{"id":8575,"date":"2026-05-24T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=8575"},"modified":"2026-05-24T09:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T01:04:38","slug":"kidsbook_history_0524","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/05\/24\/kidsbook_history_0524\/","title":{"rendered":"May 24: 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=\"669\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_A-Year-Down-Yonder-669x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_A-Year-Down-Yonder-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_A-Year-Down-Yonder-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_A-Year-Down-Yonder-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_A-Year-Down-Yonder-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_A-Year-Down-Yonder.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<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\/05\/Richard-Peck_A-Long-Way-from-Chicago-730x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_A-Long-Way-from-Chicago-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_A-Long-Way-from-Chicago-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_A-Long-Way-from-Chicago-768x1078.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_A-Long-Way-from-Chicago-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_A-Long-Way-from-Chicago.jpg 1069w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"871\" height=\"1001\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_\u548c\u602a\u5976\u5976\u7684\u4e03\u4e2a\u590f\u5929.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_\u548c\u602a\u5976\u5976\u7684\u4e03\u4e2a\u590f\u5929.jpg 871w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_\u548c\u602a\u5976\u5976\u7684\u4e03\u4e2a\u590f\u5929-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_\u548c\u602a\u5976\u5976\u7684\u4e03\u4e2a\u590f\u5929-768x883.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Peck_\u548c\u602a\u5976\u5976\u7684\u4e03\u4e2a\u590f\u5929-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2018\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u7406\u67e5\u5fb7\u6d3e\u514b-richard-peck\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2018 \u2014 Died: Richard Peck<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A dis\u00adtin\u00adguished Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author of chil\u00addren\u2019s and young adult lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1934\u20132018). With his extreme\u00adly humor\u00adous, refined, and heart\u00adwarm\u00ading writ\u00ading style, he cre\u00adat\u00aded one of the most famous grand\u00adfa\u00adther fig\u00adures in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan 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>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>2001 New\u00adbery Medal<\/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>A Year in the Coun\u00adtry\u00adside<\/strong>(Alter\u00adna\u00adtive trans\u00adla\u00adtion: Sev\u00aden Sum\u00admers with My Strange Grand\u00adma)<em>A Year Down Yon\u00adder<\/em>): Award\u00aded the New\u00adbery Medal in 2001.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A Place Far From Chica\u00adgo<\/strong>(Or trans\u00adlat\u00aded as \u201cThat Year at Grand\u00adma\u2019s House\u201d)<em>A Long Way from Chica\u00adgo<\/em>): Award\u00aded the New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal in 1999.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Park\u00ader vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrayed life in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Mid\u00adwest dur\u00ading the Great Depres\u00adsion. His char\u00adac\u00adter, the tall, rough, seem\u00ading\u00adly uncon\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal yet right\u00adeous and wise \u201cGrand\u00adma Dowdel,\u201d has become an eter\u00adnal warm haven in the hearts of count\u00adless read\u00aders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Died | Richard Park\u00ader |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Peck_(writer)\">Richard Peck (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=\"562\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2003_Armin-Greder_Die-Insel_-eine-tagliche-Geschichte_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2003_Armin-Greder_Die-Insel_-eine-tagliche-Geschichte_a.jpg 562w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2003_Armin-Greder_Die-Insel_-eine-tagliche-Geschichte_a-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2003_Armin-Greder_Die-Insel_-eine-tagliche-Geschichte_a-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2003_Armin-Greder_An-ordinary-day_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2003_Armin-Greder_An-ordinary-day_a.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2003_Armin-Greder_An-ordinary-day_a-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2003_Armin-Greder_An-ordinary-day_a-11x12.jpg 11w\" 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=\"800\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2003_Armin-Greder_An-ordinary-day_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2003_Armin-Greder_An-ordinary-day_d.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2003_Armin-Greder_An-ordinary-day_d-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2003_Armin-Greder_An-ordinary-day_d-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2003_Armin-Greder_An-ordinary-day_d-18x9.