{"id":7760,"date":"2026-04-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=7760"},"modified":"2026-04-11T20:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:30:41","slug":"kidsbook_history_0413","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/04\/13\/kidsbook_history_0413\/","title":{"rendered":"April 13: 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=\"712\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0022_01__Chris-Riddell-The-Sleeper-and-the-Spindle-712x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0022_01__Chris-Riddell-The-Sleeper-and-the-Spindle-712x1024.jpg 712w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0022_01__Chris-Riddell-The-Sleeper-and-the-Spindle-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0022_01__Chris-Riddell-The-Sleeper-and-the-Spindle-768x1104.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0022_01__Chris-Riddell-The-Sleeper-and-the-Spindle-1068x1536.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0022_01__Chris-Riddell-The-Sleeper-and-the-Spindle-1424x2048.jpg 1424w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0022_01__Chris-Riddell-The-Sleeper-and-the-Spindle-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0022_01__Chris-Riddell-The-Sleeper-and-the-Spindle.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris_Riddell_Pirate-Diary-769x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris_Riddell_Pirate-Diary-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris_Riddell_Pirate-Diary-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris_Riddell_Pirate-Diary-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris_Riddell_Pirate-Diary-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris_Riddell_Pirate-Diary.jpg 1127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris_Riddell_Jonathan-Swifts-Gulliver-1024x934.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris_Riddell_Jonathan-Swifts-Gulliver-1024x934.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris_Riddell_Jonathan-Swifts-Gulliver-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris_Riddell_Jonathan-Swifts-Gulliver-768x700.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris_Riddell_Jonathan-Swifts-Gulliver-13x12.jpg 13w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris_Riddell_Jonathan-Swifts-Gulliver.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1962\u5e744\u670813\u65e5--\u51fa\u751fchris-riddell-\u514b\u91cc\u65af\u91cc\u5fb7\u5c14\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born April 13, 1962: Chris Riddell<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>British illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, author, and polit\u00adi\u00adcal car\u00adtoon\u00adist&nbsp;<strong>Chris Rid\u00addell<\/strong>&nbsp;Born. He served as the UK Chil\u00addren\u2019s Author Lau\u00adre\u00adate from 2015 to 2017.<\/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>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Three-time Kate Green\u00adaway Medal (now CIL Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion Award) win\u00adner:<\/strong>&nbsp;With works such as *The Pirates\u2019 Diaries* (2001), *Gul\u00adliv\u00ader\u2019s Trav\u00adels* (2004), and *The Pirates\u2019 Diaries* (2005), and *Gul\u00adliv\u00ader\u2019s Trav\u00adels* (2004), and a col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion with Neil Gaiman, he has achieved great suc\u00adcess.<strong>Sleep\u00ading Beau\u00adty and the Spin\u00addle<\/strong>(2016) won the UK\u2019s high\u00adest hon\u00ador for illus\u00adtra\u00adtion three times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;His lines are exquis\u00adite\u00adly del\u00adi\u00adcate, brim\u00adming with the grotesque aes\u00adthet\u00adics and humor of the Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan era. He not only authored best\u00adsellers such as *Ada Goth*, but also, with his keen polit\u00adi\u00adcal acu\u00admen and rich imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, rein\u00adter\u00adpret\u00aded clas\u00adsic lit\u00ader\u00adary works into strik\u00ading\u00adly mod\u00adern works of art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Chris Rid\u00addell |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Riddell\">Chris Rid\u00addell (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=\"788\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faith_Ringgold_Tar_Beach-788x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faith_Ringgold_Tar_Beach-788x1024.jpg 788w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faith_Ringgold_Tar_Beach-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faith_Ringgold_Tar_Beach-768x998.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faith_Ringgold_Tar_Beach-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faith_Ringgold_Tar_Beach.jpg 923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faith_Ringgold_\u6ca5\u9752\u6d77\u6ee9.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faith_Ringgold_\u6ca5\u9752\u6d77\u6ee9.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faith_Ringgold_\u6ca5\u9752\u6d77\u6ee9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faith_Ringgold_\u6ca5\u9752\u6d77\u6ee9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faith_Ringgold_\u6ca5\u9752\u6d77\u6ee9-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2024\u5e744\u670813\u65e5--\u901d\u4e16faith-ringgold-\u8d39\u601d\u6797\u6208\u5c14\u5fb7\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>April 13, 2024 \u2014 Died: Faith Ringgold<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most famous con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Amer\u00adi\u00adcan artists and illus\u00adtra\u00adtion book authors&nbsp;<strong>Faith Ring\u00adgold<\/strong>&nbsp;She died in 1930\u20132024. She was best known for her unique \u201cSto\u00adry Quilts\u201d art form.