{"id":8734,"date":"2026-06-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=8734"},"modified":"2026-05-31T21:11:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:11:42","slug":"kidsbook_history_0605","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/06\/05\/kidsbook_history_0605\/","title":{"rendered":"June 5th: Today in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book His\u00adto\u00adry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"306\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-The-Little-Bookroom.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-The-Little-Bookroom.jpg 306w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-The-Little-Bookroom-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-The-Little-Bookroom-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-\u82f9\u679c\u56ed\u91cc\u7684\u9a6c\u4e01\u00b7\u76ae\u5e73.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-\u82f9\u679c\u56ed\u91cc\u7684\u9a6c\u4e01\u00b7\u76ae\u5e73.jpg 404w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-\u82f9\u679c\u56ed\u91cc\u7684\u9a6c\u4e01\u00b7\u76ae\u5e73-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-\u82f9\u679c\u56ed\u91cc\u7684\u9a6c\u4e01\u00b7\u76ae\u5e73-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-\u4e07\u82b1\u7b52-711x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-\u4e07\u82b1\u7b52-711x1024.jpg 711w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-\u4e07\u82b1\u7b52-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-\u4e07\u82b1\u7b52-768x1106.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-\u4e07\u82b1\u7b52-1066x1536.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-\u4e07\u82b1\u7b52-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0217_01__Eleanor-Farjeon-\u4e07\u82b1\u7b52.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1965\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u4f9d\u5217\u5a1c\u6cd5\u5409\u6069-eleanor-farjeon\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1965 \u2013 Death: Eleanor Farjeon<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An immor\u00adtal British chil\u00addren\u2019s author and poet (1881\u20131965). She is the most poet\u00adic, ele\u00adgant, and imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtive bea\u00adcon in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Eng\u00adlish chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, and a pio\u00adneer of the high\u00adest hon\u00adors in 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>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The inau\u00adgur\u00adal Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Best Writer was award\u00aded in 1956.<\/strong>The win\u00adner is the first author in human his\u00adto\u00adry to receive this \u201cmini-Nobel Prize\u201d; she won the award for her select\u00aded works, \u201cThe Lit\u00adtle Study\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>1955 Carnegie Medal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A mas\u00adter\u00adpiece for pos\u00adter\u00adi\u00adty:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Lit\u00adtle Study<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Lit\u00adtle Book\u00adroom<\/em>): Her own selec\u00adtion of the best sto\u00adries. In this room filled with dust, old books, and sun\u00adlight, she uses the purest lit\u00ader\u00adary lan\u00adguage to show chil\u00addren what it means to have an eter\u00adnal love for books, imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, and all things ordi\u00adnary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mar\u00adtin Pip\u00adpin in the Apple Orchard<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Mar\u00adtin Pip\u00adpin in the Apple Orchard<\/em>)\u3001<strong>\u201ckalei\u00addo\u00adscope\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Kalei\u00addo\u00adscope<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cbreak\u00ading Dawn\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Morn\u00ading Has Bro\u00adken<\/em>Her morn\u00ading hymn, filled with grat\u00adi\u00adtude for the world, was lat\u00ader made famous world\u00adwide by the renowned singer Cat Stevens.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcance:<\/strong>&nbsp;Fargeen ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded her life to build\u00ading a haven for human\u00adi\u00adty against the cold\u00adness of real\u00adi\u00adty through poet\u00adry and fairy tales. Her writ\u00ading is ethe\u00adre\u00adal and noble, devoid of any world\u00adly con\u00adcerns, yet per\u00adfect\u00adly pre\u00adserv\u00ading the most gen\u00aduine intu\u00adition and sacred\u00adness of child\u00adhood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Deceased | Eleanor Far\u00adjeon |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eleanor_Farjeon\">Eleanor Far\u00adjeon (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=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-Each-Peach-Pear-Plum-1024x799.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-Each-Peach-Pear-Plum-1024x799.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-Each-Peach-Pear-Plum-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-Each-Peach-Pear-Plum-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-Each-Peach-Pear-Plum-1536x1199.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-Each-Peach-Pear-Plum-2048x1599.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-Each-Peach-Pear-Plum-15x12.jpg 15w\" 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=\"320\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_01__Allan-Ahlberg-Please-Mrs.-Butler.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_01__Allan-Ahlberg-Please-Mrs.-Butler.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_01__Allan-Ahlberg-Please-Mrs.