{"id":8578,"date":"2026-05-27T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=8578"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:00:35","slug":"kidsbook_history_0527","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/05\/27\/kidsbook_history_0527\/","title":{"rendered":"May 27: 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=\"814\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_\u7231\u82b1\u7684\u725b-814x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_\u7231\u82b1\u7684\u725b-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_\u7231\u82b1\u7684\u725b-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_\u7231\u82b1\u7684\u725b-768x966.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_\u7231\u82b1\u7684\u725b-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_\u7231\u82b1\u7684\u725b.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\"><\/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\/05\/Robert-Lawson_Rabbit-Hill-707x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_Rabbit-Hill-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_Rabbit-Hill-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_Rabbit-Hill-768x1112.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_Rabbit-Hill-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_Rabbit-Hill.jpg 1036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\"><\/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\/Robert-Lawson_\u672c\u548c\u6211-1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_\u672c\u548c\u6211-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_\u672c\u548c\u6211-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_\u672c\u548c\u6211-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_\u672c\u548c\u6211-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Robert-Lawson_\u672c\u548c\u6211-1-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1957\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u7f57\u4f2f\u7279\u52b3\u68ee-robert-lawson\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1957 \u2013 Died: Robert Lawson<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>He is the first per\u00adson in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and illus\u00adtra\u00adtion to win both the Gold Medal and the Gold Medal. He is the only one to date to have achieved this feat.<strong>\u2026<\/strong>as a writer<strong>New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>. He also won an award as an illus\u00adtra\u00adtor.<strong>Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>A genius of his time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1945 New\u00adbery Medal:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Rab\u00adbit Hill<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Rab\u00adbit Hill<\/em>His mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, which he wrote and paint\u00aded him\u00adself, show\u00adcas\u00ades the warmth, tol\u00ader\u00adance, and great love of peace\u00adful coex\u00adis\u00adtence between human\u00adi\u00adty and nature.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1941 Calde\u00adcott Medal:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u201cThey Were Strong and Good\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>They Were Strong and Good<\/em>A fam\u00adi\u00adly epic that pays trib\u00adute to ordi\u00adnary Amer\u00adi\u00adcan ances\u00adtors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oth\u00ader rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces of illus\u00adtra\u00adtion:<strong>\u201cThe Sto\u00adry of Fer\u00addi\u00adnand\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Sto\u00adry of Fer\u00addi\u00adnand<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Mr. Pop\u00adper\u2019s Pen\u00adguins<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Mr. Pop\u00adper\u2019s Pen\u00adguins<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inde\u00adpen\u00addent cre\u00adation:<strong>Ben and Me<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Ben and Me<\/em>)\u3001<strong>The Great Wheel<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Great Wheel<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic Sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Law\u00adson\u2019s etch\u00adings and pen lines are remark\u00adably pre\u00adcise, ele\u00adgant, and imbued with a sub\u00adtle sense of humor. Whether he\u2019s illus\u00adtrat\u00ading oth\u00ader peo\u00adple\u2019s sto\u00adries or writ\u00ading his own nov\u00adels, his work always exudes a pro\u00adfound respect for life and a noble gen\u00adtle\u00adman\u00adly demeanor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Died | Robert Law\u00adson |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Lawson_(author)\">Robert Law\u00adson (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=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0013_01__Kurt-Wiese-The-Story-About-Ping-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0013_01__Kurt-Wiese-The-Story-About-Ping-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0013_01__Kurt-Wiese-The-Story-About-Ping-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0013_01__Kurt-Wiese-The-Story-About-Ping-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0013_01__Kurt-Wiese-The-Story-About-Ping-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0013_01__Kurt-Wiese-The-Story-About-Ping-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0013_01__Kurt-Wiese-The-Story-About-Ping-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0013_01__Kurt-Wiese-The-Story-About-Ping.jpg 1679w\" 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=\"1024\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0015_01__Kurt-Wiese-You-Can-Write-Chinese-1024x762.