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1942\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u963f\u660e\u683c\u96f7\u5fb7-armin-greder\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1942 \u2013 Born: Armin Greder<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned Swiss-Aus\u00adtralian illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and pic\u00adture book author. He is a rare con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary mas\u00adter of real\u00adism who dares to use strong visu\u00adal cri\u00adtique and alle\u00adgor\u00adi\u00adcal forms to con\u00adfront the dark\u00ader aspects of human soci\u00adety, prej\u00adu\u00addices, and geopo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Key Achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>&nbsp;With the work \u201c<strong>An ordi\u00adnary day<\/strong>-<em>An ordi\u00adnary day<\/em>) won&nbsp;<strong>Gold\u00aden Apple Award at the 2003 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Islands: Dai\u00adly Sto\u00adries<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Die Insel<\/em>A visu\u00adal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece that has shocked the world, pro\u00adfound\u00adly reveal\u00ading human\u00adi\u00adty\u2019s blind xeno\u00adpho\u00adbia, fear, and col\u00adlec\u00adtive indif\u00adfer\u00adence when faced with those who are dif\u00adfer\u00adent through the expe\u00adri\u00adence of a refugee who has washed ashore on an island.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic Style:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gre\u00adta is adept at using bold char\u00adcoal and somber tones. His com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions are full of expres\u00adsion\u00adist ten\u00adsion, not gloss\u00ading over prob\u00adlems for chil\u00addren, but rather pro\u00advok\u00ading deep reflec\u00adtions on human\u00adi\u00adty and soci\u00adety through high\u00adly impact\u00adful images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Armin Greid |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armin_Greder\">Armin Gred\u00ader (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=\"428\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1991_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Zbojnikova-dcera-Ronja_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1991_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Zbojnikova-dcera-Ronja_a.jpg 428w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1991_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Zbojnikova-dcera-Ronja_a-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1991_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Zbojnikova-dcera-Ronja_a-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1995_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Adam-a-Eva_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1995_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Adam-a-Eva_d.jpg 704w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1995_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Adam-a-Eva_d-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1995_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Adam-a-Eva_d-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2001_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Hodinky_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2001_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Hodinky_a.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2001_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Hodinky_a-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2001_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Hodinky_a-12x12.jpg 12w\" 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=\"600\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2001_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Palculienka_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2001_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Palculienka_a.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2001_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Palculienka_a-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2001_Jana-Kiselova-Sitekova_Palculienka_a-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1942\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u96c5\u5a1c\u57fa\u585e\u6d1b\u5a03-\u897f\u6cf0\u79d1\u5a03-jana-kiselov\u00e1-sitekov\u00e1\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1942: Jana Kiselov\u00e1-Sitekov\u00e1<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure of Slo\u00adva\u00adkia, this female illus\u00adtra\u00adtor was born on the same day as Armin Grede, but she show\u00adcas\u00ades anoth\u00ader extreme of visu\u00adal art in pic\u00adture books\u2014the ulti\u00admate in clas\u00adsi\u00adcism, lyri\u00adcism, and romance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Out\u00adstand\u00ading Achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>&nbsp;She is a reg\u00adu\u00adlar at the Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB) and a mul\u00adti\u00adple win\u00adner of major awards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1991 BIB Plaque<\/strong>\u201cThe Green For\u00adest Daugh\u00adter\u201c<em>Zbo\u00adjn\u00edko\u00adva dc\u00e9ra Ron\u00adja<\/em>Astrid Lind\u00adgren\u2019s famous work).