-Butler-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_01__Allan-Ahlberg-Please-Mrs.-Butler-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u5723\u8bde\u90ae\u9012\u5458-1024x851.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u5723\u8bde\u90ae\u9012\u5458-1024x851.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u5723\u8bde\u90ae\u9012\u5458-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u5723\u8bde\u90ae\u9012\u5458-768x639.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u5723\u8bde\u90ae\u9012\u5458-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u5723\u8bde\u90ae\u9012\u5458.jpg 1080w\" 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\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u90ae\u9012\u5458-1024x762.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u90ae\u9012\u5458-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u90ae\u9012\u5458-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u90ae\u9012\u5458-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u90ae\u9012\u5458-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0182_02__Allan-Ahlberg-\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u90ae\u9012\u5458.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1938\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u827e\u4f26\u963f\u5c14\u4f2f\u683c-allan-ahlberg\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1938 \u2013 Born: Allan Ahlberg<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>He was one of the most out\u00adstand\u00ading and pop\u00adu\u00adlar chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book and chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture authors in con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Britain (1938). He and his wife, the famous illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Janet Ahlberg (1944\u20131994), formed the most beloved \u201cgold\u00aden cou\u00adple\u201d in the British post-war chil\u00addren\u2019s book world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Their col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion helped Janet twice reach the pin\u00adna\u00adcle of visu\u00adal art at the Kate Green\u00adaway Medal (now the Carnegie Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion Award).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gold Medal, 1978:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Peach, pear, and plum trees<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Each Peach Pear Plum<\/em>A mod\u00adern clas\u00adsic for young chil\u00addren that seam\u00adless\u00adly weaves tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal British nurs\u00adery rhyme char\u00adac\u00adters into a trea\u00adsure hunt game.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1991 Gold Medal:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Mer\u00adry Christ\u00admas Post\u00adman<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Jol\u00adly Christ\u00admas Post\u00adman<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oth\u00ader mile\u00adstone mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Hap\u00adpy Post\u00adman<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Jol\u00adly Post\u00adman or Oth\u00ader Peo\u00adple\u2019s Let\u00adters<\/em>A struc\u00adtural\u00adly rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adary work in the his\u00adto\u00adry of pic\u00adture books. The entire book con\u00adsists of real envelopes and remov\u00adable let\u00adters, turn\u00ading the dai\u00adly rou\u00adtine of a post\u00adman deliv\u00ader\u00ading neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood let\u00adters to fairy tale char\u00adac\u00adters into a glob\u00adal\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlar inter\u00adac\u00adtive mas\u00adter\u00adpiece.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Please, Mrs. But\u00adler<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Please Mrs. But\u00adler<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Snail House<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Snail House<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Allan Ahlberg |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allan_Ahlberg\">Allan Ahlberg (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=\"352\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0197_01__Richard-Scarry-What-Do-People-Do-All-Day.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0197_01__Richard-Scarry-What-Do-People-Do-All-Day.jpg 352w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0197_01__Richard-Scarry-What-Do-People-Do-All-Day-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0197_01__Richard-Scarry-What-Do-People-Do-All-Day-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0197_02__Richard-Scarry-Cars-and-Trucks-and-Things-That-Go.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0197_02__Richard-Scarry-Cars-and-Trucks-and-Things-That-Go.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0197_02__Richard-Scarry-Cars-and-Trucks-and-Things-That-Go-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0197_02__Richard-Scarry-Cars-and-Trucks-and-Things-That-Go-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Richard_Scarry_\u65af\u51ef\u745e\u6700\u53d7\u6b22\u8fce\u7684\u6545\u4e8b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Richard_Scarry_\u65af\u51ef\u745e\u6700\u53d7\u6b22\u8fce\u7684\u6545\u4e8b.