{"id":8736,"date":"2026-06-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=8736"},"modified":"2026-05-31T21:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:23:14","slug":"kidsbook_history_0607","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/06\/07\/kidsbook_history_0607\/","title":{"rendered":"June 7th: 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=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Das-Rosenhaus-683x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Das-Rosenhaus-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Das-Rosenhaus-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Das-Rosenhaus-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Das-Rosenhaus-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Das-Rosenhaus.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Ein-gelber-Omnibus.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Ein-gelber-Omnibus.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Ein-gelber-Omnibus-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"394\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Kasperlpuppen.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Kasperlpuppen.jpg 394w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Kasperlpuppen-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Kasperlpuppen-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Ziegenbock-im-Bratenrock.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Ziegenbock-im-Bratenrock.jpg 568w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Ziegenbock-im-Bratenrock-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0294_01__Volker-Pfller-Ziegenbock-im-Bratenrock-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1939\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u6c83\u5c14\u514b\u666e\u83f2\u52d2-volker-pf\u00fcller\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1939: Volker Pf\u00fcller<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A Ger\u00adman nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure-lev\u00adel visu\u00adal artist, stage design\u00ader, and graph\u00adic illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1939\u20132020). He was one of the spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal god\u00adfa\u00adthers of mod\u00adern Ger\u00adman-speak\u00ading illus\u00adtra\u00adtion, and taught at the Leipzig Acad\u00ade\u00admy of Visu\u00adal Arts for many years, exert\u00ading a pro\u00adfound influ\u00adence on con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Euro\u00adpean poster design and pic\u00adture book aes\u00adthet\u00adics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2019 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP) Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment Spe\u00adcial Award<\/strong>(Son\u00adder\u00adpreis Gesamtwerk Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ear\u00adly clas\u00adsics:<strong>\u201cMag\u00adic House\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Das Zauber\u00adhaus<\/em>(1979)<strong>The Yel\u00adlow Bus<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Ein gel\u00adber Omnibus<\/em>(1987, in col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion with author Walther Petri).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visu\u00adal Art Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<strong>The Goat in a Tuxe\u00addo<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Ziegen\u00adbock im Braten\u00adrock<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Kas\u00adpar Pup\u00adpet<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Kasperlpup\u00adpen<\/em>(2010).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic Style:<\/strong>&nbsp;Pfeller\u2019s use of col\u00ador is extreme\u00adly bold and unre\u00adstrained, and his com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions have a strong Ger\u00adman Expres\u00adsion\u00adist the\u00adatri\u00adcal feel. He was extreme\u00adly skilled in using silkscreen, wood\u00adcut, and rough char\u00adcoal lines. The fig\u00adures and ani\u00admals in his paint\u00adings are exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00aded, even with a touch of grotesque and clum\u00adsy humor, but under the impact of large blocks of col\u00ador, they reveal a pow\u00ader\u00adful and pro\u00adfound aes\u00adthet\u00adic impact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Volk\u00ader Pf\u00fcller |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q2531206\">Volk\u00ader Pf\u00fcller (Wiki\u00adda\u00adta)<\/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=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u58c1\u6a71\u91cc\u7684\u5192\u9669-737x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u58c1\u6a71\u91cc\u7684\u5192\u9669-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u58c1\u6a71\u91cc\u7684\u5192\u9669-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u58c1\u6a71\u91cc\u7684\u5192\u9669-768x1067.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u58c1\u6a71\u91cc\u7684\u5192\u9669-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u58c1\u6a71\u91cc\u7684\u5192\u9669.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u4e5d\u4e2a\u5c0f\u6d77\u76d7\u548c\u7ffb\u6597\u8f66\u56ed\u957f-727x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u4e5d\u4e2a\u5c0f\u6d77\u76d7\u548c\u7ffb\u6597\u8f66\u56ed\u957f-727x1024.jpg 727w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u4e5d\u4e2a\u5c0f\u6d77\u76d7\u548c\u7ffb\u6597\u8f66\u56ed\u957f-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u4e5d\u4e2a\u5c0f\u6d77\u76d7\u548c\u7ffb\u6597\u8f66\u56ed\u957f-768x1082.