<\/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>Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;With the<strong>Tar Beach<\/strong>-<em>Tar Beach<\/em>Award\u00aded in 1991&nbsp;<strong>Sil\u00adver Medal, 1992<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;In 2022, she received The Car\u00adle Award for Artists in recog\u00adni\u00adtion of her con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to the per\u00adfect com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of fine art and pic\u00adture book sto\u00adry\u00adtelling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Her work is filled with cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtions of female pow\u00ader and African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adto\u00adry. \u201cAsphalt Beach,\u201d through the image of a girl soar\u00ading across a New York rooftop, express\u00ades an endur\u00ading yearn\u00ading for free\u00addom and equal\u00adi\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed away | Faith Ring\u00adgold |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Faith_Ringgold\">Faith Ring\u00adgold (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=\"673\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marguerite_Henry_King_of_the_Wind.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marguerite_Henry_King_of_the_Wind.jpg 673w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marguerite_Henry_King_of_the_Wind-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marguerite_Henry_King_of_the_Wind-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u98ce\u4e4b\u738b-800x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u98ce\u4e4b\u738b-800x1024.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u98ce\u4e4b\u738b-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u98ce\u4e4b\u738b-768x983.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u98ce\u4e4b\u738b-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u98ce\u4e4b\u738b.jpg 812w\" 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=\"686\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sea-Star-Orphan-of-Chincoteague-686x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sea-Star-Orphan-of-Chincoteague-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sea-Star-Orphan-of-Chincoteague-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sea-Star-Orphan-of-Chincoteague-768x1146.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sea-Star-Orphan-of-Chincoteague-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sea-Star-Orphan-of-Chincoteague.jpg 1005w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1902\u5e744\u670813\u65e5--\u51fa\u751fmarguerite-henry-\u739b\u683c\u4e3d\u7279\u4ea8\u5229\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>April 13, 1902 \u2013 Born: Marguerite Henry<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan famous writer&nbsp;<strong>Mar\u00adguerite Hen\u00adry<\/strong>&nbsp;Born in 1902\u20131997. She is the undis\u00adput\u00aded queen of ani\u00admal lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, espe\u00adcial\u00adly nov\u00adels about hors\u00ades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>New\u00adbery Medal:<\/strong>&nbsp;With the<strong>King of the Wind<\/strong>-<em>King of the Wind<\/em>Award\u00aded in 1948&nbsp;<strong>Gold Medal 1949<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal:<\/strong>&nbsp;He once won the award for his role in \u201cMisty\u201d.<em>Misty of Chin\u00adcoteague<\/em>His works have won numer\u00adous awards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>fea\u00adture:<\/strong>&nbsp;She is known for her rig\u00ador\u00adous his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal research and pre\u00adcise depic\u00adtions of ani\u00admal psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy. In \u201cThe King of the Wind,\u201d she por\u00adtrays the sto\u00adry of how the famous Ara\u00adbi\u00adan horse \u201cGodolfin\u201d endured hard\u00adships to become a leg\u00adendary race\u00adhorse, influ\u00adenc\u00ading count\u00adless chil\u00addren who love ani\u00admals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Mar\u00adguerite Hen\u00adry |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marguerite_Henry\">Mar\u00adguerite Hen\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=\"688\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rita_Williams-Garcia_One_Crazy_Summer-688x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rita_Williams-Garcia_One_Crazy_Summer-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rita_Williams-Garcia_One_Crazy_Summer-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rita_Williams-Garcia_One_Crazy_Summer-768x1142.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rita_Williams-Garcia_One_Crazy_Summer-1033x1536.jpg 1033w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rita_Williams-Garcia_One_Crazy_Summer-1377x2048.jpg 1377w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rita_Williams-Garcia_One_Crazy_Summer-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rita_Williams-Garcia_One_Crazy_Summer.