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Richard_Scarry_\u65af\u51ef\u745e\u6700\u53d7\u6b22\u8fce\u7684\u6545\u4e8b-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Richard_Scarry_\u65af\u51ef\u745e\u6700\u53d7\u6b22\u8fce\u7684\u6545\u4e8b-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1919\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u7406\u67e5\u5fb7\u65af\u51ef\u745e-richard-scarry\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1919 \u2013 Born: Richard Scarry<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Amer\u00adi\u00adca\u2019s top pic\u00adture book mas\u00adters and illus\u00adtra\u00adtors for ear\u00adly child\u00adhood cog\u00adni\u00adtive devel\u00adop\u00adment (1919\u20131994). He was the founder of the world\u2019s great\u00adest panoram\u00adic ency\u00adclo\u00adpe\u00addic chil\u00addren\u2019s books, and his works have accom\u00adpa\u00adnied gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions of chil\u00addren around the world in their lan\u00adguage and cog\u00adni\u00adtive devel\u00adop\u00adment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A mas\u00adter\u00adpiece for pos\u00adter\u00adi\u00adty:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Busy Town<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>What do peo\u00adple do all day?<\/em>List\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d, it rep\u00adre\u00adsents the pin\u00adna\u00adcle of cog\u00adni\u00adtive pic\u00adture books that can\u00adnot be sur\u00adpassed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Wheels Turn<\/strong>(Alter\u00adna\u00adtive trans\u00adla\u00adtion: \u201cCars, Trucks, and Run\u00adning Things\u201d)<em>Cars and Trucks and Things That Go<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong>&nbsp;Richard Scar\u00adry cre\u00adat\u00aded the per\u00adfect minia\u00adture human soci\u00adety depict\u00aded in \u201cBusy\u00adtown.\u201d His characters\u2014clothed, hard\u00adwork\u00ading cats, pigs, and the earth\u00adworm \u201cLowworm\u201d\u2014transformed dry vocab\u00adu\u00adlary, social divi\u00adsion of labor, and the work\u00adings of machin\u00adery into a visu\u00adal feast brim\u00adming with dense detail and Amer\u00adi\u00adcan humor. With immense empa\u00adthy and a play\u00adful approach, he revealed to chil\u00addren that while the world is busy, every\u00adthing is inter\u00adcon\u00adnect\u00aded, and every per\u00adson and every job deserves respect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Richard Scar\u00adry |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Scarry\">Richard Scar\u00adry (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=\"834\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-Har-dansar-Herr-Gurka-834x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-Har-dansar-Herr-Gurka-834x1024.jpg 834w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-Har-dansar-Herr-Gurka-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-Har-dansar-Herr-Gurka-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-Har-dansar-Herr-Gurka-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-Har-dansar-Herr-Gurka.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-The-Cantankerous-Crow-780x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-The-Cantankerous-Crow-780x1024.jpg 780w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-The-Cantankerous-Crow-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-The-Cantankerous-Crow-768x1008.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-The-Cantankerous-Crow-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-The-Cantankerous-Crow.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-Jimmy-Potter-buys-a-lollipop.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-Jimmy-Potter-buys-a-lollipop.jpg 896w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-Jimmy-Potter-buys-a-lollipop-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-Jimmy-Potter-buys-a-lollipop-768x857.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0192_02__Lennart-Hellsing-Jimmy-Potter-buys-a-lollipop-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1919\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u5217\u7eb3\u7279\u8d6b\u5c14\u5174-lennart-hellsing\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1919 \u2013 Born: Lennart Hellsing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A Swedish author, poet, and lyri\u00adcist of great renown (1919\u20132015). He was a mas\u00adter of lan\u00adguage reform dur\u00ading the gold\u00aden age of 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Swedish chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (on par with Astrid Lind\u00adgren), and he com\u00adplete\u00adly lib\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded Nordic nurs\u00adery rhymes with mod\u00adern absurd rhythms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>2010 Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) Final\u00adist<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Angry Crow<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Can\u00adtan\u00adker\u00adous Crow<\/em>(Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion by Paul Str\u00f6y\u00ader)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mr. Cucum\u00adber Danc\u00ading<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>H\u00e4r dansar Herr Gur\u00adka<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Jim\u00admy Buys Lol\u00adlipops<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Jim\u00admy Pot\u00adter buys a lol\u00adlipop<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Hels\u00ading believed that \u201cchil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture is not a tool for indoc\u00adtri\u00adna\u00adtion, but an art of sound, rhythm, and sight.