{"id":8733,"date":"2026-06-04T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=8733"},"modified":"2026-05-31T21:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:01:51","slug":"kidsbook_history_0604","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/06\/04\/kidsbook_history_0604\/","title":{"rendered":"June 4th: Today in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book His\u00adto\u00adry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0161_01__Arna-Bontemps-Story-of-the-Negro.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0161_01__Arna-Bontemps-Story-of-the-Negro.jpg 335w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0161_01__Arna-Bontemps-Story-of-the-Negro-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0161_01__Arna-Bontemps-Story-of-the-Negro-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1973\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u963f\u7eb3\u90a6\u5f53-arna-bontemps\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1973 \u2013 Death: Arna Bontemps<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan poet, nov\u00adel\u00adist, and schol\u00adar (1902\u20131973). He was one of the key fig\u00adures in the Harlem Renais\u00adsance, a nation\u00adwide African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan lit\u00ader\u00adary renais\u00adsance move\u00adment in the 1920s, and a pio\u00adneer who brought African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adto\u00adry into the field of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture with the high\u00adest lit\u00ader\u00adary dig\u00adni\u00adty.<\/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>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador, 1949<\/strong>&nbsp;The win\u00adner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Immor\u00adtal Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Sto\u00adry of Black Peo\u00adple<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Sto\u00adry of the Negro<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong>&nbsp;Deeply aware of the lack of por\u00adtray\u00adal and stereo\u00adtyp\u00adi\u00adcal bias\u00ades of African Amer\u00adi\u00adcans in main\u00adstream chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture at the time, Bond wrote this grand his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal non\u00adfic\u00adtion work for chil\u00addren him\u00adself. With his excep\u00adtion\u00adal his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal schol\u00adar\u00adship and a poet\u00adic and com\u00adpas\u00adsion\u00adate style, he recounts the epic his\u00adto\u00adry of African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan strug\u00adgles, from ancient African civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtions and the cru\u00adel\u00adty of slav\u00adery to the grand strug\u00adgles of African Amer\u00adi\u00adcans. This book not only estab\u00adlished the his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal dig\u00adni\u00adty of Black chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture but also became a bea\u00adcon of chil\u00addren\u2019s read\u00ading dur\u00ading the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Civ\u00adil Rights Move\u00adment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed Away | Arna Bon\u00adtemps |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arna_Bontemps\">Arna Bon\u00adtemps (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=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0166_01__Ernst-Waldemar-Bauer-Hhlen-Welt-ohne-Sonne-1024x768.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0166_01__Ernst-Waldemar-Bauer-Hhlen-Welt-ohne-Sonne-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0166_01__Ernst-Waldemar-Bauer-Hhlen-Welt-ohne-Sonne-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0166_01__Ernst-Waldemar-Bauer-Hhlen-Welt-ohne-Sonne-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0166_01__Ernst-Waldemar-Bauer-Hhlen-Welt-ohne-Sonne-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0166_01__Ernst-Waldemar-Bauer-Hhlen-Welt-ohne-Sonne-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0166_01__Ernst-Waldemar-Bauer-Hhlen-Welt-ohne-Sonne.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2015\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u6069\u65af\u7279\u74e6\u5c14\u5fb7\u9a6c\u9c8d\u5c14-ernst-waldemar-bauer\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2015 \u2013 Passed away: Ernst Waldemar Bauer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned Ger\u00adman biol\u00ado\u00adgist, sci\u00adence writer, and tele\u00advi\u00adsion pro\u00adduc\u00ader (1926\u20132015). He was a lead\u00ading fig\u00adure in post\u00adwar Ger\u00adman sci\u00adence pop\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adiza\u00adtion, adept at trans\u00adform\u00ading com\u00adplex nat\u00adur\u00adal sci\u00adence into visu\u00adal and tex\u00adtu\u00adal feasts that res\u00adonat\u00aded deeply with chil\u00addren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;He won the award for his sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cThe Cave: A World With\u00adout the Sun\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>1972 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP) Best Nonfiction\/Science Prize<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Caves: A World With\u00adout Sun\u00adshine<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>H\u00f6hlen \u2013 Welt ohne Sonne<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal impact:<\/strong>&nbsp;Through an inter\u00addis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion of geol\u00ado\u00adgy, archae\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy, and biol\u00ado\u00adgy, Bauer takes chil\u00addren into the mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous, dark realm deep with\u00adin the Earth. With cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00ading doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary pho\u00adtographs and nar\u00adra\u00adtives full of lit\u00ader\u00adary ten\u00adsion, he sub\u00adverts the tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal, rigid sci\u00adence text\u00adbook style of the time, ele\u00advat\u00ading chil\u00addren\u2019s non-fic\u00adtion sci\u00adence works to a mod\u00adern lev\u00adel that com\u00adbines artistry with sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic seri\u00adous\u00adness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed Away | Ernst Walde\u00admar Bauer |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q1360497\">Ernst Walde\u00admar Bauer (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=\"463\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0171_01__Otto-von-Frisch-Tausend-Tricks-der-Tarnung.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0171_01__Otto-von-Frisch-Tausend-Tricks-der-Tarnung.jpg 463w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0171_01__Otto-von-Frisch-Tausend-Tricks-der-Tarnung-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0171_01__Otto-von-Frisch-Tausend-Tricks-der-Tarnung-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2008\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u5965\u6258\u51af\u5f17\u91cc\u65bd-otto-von-frisch\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2008 \u2013 Death: Otto von Frisch<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>He was a renowned Ger\u00adman zool\u00ado\u00adgist and for\u00admer direc\u00adtor of the Brunswick Nat\u00adur\u00adal His\u00adto\u00adry Muse\u00adum (1929\u20132008). He was the son of Karl von Frisch, a world-renowned behav\u00adioral biol\u00ado\u00adgist and Nobel lau\u00adre\u00adate (famous for deci\u00adpher\u00ading the lan\u00adguage of bee dances), and per\u00adfect\u00adly inher\u00adit\u00aded his fam\u00adi\u00adly\u2019s extreme\u00adly del\u00adi\u00adcate and keen insight into nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;He won the award for his pop\u00adu\u00adlar sci\u00adence mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, \u201cA Thou\u00adsand Tech\u00adniques of Dis\u00adguise\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>1974 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP) Best Nonfiction\/Science Prize<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>A Thou\u00adsand Tech\u00adniques of Dis\u00adguise<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Tausend Tricks der Tar\u00adnung<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;In this award-win\u00adning mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, Frisch uses remark\u00adably humor\u00adous yet log\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly rig\u00ador\u00adous lan\u00adguage to decon\u00adstruct for chil\u00addren the aston\u00adish\u00ading mim\u00adic\u00adry, cam\u00adou\u00adflage, and psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal decep\u00adtion tac\u00adtics that ani\u00admals have evolved for sur\u00advival. His work not only con\u00adveys zoo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal knowl\u00adedge but also guides chil\u00addren to con\u00adtem\u00adplate the grand themes of bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal evo\u00adlu\u00adtion and eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal bal\u00adance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Died | Otto von Frisch |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q999975\">Otto von Frisch (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;1973\u5e74 \u2014 \u901d\u4e16\uff1a\u963f\u7eb3\u00b7\u90a6\u5f53 Arna Bontemps \u7f8e\u56fd\u8457\u540d\u7684\u9ed1\u4eba\u8bd7\u4eba\u3001\u5c0f\u8bf4\u5bb6\u3001\u5b66\u8005 [&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-8733","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\/8733","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=8733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8886,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733\/revisions\/8886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}