{"id":8367,"date":"2026-05-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=8367"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:01:53","slug":"kidsbook_history_0512","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/05\/12\/kidsbook_history_0512\/","title":{"rendered":"May 12: 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=\"662\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_01__Edward-Lear-Book-of-Nonsense-662x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_01__Edward-Lear-Book-of-Nonsense-662x1024.jpg 662w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_01__Edward-Lear-Book-of-Nonsense-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_01__Edward-Lear-Book-of-Nonsense-768x1188.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_01__Edward-Lear-Book-of-Nonsense-993x1536.jpg 993w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_01__Edward-Lear-Book-of-Nonsense-1324x2048.jpg 1324w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_01__Edward-Lear-Book-of-Nonsense-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_01__Edward-Lear-Book-of-Nonsense.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_02__Edward-Lear-The-Owl-and-the-Pussycat-870x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_02__Edward-Lear-The-Owl-and-the-Pussycat-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_02__Edward-Lear-The-Owl-and-the-Pussycat-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_02__Edward-Lear-The-Owl-and-the-Pussycat-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_02__Edward-Lear-The-Owl-and-the-Pussycat-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0074_02__Edward-Lear-The-Owl-and-the-Pussycat.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1812\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u7231\u5fb7\u534e\u5229\u5c14-edward-lear\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1812: Edward Lear<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned British poet and artist. He is con\u00adsid\u00adered a pio\u00adneer of \u201cnon\u00adsense lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture\u201d in the his\u00adto\u00adry of world chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Achieve\u00adment:<\/strong>&nbsp;He pop\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adized \u201cLim\u00ader\u00adick\u201d and broke the rigid edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal tra\u00addi\u00adtions of the Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan era with a style that was com\u00adplete\u00adly illog\u00adi\u00adcal and pure\u00adly pur\u00adsued the plea\u00adsure of lan\u00adguage rhythm and imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Book of Absur\u00addi\u00adty<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>A Book of Non\u00adsense<\/em>): Includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Owl and Cat<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Owl and the Pussy\u00adcat<\/em>): One of the most famous absur\u00addist poems in Eng\u00adlish lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Lier brought lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture back to its essence of \u201cfun,\u201d and his illus\u00adtra\u00adtions were just as whim\u00adsi\u00adcal and cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00ading as his texts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Edward Lear |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Lear\">Edward Lear (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=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u6258\u6469\u8131\u00b7\u84bf\u6839_\u603b\u6709\u4e00\u5929\u4f1a\u957f\u5927\uff08\u632a\u5a01\u8bed\u7248\u672c\uff09.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u6258\u6469\u8131\u00b7\u84bf\u6839_\u603b\u6709\u4e00\u5929\u4f1a\u957f\u5927\uff08\u632a\u5a01\u8bed\u7248\u672c\uff09.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u6258\u6469\u8131\u00b7\u84bf\u6839_\u603b\u6709\u4e00\u5929\u4f1a\u957f\u5927\uff08\u632a\u5a01\u8bed\u7248\u672c\uff09-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u6258\u6469\u8131\u00b7\u84bf\u6839_\u603b\u6709\u4e00\u5929\u4f1a\u957f\u5927\uff08\u632a\u5a01\u8bed\u7248\u672c\uff09-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0007_02__Tormod-Haugen-Zeppelin02-753x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0007_02__Tormod-Haugen-Zeppelin02-753x1024.jpg 753w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0007_02__Tormod-Haugen-Zeppelin02-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0007_02__Tormod-Haugen-Zeppelin02-768x1044.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0007_02__Tormod-Haugen-Zeppelin02-1129x1536.jpg 1129w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0007_02__Tormod-Haugen-Zeppelin02-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0007_02__Tormod-Haugen-Zeppelin02.jpg 1164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u6258\u6469\u8131\u00b7\u84bf\u6839_\u4fdd\u5b88\u79d8\u5bc6.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u6258\u6469\u8131\u00b7\u84bf\u6839_\u4fdd\u5b88\u79d8\u5bc6.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u6258\u6469\u8131\u00b7\u84bf\u6839_\u4fdd\u5b88\u79d8\u5bc6-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u6258\u6469\u8131\u00b7\u84bf\u6839_\u4fdd\u5b88\u79d8\u5bc6-8x12.jpg 8w\" 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=\"420\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0006_02__Tormod-Haugen-The-Night-Birds.