\u201d He over\u00adturned the rigid old-fash\u00adioned didac\u00adti\u00adcism, inject\u00ading a jazz-like rhythm, absurd puns, and hilar\u00adi\u00adous homo\u00adphones into Swedish chil\u00addren\u2019s poet\u00adry, mak\u00ading lan\u00adguage itself a game for chil\u00addren to jump and play on the page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Lennart Hells\u00ading |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lennart_Hellsing\">Lennart Hells\u00ading (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=\"643\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__a.jpg 643w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__a-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__a-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__b.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__b-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__b-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__b-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__d.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__d-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__d-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1997_Linda-Wolfsgruber_Wolf-oder-Schaf-bose-oder-brav__d-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1961\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u7433\u8fbe\u6c83\u5c14\u592b\u65af\u683c\u9c81\u8d1d\u5c14-linda-wolfsgruber\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1961: Linda Wolfsgruber<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aus\u00adtri\u00adan nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure-lev\u00adel female graph\u00adic artist and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1961). She stands out in the Euro\u00adpean con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary pic\u00adture book scene for her high\u00adly diverse exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal explo\u00adrations of mate\u00adri\u00adals and tech\u00adniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;He won an award for his work \u201cWolf or Sheep, Evil or Gen\u00adtle?\u201d&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>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Wolf or sheep, evil or gen\u00adtle?<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Wolf oder Schaf, b\u00f6se oder brav?<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;Wolf\u00ads\u00adgro\u00adbel\u2019s style pos\u00adsess\u00ades an excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly high lev\u00adel of fine art aes\u00adthet\u00adics. She per\u00adfect\u00adly blends var\u00adi\u00adous com\u00adplex tech\u00adniques, includ\u00ading print\u00admak\u00ading, col\u00adlage, water\u00adcol\u00ador, and gouache. Her works often car\u00adry an Old World-esque depth, intro\u00adspec\u00adtion, and sub\u00adtle mys\u00adti\u00adcism, show\u00adcas\u00ading aston\u00adish\u00ading visu\u00adal ten\u00adsion in decon\u00adstruct\u00ading tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal alle\u00adgories and mytho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal sym\u00adbols.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Lin\u00adda Wolf\u00ads\u00adgru\u00adber |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Linda_Wolfsgruber\">Lin\u00adda Wolf\u00ads\u00adgru\u00adber (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=\"834\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_02__Ray-Bradbury-Switch-On-the-Night-834x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_02__Ray-Bradbury-Switch-On-the-Night-834x1024.jpg 834w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_02__Ray-Bradbury-Switch-On-the-Night-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_02__Ray-Bradbury-Switch-On-the-Night-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_02__Ray-Bradbury-Switch-On-the-Night-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_02__Ray-Bradbury-Switch-On-the-Night.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-Fahrenheit-451.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-Fahrenheit-451.jpg 322w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-Fahrenheit-451-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-Fahrenheit-451-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\"><\/figure>\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\/06\/0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2-702x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2-702x1024.jpg 702w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2-768x1121.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2-1053x1536.jpg 1053w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0222_01__Ray-Bradbury-\u706b\u661f\u7f16\u5e74\u53f2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2012\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u96f7\u5e03\u62c9\u5fb7\u4f2f\u91cc-ray-bradbury\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2012 \u2013 Death: Ray Bradbury<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A leg\u00adendary Amer\u00adi\u00adcan sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion and fan\u00adta\u00adsy writer (1920\u20132012). He is world-renowned for Fahren\u00adheit 451 and The Mar\u00adt\u00adian Chron\u00adi\u00adcles, but the pic\u00adture book he left for chil\u00addren with his most poet\u00adic sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion style is also a time\u00adless gift for growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece for chil\u00addren:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Open\u00ading the Night<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Switch On the Night<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cOpen\u00ading the Night\u201d is a visu\u00adal poem writ\u00adten by Brad\u00adbury to help all chil\u00addren afraid of the dark over\u00adcome their fear. In the book, he uses extreme\u00adly gen\u00adtle and imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtive log\u00adic to tell chil\u00addren that the night is not the dis\u00adap\u00adpear\u00adance of light, but the begin\u00adning of anoth\u00ader kind