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u4e5d\u4e2a\u5c0f\u6d77\u76d7\u548c\u7ffb\u6597\u8f66\u56ed\u957f-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u4e5d\u4e2a\u5c0f\u6d77\u76d7\u548c\u7ffb\u6597\u8f66\u56ed\u957f.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u524d\u8fdb\u5427\u94c1\u6876\u53f7-717x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u524d\u8fdb\u5427\u94c1\u6876\u53f7-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u524d\u8fdb\u5427\u94c1\u6876\u53f7-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u524d\u8fdb\u5427\u94c1\u6876\u53f7-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u524d\u8fdb\u5427\u94c1\u6876\u53f7-1076x1536.jpg 1076w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u524d\u8fdb\u5427\u94c1\u6876\u53f7-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u524d\u8fdb\u5427\u94c1\u6876\u53f7.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2020\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u7530\u7551\u7cbe\u4e00-seiichi-tabata\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2020 \u2014 Passed away: Seiichi Tabata<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An immor\u00adtal Japan\u00adese pic\u00adture book author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1930\u20132020). He was a lead\u00ading fig\u00adure in post\u00adwar Japan\u00adese real\u00adism, who \u201ctru\u00adly stood from the child\u2019s per\u00adspec\u00adtive and defend\u00aded the child\u2019s psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcance:<\/strong>&nbsp;It was includ\u00aded in the Kid\u00adslit Canon anthol\u00ado\u00adgy in 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A mas\u00adter\u00adpiece for pos\u00adter\u00adi\u00adty:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adven\u00adture in the Clos\u00adet<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>\u304a\u3057\u3044\u308c\u306e\u307c\u3046\u3051\u3093<\/em>Pub\u00adlished in 1974, with a script co-writ\u00adten by Taro\u00adhi Furu\u00adta: One of the undis\u00adput\u00aded \u201cthree pil\u00adlars\u201d of Japan\u00adese post\u00adwar pic\u00adture book his\u00adto\u00adry, with cumu\u00adla\u00adtive sales of mil\u00adlions of copies. It tells the epic psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal adven\u00adture of two naughty kinder\u00adgarten boys who, after being locked in a clos\u00adet by their teacher, use their imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion to over\u00adcome their fear and fight against \u201cGrand\u00adma Mouse\u201d in the dark.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oth\u00ader key rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<strong>Nine Lit\u00adtle Pirates and the Dump Truck Prin\u00adci\u00adpal<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>\u30c0\u30f3\u30d7\u3048\u3093\u3061\u3087\u3046\u3084\u3063\u3064\u3051\u305f<\/em>)\u3001<strong>\u201cGo For\u00adward, Iron Buck\u00adet!\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>\u3060\u3093\u30615\u7ea7\u304c\u307c\u304f\u306e\u3046\u3061<\/em>)\u3001<strong>A Lit\u00adtle Secret<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>\u3072\u30fb\u307f\u30fb\u3064<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Through\u00adout his life, Sei\u00adichi Taba\u00adta opposed the \u201cover\u00adly sweet\u00aden\u00ading\u201d or \u201cimag\u00adi\u00adnary puri\u00adty\u201d of child\u00adhood. His black pen\u00adcil hatch\u00ading and water\u00adcol\u00adors pos\u00adsess an earthy tex\u00adture, and the chil\u00addren he depict\u00aded are always sweaty, with run\u00adny noses, and their eyes sparkling with stub\u00adborn\u00adness, rebel\u00adlion, and fear. With his most pro\u00adfound brush\u00adstrokes, he proved that chil\u00addren\u2019s friend\u00adships, fears, and strug\u00adgles pos\u00adsess the same dig\u00adni\u00adty as those of the adult world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed Away | Sei\u00adichi Taba\u00adta |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%25E7%2594%25B0%25E7%2595%2591%25E%E7%B2%BE%E4%B8%80\">Sei\u00adichi Taba\u00adta (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u5c0f\u5c0f\u7684\u79d8\u5bc6.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u5c0f\u5c0f\u7684\u79d8\u5bc6.jpg 723w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u5c0f\u5c0f\u7684\u79d8\u5bc6-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u5c0f\u5c0f\u7684\u79d8\u5bc6-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u304a\u3057\u3044\u308c\u306e\u307c\u3046\u3051\u3093.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u304a\u3057\u3044\u308c\u306e\u307c\u3046\u3051\u3093.jpg 360w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u304a\u3057\u3044\u308c\u306e\u307c\u3046\u3051\u3093-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u304a\u3057\u3044\u308c\u306e\u307c\u3046\u3051\u3093-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1939\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u6c83\u5c14\u514b\u00b7\u666e\u83f2\u52d2 Volker Pf\u00fcller \u5fb7\u56fd\u56fd\u5b9d\u7ea7\u89c6\u89c9\u827a\u672f\u5bb6\u3001\u821e\u53f0\u7f8e [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8944,"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-8736","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\/06\/0299_01__Seiichi-Tabata-\u5c0f\u5c0f\u7684\u79d8\u5bc6.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8736","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=8736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8946,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8736\/revisions\/8946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}