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1995 BIB Gold\u00aden Apple Award<\/strong>Adam and Eve<em>Adam a Eva<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2001 BIB Gold\u00aden Apple Award<\/strong>Thum\u00adbe\u00adli\u00adna<em>Pal\u00adculien\u00adka<\/em>) and The Lit\u00adtle Watch (<em>Hodinky<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2009 BIB Hon\u00adours Award<\/strong>My Guardian Angel (<em>Anjeli\u010dku, m\u00f4j str\u00e1\u017eni\u010dku<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;Her paint\u00ading style is del\u00adi\u00adcate and refined, often pos\u00adsess\u00ading the ele\u00adgant tex\u00adture of medieval murals and minia\u00adture paint\u00adings. Her depic\u00adtion of light and shad\u00adow, plant tex\u00adtures, and human expres\u00adsions is full of poet\u00adry and sacred\u00adness, endow\u00ading clas\u00adsi\u00adcal fairy tales and fan\u00adta\u00adsy lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture with unpar\u00adal\u00adleled visu\u00adal dig\u00adni\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Yana Kiselo\u00adva-Sitaiko\u00adva |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/www.bibiana.sk\/en\/jana-kiselova-sitekova\">Jana Kiselov\u00e1-Sitekov\u00e1 (Bib\u00adiana)<\/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\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_Young-Fu-of-the-Upper-Yangtze-679x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_Young-Fu-of-the-Upper-Yangtze-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_Young-Fu-of-the-Upper-Yangtze-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_Young-Fu-of-the-Upper-Yangtze-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_Young-Fu-of-the-Upper-Yangtze-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_Young-Fu-of-the-Upper-Yangtze.jpg 994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_\u626c\u5b50\u6c5f\u4e0a\u6e38\u7684\u5c0f\u5085-819x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_\u626c\u5b50\u6c5f\u4e0a\u6e38\u7684\u5c0f\u5085-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_\u626c\u5b50\u6c5f\u4e0a\u6e38\u7684\u5c0f\u5085-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_\u626c\u5b50\u6c5f\u4e0a\u6e38\u7684\u5c0f\u5085-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_\u626c\u5b50\u6c5f\u4e0a\u6e38\u7684\u5c0f\u5085-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elizabeth-Foreman-Lewis_\u626c\u5b50\u6c5f\u4e0a\u6e38\u7684\u5c0f\u5085.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1892\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u4f0a\u4e3d\u838e\u767d\u798f\u5c14\u66fc\u5218\u6613\u65af-elizabeth-foreman-lewis\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1892 \u2013 Born: Elizabeth Foreman Lewis<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>She was a renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author (1892\u20131958). She was a pio\u00adneer in intro\u00adduc\u00ading the real\u00adi\u00adties of East\u00adern (espe\u00adcial\u00adly Chi\u00adnese) life into the main\u00adstream Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The 1933 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>&nbsp;The win\u00adner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Fu Qingn\u00adian on the Upper Yangtze Riv\u00ader<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal back\u00adground:<\/strong>&nbsp;Lewis lived in Chongqing, Chi\u00adna, as a mis\u00adsion\u00adary and teacher. This award-win\u00adning work, set in Chongqing in the 1920s, real\u00adis\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly and del\u00adi\u00adcate\u00adly por\u00adtrays the growth and strug\u00adgles of Fu Qingn\u00adian, a cop\u00adper\u00adsmith\u2019s appren\u00adtice. Although lim\u00adit\u00aded by the West\u00adern per\u00adspec\u00adtive of that era, its doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary style great\u00adly con\u00adtributed to the West\u00adern world\u2019s under\u00adstand\u00ading of ordi\u00adnary Chi\u00adnese life at the time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth For\u00adman Lewis |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_Foreman_Lewis\">EF Lewis (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=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clara-Ingram-Judson_Abraham-Lincoln-Friend-of-the-People-680x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clara-Ingram-Judson_Abraham-Lincoln-Friend-of-the-People-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clara-Ingram-Judson_Abraham-Lincoln-Friend-of-the-People-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clara-Ingram-Judson_Abraham-Lincoln-Friend-of-the-People-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clara-Ingram-Judson_Abraham-Lincoln-Friend-of-the-People-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clara-Ingram-Judson_Abraham-Lincoln-Friend-of-the-People.jpg 996w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kathleen-Hale_Orlando-1024x882.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kathleen-Hale_Orlando-1024x882.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kathleen-Hale_Orlando-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kathleen-Hale_Orlando-768x662.