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0015_01__Kurt-Wiese-You-Can-Write-Chinese-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0015_01__Kurt-Wiese-You-Can-Write-Chinese-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0015_01__Kurt-Wiese-You-Can-Write-Chinese-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0015_01__Kurt-Wiese-You-Can-Write-Chinese-1536x1144.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0015_01__Kurt-Wiese-You-Can-Write-Chinese-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0015_01__Kurt-Wiese-You-Can-Write-Chinese.jpg 2000w\" 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=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0016_01__Kurt-Wiese-Fish-in-the-Air.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0016_01__Kurt-Wiese-Fish-in-the-Air.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0016_01__Kurt-Wiese-Fish-in-the-Air-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0016_01__Kurt-Wiese-Fish-in-the-Air-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1974\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u5e93\u5c14\u7279\u7ef4\u6cfd-kurt-wiese\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1974 \u2013 Died: Kurt Wiese<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A dis\u00adtin\u00adguished Ger\u00adman-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and pro\u00adlif\u00adic chil\u00addren\u2019s book author. He lived in Chi\u00adna for many years and was one of the most rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive visu\u00adal bridges in the West\u00adern chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture world dur\u00ading the first half of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, depict\u00ading East\u00adern cus\u00adtoms and Chi\u00adnese folk tales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hon\u00adors and Achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>&nbsp;Once relied on&nbsp;<strong>You Can Write Chi\u00adnese<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>You Can Write Chi\u00adnese<\/em>) and&nbsp;<strong>Fish in the Air<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Fish in the Air<\/em>Twice award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Sto\u00adry About Ping<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Sto\u00adry About Ping<\/em>(Writ\u00adten by Mar\u00adjorie Flack): Ping, the lit\u00adtle duck who had an adven\u00adture on a blue-head\u00aded boat on the Yangtze Riv\u00ader and ran away because he was afraid of being beat\u00aden, became one of the most clas\u00adsic ani\u00admal char\u00adac\u00adters in the his\u00adto\u00adry of West\u00adern pic\u00adture books in the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Five Chi\u00adnese Broth\u00aders<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Five Chi\u00adnese Broth\u00aders<\/em>Although its exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00aded Qing Dynasty char\u00adac\u00adter designs are con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial in con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary times due to eth\u00adnic stereo\u00adtypes, it was a phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adnal work at the time for the West\u00adern world to under\u00adstand Chi\u00adnese folk tales.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Deceased | Kurt Wiese |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kurt_Wiese\">Kurt Wiese (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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M.-E.-Kerr_Dinky-Hocker-Shoots-Smack-768x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M.-E.-Kerr_Dinky-Hocker-Shoots-Smack-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M.-E.-Kerr_Dinky-Hocker-Shoots-Smack-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M.-E.-Kerr_Dinky-Hocker-Shoots-Smack-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M.-E.-Kerr_Dinky-Hocker-Shoots-Smack-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M.-E.-Kerr_Dinky-Hocker-Shoots-Smack-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M.-E.-Kerr_Dinky-Hocker-Shoots-Smack.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1927\u5e74--\u51fa\u751fme\u514b\u5c14-m-e-kerr\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born in 1927: ME Kerr<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pio\u00adneer\u00ading real\u00adist nov\u00adel\u00adist for young adults (1927\u20132022), whose real name was\u2026<strong>Mary Jane Meek\u00ader<\/strong>(Mar\u00adi\u00adjane Meak\u00ader). She was fea\u00adtured in a spe\u00adcial chap\u00adter in \u201cThe Pow\u00ader of Child\u00adhood\u201d and is one of the bril\u00adliant writ\u00aders dis\u00adcov\u00adered and cham\u00adpi\u00adoned by the leg\u00adendary edi\u00adtor-in-chief Ursu\u00adla Nord\u00adstrom.<\/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>Dinky Hock\u00ader Shoots Smack!<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Dinky Hock\u00ader Shoots Smack!