of life\u2014when you turn off the light, you are actu\u00adal\u00adly open\u00ading the night, open\u00ading the sky full of stars, the cool evening breeze, and the chirp\u00ading of crick\u00adets in the trees. He suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly trans\u00adformed the cold, unknown, long night into the most roman\u00adtic and safest cra\u00addle of child\u00adhood dreams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed Away | Ray Brad\u00adbury |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ray_Bradbury\">Ray Brad\u00adbury (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\/06\/Kyle-Lukoff_Too-Bright-to-See-679x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kyle-Lukoff_Too-Bright-to-See-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kyle-Lukoff_Too-Bright-to-See-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kyle-Lukoff_Too-Bright-to-See-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kyle-Lukoff_Too-Bright-to-See-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kyle-Lukoff_Too-Bright-to-See.jpg 994w\" 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=\"257\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u7231\u4e3d\u4e1d\u00b7\u6d1b_The-Witch-Who-Was-Afraid-of-Witches.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u7231\u4e3d\u4e1d\u00b7\u6d1b_The-Witch-Who-Was-Afraid-of-Witches.jpg 257w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u7231\u4e3d\u4e1d\u00b7\u6d1b_The-Witch-Who-Was-Afraid-of-Witches-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u7231\u4e3d\u4e1d\u00b7\u6d1b_The-Witch-Who-Was-Afraid-of-Witches-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-\u5176\u4ed6\u91cd\u8981\u521b\u4f5c\u8005\u7b80\u62a5\">\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f Other Important Creator Briefings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>event<\/th><th>fig\u00adure<\/th><th>Details\/Awards<\/th><th>Wikipedia link<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Kyle Lukoff<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s author and dig\u00adi\u00adtal librar\u00adi\u00adan (1984). Her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Too Bright to See*, a por\u00adtrait of a group of chil\u00addren direct\u00adly con\u00adfronting the grow\u00ading pains of child\u00adhood and blend\u00ading fan\u00adtas\u00adti\u00adcal ele\u00adments with pro\u00adfound social con\u00adcerns.<em>Too Bright to See<\/em>) won&nbsp;<strong>2022 New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kyle_Lukoff\">Kyle Lukoff<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Alice Low<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan nov\u00adel\u00adist and anthol\u00ado\u00adgy edi\u00adtor (1926\u20132012). His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work is *The Lit\u00adtle Wiz\u00adard Who Was Afraid of Wiz\u00adards*.<em>The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witch\u00ades<\/em>With an extreme\u00adly nov\u00adel and humor\u00adous uncon\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal nar\u00adra\u00adtive, it clev\u00ader\u00adly explores chil\u00addren\u2019s self-accep\u00adtance and awak\u00aden\u00ading of pow\u00ader with\u00adin groups and fam\u00adi\u00adlies.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alice_Low\">Alice Low<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Vio\u00adlet Need\u00adham<\/strong><\/td><td>A pro\u00adlif\u00adic British female his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal fan\u00adta\u00adsy nov\u00adel\u00adist for chil\u00addren in the first half of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1876\u20131967). She excelled at weav\u00ading grand, fic\u00adtion\u00adal medieval his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal adven\u00adture epics filled with court intrigue, chival\u00adrous youth, and class strug\u00adgle, her most famous work being *Wen\u00addre For\u00adest*.<em>The Woods of Win\u00addri<\/em>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Violet_Needham\">Vio\u00adlet Need\u00adham<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Charles Ohu<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Niger\u00adian visu\u00adal artist and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1941). His notable works include the Niger\u00adian folk art book, *The Work of Our Ances\u00adtors*.<em>Is\u00e9 awon \u00edy\u00e1 \u00e1ti b\u00e1b\u00e1 \u0144la wa<\/em>Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions drawn by [author\u2019s name], full of West African sculp\u00adtur\u00adal aes\u00adthet\u00adics and the dynamism of the wilder\u00adness, won [award\/title].&nbsp;<strong>1985 BIB Plaque<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibiana.sk\/en\/charles-ohu\">Charles Ohu<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Thorn\u00adton W. Burgess<\/strong><\/td><td>A promi\u00adnent ear\u00adly Amer\u00adi\u00adcan con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion\u00adist nature nov\u00adel\u00adist and pio\u00adneer of radio sto\u00adry\u00adtelling (1874\u20131965). He wrote tens of thou\u00adsands of bed\u00adtime sto\u00adries through\u00adout his life, skill\u00adful\u00adly using anthro\u00adpo\u00admor\u00adphic and warm lan\u00adguage while strict\u00adly adher\u00ading to ani\u00admal ecol\u00ado\u00adgy to depict the wilder\u00adness. His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work is *Moth\u00ader West Wind\u2019s Neigh\u00adbors*.<em>Moth\u00ader West Wind\u2019s Neigh\u00adbors<\/em>It has been pop\u00adu\u00adlar through\u00adout the Unit\u00aded States for more than half a cen\u00adtu\u00adry.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thornton_W._Burgess\">Thorn\u00adton W. 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