{"id":7765,"date":"2026-04-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=7765"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:35:23","slug":"kidsbook_history_0418","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/04\/18\/kidsbook_history_0418\/","title":{"rendered":"April 18: 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=\"329\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0081_01__Leigh-Hobbs-Old-Tom.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0081_01__Leigh-Hobbs-Old-Tom.jpg 329w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0081_01__Leigh-Hobbs-Old-Tom-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0081_01__Leigh-Hobbs-Old-Tom-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Leigh_Hobbs_Old_Tom.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Leigh_Hobbs_Old_Tom.jpg 365w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Leigh_Hobbs_Old_Tom-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Leigh_Hobbs_Old_Tom-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1953\u5e744\u670818\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f\u5229\u970d\u5e03\u65af-leigh-hobbs\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>April 18, 1953 \u2013 Born: Leigh Hobbs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aus\u00adtralian chil\u00addren\u2019s book author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor&nbsp;<strong>Leigh Hobbes<\/strong>&nbsp;Born in 1953. He is prob\u00ada\u00adbly one of the most \u201cunruly\u201d illus\u00adtra\u00adtors in the con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book world\u2014his lines are crooked, his col\u00adors are intense but unadorned, and his char\u00adac\u00adters are often dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate, even some\u00adwhat \u201cugly\u201d at first glance. But it is pre\u00adcise\u00adly this \u201cimper\u00adfec\u00adtion\u201d that gives his books a strange sense of inti\u00adma\u00adcy, as if these char\u00adac\u00adters real\u00adly exist on some street cor\u00adner, rather than being care\u00adful\u00adly designed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\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><strong>Talk\u00ading Tom<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Old Tom<\/em>Old Tom is fea\u00adtured in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books.\u201d He\u2019s a mis\u00adchie\u00advous yet endear\u00ading cat\u2014he always sneaks out at night to cause trou\u00adble, then acts like noth\u00ading hap\u00adpened the next day. Old Tom\u2019s sto\u00adries have become a shared mem\u00ado\u00adry for a gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of chil\u00addren in Aus\u00adtralia; they tell a sto\u00adry of hon\u00adest \u201cbadness\u201d\u2014children can see their own unac\u00adknowl\u00adedged lit\u00adtle thoughts reflect\u00aded in Old Tom with\u00adout fear of judg\u00adment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hobbes was also an author and broad\u00adcast\u00ader, and his works were adapt\u00aded into ani\u00admat\u00aded tele\u00advi\u00adsion series in Aus\u00adtralia, influ\u00adenc\u00ading an entire gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of young read\u00aders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;Hobbes once said that he nev\u00ader delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly drew \u201ccute\u201d things because he believed that what chil\u00addren real\u00adly need\u00aded was not a roman\u00adti\u00adcized world, but \u201csome\u00adone to real\u00adis\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly depict their feel\u00adings.\u201d This cre\u00adative atti\u00adtude has earned his pic\u00adture books a unique and fer\u00advent fol\u00adlow\u00ading among chil\u00addren\u2019s book lovers world\u00adwide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Leigh Hobbes |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leigh_Hobbs\">Leigh Hobbs (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=\"539\" height=\"999\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2007_Ivan-Aleksandrov_My-tak-pochozi_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2007_Ivan-Aleksandrov_My-tak-pochozi_a.jpg 539w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2007_Ivan-Aleksandrov_My-tak-pochozi_a-162x300.jpg 162w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2007_Ivan-Aleksandrov_My-tak-pochozi_a-6x12.jpg 6w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1982\u5e744\u670818\u65e5--\u51fa\u751f\u4f0a\u4e07\u4e9a\u5386\u5c71\u5fb7\u7f57\u592b-ivan-aleksandrov\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>April 18, 1982 \u2013 Born: Ivan Aleksandrov<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Russ\u00adian illus\u00adtra\u00adtor&nbsp;<strong>Ivan Alexan\u00addrov<\/strong>&nbsp;Born in 1982. As one of the most promi\u00adnent young faces in con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Russ\u00adian illus\u00adtra\u00adtion, his style com\u00adbines the pro\u00adfound nar\u00adra\u00adtive of the Russ\u00adian art tra\u00addi\u00adtion with the geo\u00admet\u00adric feel of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary East\u00adern Euro\u00adpean design. His works often move between fig\u00adu\u00adra\u00adtive and abstract, yet always main\u00adtain a deep con\u00adnec\u00adtion with chil\u00addren\u2019s imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Impor\u00adtant Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>BIB Gold\u00aden Apple Award (2007)<\/strong>Based on the works&nbsp;<strong>My tak pocho\u017ei<\/strong>&nbsp;This award is a pres\u00adti\u00adgious hon\u00ador bestowed upon out\u00adstand\u00ading works of pub\u00adlished books by the BIB Awards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Ivan Alexan\u00addrov |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibiana.sk\/en\/ivan-aleksandrov\">Ivan Alek\u00adsan\u00addrov (Bib\u00adiana)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"957\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2007_Ivan-Aleksandrov_My-tak-pochozi_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2007_Ivan-Aleksandrov_My-tak-pochozi_b.jpg 999w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2007_Ivan-Aleksandrov_My-tak-pochozi_b-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2007_Ivan-Aleksandrov_My-tak-pochozi_b-768x736.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2007_Ivan-Aleksandrov_My-tak-pochozi_b-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"957\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2007_Ivan-Aleksandrov_My-tak-pochozi_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7904\" 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