<\/em>Her ground\u00adbreak\u00ading debut nov\u00adel, with its extreme\u00adly sharp, humor\u00adous yet empa\u00adthet\u00adic touch, reveals the indif\u00adfer\u00adence of mid\u00addle-class fam\u00adi\u00adlies and the suf\u00adfer\u00ading of mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adized teenagers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Night Kites<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Night Kites<\/em>): A pio\u00adneer\u00ading work in the Unit\u00aded States that was the first to pos\u00adi\u00adtive\u00adly address the issues of teenage homo\u00adsex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty and AIDS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kerr used her pen to expose the false embell\u00adish\u00adments that main\u00adstream Amer\u00adi\u00adcan soci\u00adety made about child\u00adhood in the post\u00adwar era. She paid par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar atten\u00adtion to the \u201cvul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble\u201d or mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adized groups among teenagers. Her works are real\u00adis\u00adtic, inci\u00adsive, and nev\u00ader con\u00adde\u00adscend\u00ading or didac\u00adtic, com\u00adplete\u00adly chang\u00ading the tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adry of mod\u00adern young adult fic\u00adtion (YA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | ME Kerr |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marijane_Meaker\">Mar\u00adi\u00adjane Meak\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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_Linnea-in-Monets-Garden-702x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_Linnea-in-Monets-Garden-702x1024.jpg 702w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_Linnea-in-Monets-Garden-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_Linnea-in-Monets-Garden-768x1121.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_Linnea-in-Monets-Garden-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_Linnea-in-Monets-Garden.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\"><\/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\/Lena-Anderson_Kanin-bad-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_Kanin-bad-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_Kanin-bad-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_Kanin-bad-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_Kanin-bad-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_Kanin-bad-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_Kanin-bad.jpg 1400w\" 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=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_\u83ab\u5170\u548c\u5916\u5a46\u7cfb\u5217-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_\u83ab\u5170\u548c\u5916\u5a46\u7cfb\u5217-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_\u83ab\u5170\u548c\u5916\u5a46\u7cfb\u5217-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_\u83ab\u5170\u548c\u5916\u5a46\u7cfb\u5217-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_\u83ab\u5170\u548c\u5916\u5a46\u7cfb\u5217-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_\u83ab\u5170\u548c\u5916\u5a46\u7cfb\u5217-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lena-Anderson_\u83ab\u5170\u548c\u5916\u5a46\u7cfb\u5217.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1939\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u8389\u5a1c\u5b89\u5fb7\u68ee-lena-anderson\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1939: Lena Anderson<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Swedish chil\u00addren\u2019s illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and pic\u00adture book author. She excels at infus\u00ading her illus\u00adtra\u00adtions with typ\u00adi\u00adcal Nordic nat\u00adur\u00adal aes\u00adthet\u00adics, using gen\u00adtle and bright water\u00adcol\u00adors to cap\u00adture child\u00adhood\u2019s curios\u00adi\u00adty about every\u00adthing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and hon\u00adors:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00adtle Lotus Vis\u00adits Mon\u00adet\u2019s Gar\u00adden<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Lin\u00adnea in Mon\u00adet\u2019s gar\u00adden<\/em>&nbsp;\/ Swedish:<em>Lin\u00adnea i m\u00e5larens tr\u00e4dg\u00e5rd<\/em>): Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1988 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP)<\/strong>This work seam\u00adless\u00adly blends sci\u00adence edu\u00adca\u00adtion, art enlight\u00aden\u00adment, and chil\u00addren\u2019s sto\u00adries, lead\u00ading count\u00adless chil\u00addren into the dream\u00adlike world of Impres\u00adsion\u00adism.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive pic\u00adture books for young chil\u00addren:<strong>I Want to Take a Bath<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Kanin-bad<\/em>It was select\u00aded as one of the \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nat\u00adur\u00adal and warm clas\u00adsic:<strong>Sti\u00adna<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Sti\u00adna<\/em>(1989).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Lena Ander\u00adson |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lena_Anderson\">Lena Ander\u00adson (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=\"604\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1997_Takashi-Kitami_Seisho-monogatari_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1997_Takashi-Kitami_Seisho-monogatari_a.jpg 604w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1997_Takashi-Kitami_Seisho-monogatari_a-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1997_Takashi-Kitami_Seisho-monogatari_a-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1997_Takashi-Kitami_Seisho-monogatari_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1997_Takashi-Kitami_Seisho-monogatari_b.jpg 590w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1997_Takashi-Kitami_Seisho-monogatari_b-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1997_Takashi-Kitami_Seisho-monogatari_b-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1997_Takashi-Kitami_Seisho-monogatari_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1997_Takashi-Kitami_Seisho-monogatari_d.jpg 590w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1997_Takashi-Kitami_Seisho-monogatari_d-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1997_Takashi-Kitami_Seisho-monogatari_d-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1952\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u5317\u89c1\u9686-takashi-kitami\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1952: Takashi Kitami<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned Japan\u00adese illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and print\u00admak\u00ader. His style is unique in the con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Japan\u00adese pic\u00adture book world, pos\u00adsess\u00ading a rich clas\u00adsi\u00adcal sacred\u00adness and sur\u00adre\u00adal\u00adis\u00adtic mag\u00adi\u00adcal ele\u00adments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;With the work \u201cBible Sto\u00adries\u201c<em>Seisho mono\u00adgatari<\/em>) won&nbsp;<strong>Gold\u00aden Apple Award at the 1997 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;Takashi Kita\u00admi\u2019s works often exhib\u00adit the lin\u00adear tex\u00adtures of medieval reli\u00adgious minia\u00adtures or ear\u00adly Renais\u00adsance paint\u00adings. He excels at using calm, restrained tones, and his com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions are full of mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous metaphors and dream\u00adlike dra\u00admat\u00adic spaces, giv\u00ading his chil\u00addren\u2019s book illus\u00adtra\u00adtions a high degree of artis\u00adtic seri\u00adous\u00adness and intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal depth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Takashi Kita\u00admi |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/echo-ann.jp\/artist.html?name=%E5%8C%97%E8%A6%8B%E9%9A%86\">Takashi Kita\u00admi (Echo Ann)<\/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=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Trenton-Lee-Stewart_Mysterious-Benedict-Society-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Trenton-Lee-Stewart_Mysterious-Benedict-Society-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Trenton-Lee-Stewart_Mysterious-Benedict-Society-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Trenton-Lee-Stewart_Mysterious-Benedict-Society-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Trenton-Lee-Stewart_Mysterious-Benedict-Society-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Trenton-Lee-Stewart_Mysterious-Benedict-Society-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Trenton-Lee-Stewart_Mysterious-Benedict-Society-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Trenton-Lee-Stewart_Mysterious-Benedict-Society-1-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-\u5176\u4ed6\u91cd\u8981\u521b\u4f5c\u8005\u7b80\u62a5\u7cbe\u786e\u539f\u540d\u5bf9\u7167\u7248\">\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f Other Important Creator Briefings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><strong>event<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Peo\u00adple (includ\u00ading their orig\u00adi\u00adnal names)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Details\/Awards<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Wikipedia link<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Tren\u00adton Lee Stew\u00adart<\/strong><br>(Tren\u00adton Lee Stew\u00adart)<\/td><td>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary best\u00adselling fan\u00adta\u00adsy nov\u00adel\u00adist. His most famous work is the *Bene\u00addic\u00adt\u2019s Secret Acad\u00ade\u00admy* series.<em>The Mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous Bene\u00addict Soci\u00adety<\/em>The con\u00adcept is inge\u00adnious, per\u00adfect\u00adly com\u00adbin\u00ading intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal games, thrilling puz\u00adzles, and chil\u00addren\u2019s psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal devel\u00adop\u00adment.<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gemini.google.com\/app\/3b55321e4977684c?utm_source=app_launcher&amp;utm_medium=owned&amp;utm_campaign=base_all\">TL Stew\u00adart<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Gor\u00addon Brown<\/strong><br>(Gor\u00addon Browne)<\/td><td>A renowned and pro\u00adlif\u00adic illus\u00adtra\u00adtor of the Victorian\/Edwardian era in Eng\u00adland (1858\u20131932). He illus\u00adtrat\u00aded E. Nes\u00adbit\u2019s immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *The Adven\u00adtures of the Trea\u00adsure Hunter*.<em>The Sto\u00adry of the Trea\u00adsure Seek\u00aders<\/em>She cre\u00adat\u00aded pen illus\u00adtra\u00adtions that per\u00adfect\u00adly cap\u00adtured the essence of Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan life and was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gemini.google.com\/app\/3b55321e4977684c?utm_source=app_launcher&amp;utm_medium=owned&amp;utm_campaign=base_all\">Gor\u00addon Browne<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"361\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gordon-Browne_\u5bfb\u5b9d\u5c11\u5e74-1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gordon-Browne_\u5bfb\u5b9d\u5c11\u5e74-1.jpg 361w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gordon-Browne_\u5bfb\u5b9d\u5c11\u5e74-1-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gordon-Browne_\u5bfb\u5b9d\u5c11\u5e74-1-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;1957\u5e74 \u2014 \u901d\u4e16\uff1a\u7f57\u4f2f\u7279\u00b7\u52b3\u68ee (Robert Lawson) \u7f8e\u56fd\u513f\u7ae5\u6587\u5b66\u53f2\u4e0e\u63d2\u753b\u53f2\u4e0a\u7edd [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8724,"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-8578","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\/Lena-Anderson_Kanin-bad.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578","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=8578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8729,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8578\/revisions\/8729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}