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0006_02__Tormod-Haugen-The-Night-Birds.jpg 420w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0006_02__Tormod-Haugen-The-Night-Birds-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0006_02__Tormod-Haugen-The-Night-Birds-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1945\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u6258\u6469\u8131\u84bf\u6839-tormod-haugen\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born in 1945: Tormod Haugen<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned Nor\u00adwe\u00adgian writer and trans\u00adla\u00adtor (1945\u20132008). He was a pin\u00adna\u00adcle rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive of Nordic youth psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>1990 Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Best Writer<\/strong>The recip\u00adi\u00adent. He is the first Nor\u00adwe\u00adgian to receive this hon\u00ador.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cnoc\u00adtur\u00adnal\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Nat\u00adtfu\u00adgler<\/em>): It vivid\u00adly depicts a boy\u2019s fear and growth under the shad\u00adow of his father\u2019s men\u00adtal ill\u00adness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Keep\u00ading the Secret<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Zep\u00adpelin<\/em>): Explor\u00ading lone\u00adli\u00adness, friend\u00adship, and the bar\u00adri\u00aders that arise dur\u00ading growth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Some\u00adday I\u2019ll Grow Up<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Ikke som i fjor<\/em>): A com\u00ading-of-age nov\u00adel with a wide inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal influ\u00adence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary style:<\/strong>&nbsp;Hao Gen\u2019s works often touch upon the \u201cinvis\u00adi\u00adble\u201d dark cor\u00adners of chil\u00addren\u2019s psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy. His writ\u00ading is del\u00adi\u00adcate and sen\u00adsi\u00adtive, with a strong sense of moder\u00adni\u00adty and philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal think\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Tomot\u00adsu Artemisia |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tormod_Haugen\">Tor\u00admod Hau\u00adgen (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=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-679x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-1358x2048.jpg 1358w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\"><\/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\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur\u4e2d\u6587\u7248.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur\u4e2d\u6587\u7248.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2004\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u6089\u5fb7\u970d\u592b-syd-hoff\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2004 \u2013 Death: Syd Hoff<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan car\u00adtoon\u00adist and pic\u00adture book author (1912\u20132004). He was the archi\u00adtect of the \u201cI Can Read!\u201d series of ele\u00admen\u00adtary books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dan\u00adny and the Dinosaur<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Dan\u00adny and the Dinosaur<\/em>Pub\u00adlished in 1958, it remains a top choice for inde\u00adpen\u00addent read\u00ading for young chil\u00addren world\u00adwide.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>con\u00adtribute:<\/strong>&nbsp;With his sim\u00adple, humor\u00adous lines and easy-to-under\u00adstand text, Hof has helped count\u00adless chil\u00addren take their first steps into read\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Deceased | Syd Hoff |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syd_Hoff\">Syd Hoff (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=\"673\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0069_01__Brigitte-Smadja-Il-faut-sauver-Sad-673x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0069_01__Brigitte-Smadja-Il-faut-sauver-Sad-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0069_01__Brigitte-Smadja-Il-faut-sauver-Sad-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0069_01__Brigitte-Smadja-Il-faut-sauver-Sad-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0069_01__Brigitte-Smadja-Il-faut-sauver-Sad.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\"><\/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\/05\/0069_01__Brigitte-Smadja-\u9752\u82d4\u539f\u4e0a\u7684\u6ce2\u5947\u56fd.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0069_01__Brigitte-Smadja-\u9752\u82d4\u539f\u4e0a\u7684\u6ce2\u5947\u56fd.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0069_01__Brigitte-Smadja-\u9752\u82d4\u539f\u4e0a\u7684\u6ce2\u5947\u56fd-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0069_01__Brigitte-Smadja-\u9752\u82d4\u539f\u4e0a\u7684\u6ce2\u5947\u56fd-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0069_01__Brigitte-Smadja-\u9752\u82d4\u539f\u4e0a\u7684\u6ce2\u5947\u56fd-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0069_01__Brigitte-Smadja-\u9752\u82d4\u539f\u4e0a\u7684\u6ce2\u5947\u56fd-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1955\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u5e03\u4e3d\u5409\u7279\u65af\u739b\u5609-brigitte-smadja\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1955: Brigitte Smadja<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary French author of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1955\u20132023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Key Achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The French Sor\u00adci\u00e8res Award<\/strong>&nbsp;The win\u00adner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Said must be res\u00adcued.<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Il faut sauver Sa\u00efd<\/em>): Focus\u00ading on the iden\u00adti\u00adty and right to edu\u00adca\u00adtion of the descen\u00addants of immi\u00adgrants in French soci\u00adety.