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kathleen-Hale_Orlando-1536x1323.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kathleen-Hale_Orlando-2048x1764.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kathleen-Hale_Orlando-14x12.jpg 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Candace-Fleming_The-Fabled-Fourth-Graders-709x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Candace-Fleming_The-Fabled-Fourth-Graders-709x1024.jpg 709w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Candace-Fleming_The-Fabled-Fourth-Graders-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Candace-Fleming_The-Fabled-Fourth-Graders-768x1109.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Candace-Fleming_The-Fabled-Fourth-Graders-1063x1536.jpg 1063w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Candace-Fleming_The-Fabled-Fourth-Graders-1418x2048.jpg 1418w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Candace-Fleming_The-Fabled-Fourth-Graders-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Candace-Fleming_The-Fabled-Fourth-Graders.jpg 1581w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-\u66f4\u591a\u91cd\u8981\u521b\u4f5c\u8005\u7b80\u62a5\">\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f More important creator 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>Clara Jud\u00adson<\/strong><\/td><td>A pro\u00adlif\u00adic Amer\u00adi\u00adcan biog\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader. (Based on\u2026)<strong>Abra\u00adham Lin\u00adcoln, a friend of the peo\u00adple<\/strong>\u300b has won numer\u00adous awards&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clara_Ingram_Judson\">Clara I. Jud\u00adson<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Cather\u00adine Hale<\/strong><\/td><td>British illus\u00adtra\u00adtor. His \u201cOrlan\u00addo the Ground\u00adhog Cat\u201d series, with its extreme\u00adly gor\u00adgeous lith\u00ado\u00adgraph style, was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kathleen_Hale\">Kath\u00adleen Hale<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Can\u00addace Flem\u00ading<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan non\u00adfic\u00adtion and bridge book author. His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work is\u2026<strong>Aesop Ele\u00admen\u00adtary School\u2019s Amaz\u00ading Fourth Grade<\/strong>It has been wide\u00adly praised in cam\u00adpus read\u00ading.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Candace_Fleming\">Can\u00addace Flem\u00ading<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Martha Alexan\u00adder<\/strong><\/td><td>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author, best known for her work \u201c<strong>A is you are very cute.<\/strong>\u300b (<em>A You\u2019re Adorable<\/em>Full of rhythm and warmth.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/185193.Martha_Alexander\">Martha Alexan\u00adder<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Rob\u00adbie Branscomb<\/strong><\/td><td>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan region\u00adal real\u00adist writer. His famous work is\u2026<strong>The Mur\u00adder of Bates the Hound<\/strong>It per\u00adfect\u00adly com\u00adbines rur\u00adal sus\u00adpense with chil\u00addren\u2019s psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robbie_Branscum\">Rob\u00adbie Bran\u00adscum<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Martha-Alexander-_A-Youre-Adorable-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Martha-Alexander-_A-Youre-Adorable-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Martha-Alexander-_A-Youre-Adorable-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Martha-Alexander-_A-Youre-Adorable-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Martha-Alexander-_A-Youre-Adorable-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Martha-Alexander-_A-Youre-Adorable-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Martha-Alexander-_A-Youre-Adorable.jpg 1499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\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\/Robbie_The-Murder-of-Hound-Dog-Bates-673x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robbie_The-Murder-of-Hound-Dog-Bates-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robbie_The-Murder-of-Hound-Dog-Bates-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robbie_The-Murder-of-Hound-Dog-Bates-768x1168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robbie_The-Murder-of-Hound-Dog-Bates-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robbie_The-Murder-of-Hound-Dog-Bates.jpg 986w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;2018\u5e74 \u2014 \u901d\u4e16\uff1a\u7406\u67e5\u5fb7\u00b7\u6d3e\u514b (Richard Peck) \u7f8e\u56fd\u6770\u51fa\u7684\u513f\u7ae5\u4e0e\u9752\u5c11\u5e74\u6587\u5b66\u4f5c [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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-8575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-498","tag-406","tag-10"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8575","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=8575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8666,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8575\/revisions\/8666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}