid\u00addle class or aris\u00adtoc\u00adra\u00adcy. But this work\u2026<strong>For the first time, the focus was on real work\u00ading-class fam\u00adi\u00adlies.<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>eval\u00adu\u00adate:<\/strong>&nbsp;Despite its con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsy at the time, it pio\u00adneered \u201csocial real\u00adism\u201d in British chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and is wide\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnized as one of the most impor\u00adtant chil\u00addren\u2019s books of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry in Britain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed away | Eve Gar\u00adnett |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eve_Garnett\">Eve Gar\u00adnett (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=\"624\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lurlene-McDaniel_One-Last-Wish.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lurlene-McDaniel_One-Last-Wish.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lurlene-McDaniel_One-Last-Wish-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lurlene-McDaniel_One-Last-Wish-7x12.jpg 7w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lurlene_McDaniel_Heart-to-Heart.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lurlene_McDaniel_Heart-to-Heart.jpg 302w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lurlene_McDaniel_Heart-to-Heart-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lurlene_McDaniel_Heart-to-Heart-7x12.jpg 7w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1944\u5e744\u67085\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-lurlene-mcdaniel-\u52d2\u7433\u9ea6\u514b\u4e39\u5c3c\u5c14\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born April 5, 1944:<\/strong>&nbsp;Lurlene McDaniel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary young adult lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writ\u00aders are extreme\u00adly pro\u00adlif\u00adic&nbsp;<strong>Lur\u00adlene McDaniel<\/strong>&nbsp;born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u300a<strong>Last wish<\/strong>\u300b (<em>One Last Wish<\/em>) series,\u201c<em>Heart to Heart<\/em>\u300b.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>fea\u00adture:<\/strong>&nbsp;She is hailed as the queen of \u201cteen med\u00adical inspi\u00adra\u00adtional nov\u00adels,\u201d spe\u00adcial\u00adiz\u00ading in sto\u00adries about teenagers suf\u00adfer\u00ading from seri\u00adous ill\u00adness\u00ades and fac\u00ading life-or-death choic\u00ades. Although the sub\u00adject mat\u00adter is heavy, she pro\u00advides emo\u00adtion\u00adal sup\u00adport and courage to count\u00adless teenagers in dif\u00adfi\u00adcult sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions with an extreme\u00adly gen\u00adtle and real\u00adis\u00adtic writ\u00ading style.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Lur\u00adlene McDaniel |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lurlene_McDaniel\">Lur\u00adlene McDaniel (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=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sami-Toivonen_Risto-Rappaaja-ja-pakastaja-Elvi.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sami-Toivonen_Risto-Rappaaja-ja-pakastaja-Elvi.jpg 365w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sami-Toivonen_Risto-Rappaaja-ja-pakastaja-Elvi-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sami-Toivonen_Risto-Rappaaja-ja-pakastaja-Elvi-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1971\u5e744\u67085\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f-sami-toivonen-\u8428\u7c73\u6258\u4f0a\u6c83\u5b81\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born April 5, 1971:<\/strong>&nbsp;Sami Toivonen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Finnish illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and pic\u00adture book author&nbsp;<strong>Sami Toivo\u00adnen<\/strong>&nbsp;born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u300a<strong>Rap\u00adper Rupert and the Cold-Faced Aunt<\/strong>-<em>Ris\u00adto R\u00e4p\u00adp\u00e4\u00e4j\u00e4 ja pakas\u00adta\u00adja-Elvi<\/em>As the illus\u00adtra\u00adtor of the Finnish \u201cnation\u00adal\u201d chil\u00addren\u2019s book series \u201cRapist Rupert,\u201d he and his wife Aino Havukainen cre\u00adat\u00aded Rupert, a char\u00adac\u00adter who is pop\u00adu\u00adlar through\u00adout North\u00adern Europe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;This series, includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d is full of Nordic-style exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00aded humor and brisk pace, and is a shin\u00ading exam\u00adple of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Finnish chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture on the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal stage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Sami Toivo\u00adnen |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fi.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sami_Toivonen\">Sami Toivo\u00adnen (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;2007\u5e744\u67085\u65e5 \u2014 \u901d\u4e16\uff1a&nbsp;Maria Gripe (\u739b\u4e3d\u5a05\u00b7\u683c\u91cc\u4f69) \u745e\u5178\u6700\u6770 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7660,"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-7570","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\/04\/Yasuo-Segawa-\u4e0d\u89c1\u4e86\u4e0d\u89c1\u4e86.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7570","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=7570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7667,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7570\/revisions\/7667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}