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1957\u5e744\u670813\u65e5--\u51fa\u751frita-williams-garcia-\u4e3d\u5854\u5a01\u5ec9\u65af-\u52a0\u897f\u4e9a\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born April 13, 1957: Rita Williams-Garcia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Famous Amer\u00adi\u00adcan young adult lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture author&nbsp;<strong>Rita Williams-Gar\u00adcia<\/strong>&nbsp;born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant works and achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;With the<strong>A crazy sum\u00admer<\/strong>-<em>One Crazy Sum\u00admer<\/em>(2010) Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>Sil\u00adver Medal 2011<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;She is a mul\u00adti\u00adple-time win\u00adner of the Col\u00adleta Scott Medal. Her works often use the lives of African Amer\u00adi\u00adcans in the 1960s and 70s as a back\u00addrop, deal\u00ading with com\u00adplex themes of racial pol\u00adi\u00adtics, fam\u00adi\u00adly con\u00adflicts, and teenage girl\u00adhood with humor and insight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Rita Williams-Gar\u00adcia |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rita_Williams-Garcia\">Rita Williams-Gar\u00adcia (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=\"637\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seamus_Heaney_The_Rattle_Bag-637x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seamus_Heaney_The_Rattle_Bag-637x1024.jpg 637w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seamus_Heaney_The_Rattle_Bag-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seamus_Heaney_The_Rattle_Bag-768x1234.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seamus_Heaney_The_Rattle_Bag-956x1536.jpg 956w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seamus_Heaney_The_Rattle_Bag-1274x2048.jpg 1274w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seamus_Heaney_The_Rattle_Bag-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seamus_Heaney_The_Rattle_Bag.jpg 1593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Genevieve_Foster_George_Washingtons_World-767x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Genevieve_Foster_George_Washingtons_World-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Genevieve_Foster_George_Washingtons_World-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Genevieve_Foster_George_Washingtons_World-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Genevieve_Foster_George_Washingtons_World-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Genevieve_Foster_George_Washingtons_World-1534x2048.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Genevieve_Foster_George_Washingtons_World-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Genevieve_Foster_George_Washingtons_World.jpg 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"893\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lee-Bennett-Hopkins-amazing.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lee-Bennett-Hopkins-amazing.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lee-Bennett-Hopkins-amazing-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lee-Bennett-Hopkins-amazing-768x686.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lee-Bennett-Hopkins-amazing-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-\u5176\u4ed6\u91cd\u8981\u4eba\u7269\u7b80\u62a5\">\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f Other Important Person Briefings<\/h2>\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\">Wikipedia link<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Sea\u00admus Heaney<\/strong>&nbsp;(Sea\u00admus Heaney)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Irish Nobel lau\u00adre\u00adate in Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. He co-edit\u00aded the clas\u00adsic poet\u00adry anthol\u00ado\u00adgy \u201cCrunchy Book Bag,\u201d which was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books.\u201d<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seamus_Heaney\">Sea\u00admus Heaney<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Genevieve Fos\u00adter<\/strong>&nbsp;(Genevieve Fos\u00adter)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">An Amer\u00adi\u00adcan non\u00adfic\u00adtion writer. She pio\u00adneered the \u201chor\u00adi\u00adzon\u00adtal his\u00adto\u00adry\u201d writ\u00ading style (such as *The World of George Wash\u00ading\u00adton*), and has won numer\u00adous awards.<strong>New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>.<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genevieve_Foster\">Genevieve Fos\u00adter<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Lee Ben\u00adnett Hop\u00adkins<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">A pro\u00adlif\u00adic Amer\u00adi\u00adcan anthol\u00ado\u00adgist and poet. 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Known for *Deep Sea Fairy Tales* (\u2026).<em>Hlboko\u00admorsk\u00e9 rozpr\u00e1vky<\/em>Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2015 BIB Bratisla\u00adva May\u00ador\u2019s Award<\/strong>.<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibiana.sk\/en\/veronika-klimova\">Veroni\u00adka Kl\u00ed\u00admov\u00e1<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Palmer Brown<\/strong>&nbsp;(Palmer Brown)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor. 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