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201c\u201cPoch King\u00addom on the Moss Plain\u201d series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Les Pozzis<\/em>This demon\u00adstrates her excep\u00adtion\u00adal tal\u00adent in fan\u00adta\u00adsy lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Brigitte Smar\u00adja |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brigitte_Smadja\">Brigitte Smad\u00adja (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=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0084_01__John-Masefield-The-Box-of-Delights-663x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0084_01__John-Masefield-The-Box-of-Delights-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0084_01__John-Masefield-The-Box-of-Delights-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0084_01__John-Masefield-The-Box-of-Delights-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0084_01__John-Masefield-The-Box-of-Delights-994x1536.jpg 994w, 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https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0084_02__John-Masefield-The-Midnight-Folk-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0084_02__John-Masefield-The-Midnight-Folk-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0084_02__John-Masefield-The-Midnight-Folk-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0084_02__John-Masefield-The-Midnight-Folk-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0084_02__John-Masefield-The-Midnight-Folk.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1967\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u7ea6\u7ff0\u9ea6\u65af\u83f2\u5c14-john-masefield\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>John Masefield \u2013 Died 1967<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>British Poet Lau\u00adre\u00adate and nov\u00adel\u00adist (1878\u20131967).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book Clas\u00adsics:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Box of Joy<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Box of Delights<\/em>): Includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mid\u00adnight Tribe<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Mid\u00adnight Folk<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;He per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00aded clas\u00adsic adven\u00adture nov\u00adels with ele\u00adments of mys\u00adtery and mag\u00adic, and his works (espe\u00adcial\u00adly The Box of Joy) are wide\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnized as one of the cor\u00adner\u00adstones of mod\u00adern chil\u00addren\u2019s fan\u00adta\u00adsy lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed Away | John Max\u00adfield |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Masefield\">John Mase\u00adfield (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\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\">Wikipedia link<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Mikhail Klaus\u00adnik<\/strong><\/td><td>Ger\u00adman writer. His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work is\u2026<strong>Iron Breeze<\/strong>\u300b won&nbsp;<strong>1991 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP)<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michail_Krausnick\">M. Kraus\u00adnick<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Mar\u00adgaret Schaff<\/strong><\/td><td>An Amer\u00adi\u00adcan detec\u00adtive nov\u00adel\u00adist, whose works have also been men\u00adtioned in the field of youth read\u00ading.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_Scherf\">Mar\u00adgaret Scherf<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0094_01__Michail-Krausnick-Die-eiserne-Lerche02-685x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0094_01__Michail-Krausnick-Die-eiserne-Lerche02-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0094_01__Michail-Krausnick-Die-eiserne-Lerche02-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0094_01__Michail-Krausnick-Die-eiserne-Lerche02-768x1148.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0094_01__Michail-Krausnick-Die-eiserne-Lerche02-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0094_01__Michail-Krausnick-Die-eiserne-Lerche02.jpg 813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\"><\/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\/05\/0089_01__Margaret-Scherf-Glass-on-the-Stairs-704x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0089_01__Margaret-Scherf-Glass-on-the-Stairs-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0089_01__Margaret-Scherf-Glass-on-the-Stairs-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0089_01__Margaret-Scherf-Glass-on-the-Stairs-768x1118.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0089_01__Margaret-Scherf-Glass-on-the-Stairs-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0089_01__Margaret-Scherf-Glass-on-the-Stairs.jpg 993w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1812\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u7231\u5fb7\u534e\u00b7\u5229\u5c14 (Edward Lear) \u82f1\u56fd\u8457\u540d\u8bd7\u4eba\u3001\u827a\u672f\u5bb6\u3002\u4ed6\u662f\u4e16\u754c\u513f [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8410,"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-8367","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\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur\u4e2d\u6587\u7248.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8367","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=8367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8417,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8367\/revisions\/8417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}