{"id":8739,"date":"2026-06-10T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=8739"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:18:58","slug":"kidsbook_history_0610","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/06\/10\/kidsbook_history_0610\/","title":{"rendered":"June 10: Today in the His\u00adto\u00adry of Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0407_01__Maurice-Sendak-Where-the-Wild-Things-Are.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0407_01__Maurice-Sendak-Where-the-Wild-Things-Are.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0407_01__Maurice-Sendak-Where-the-Wild-Things-Are-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0407_01__Maurice-Sendak-Where-the-Wild-Things-Are-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_In_the_Night_Kitchen-783x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_In_the_Night_Kitchen-783x1024.jpg 783w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_In_the_Night_Kitchen-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_In_the_Night_Kitchen-768x1005.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_In_the_Night_Kitchen-1174x1536.jpg 1174w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_In_the_Night_Kitchen-1566x2048.jpg 1566w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_In_the_Night_Kitchen-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_In_the_Night_Kitchen.jpg 1957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"921\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_Outside_Over_There-1024x921.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_Outside_Over_There-1024x921.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_Outside_Over_There-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_Outside_Over_There-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_Outside_Over_There-1536x1382.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_Outside_Over_There-13x12.jpg 13w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maurice_Sendak_Outside_Over_There.jpg 1778w\" 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=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0407_02__Maurice-Sendak-What-Do-You-Say-Dear.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0407_02__Maurice-Sendak-What-Do-You-Say-Dear.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0407_02__Maurice-Sendak-What-Do-You-Say-Dear-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0407_02__Maurice-Sendak-What-Do-You-Say-Dear-15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1928\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u83ab\u91cc\u65af\u6851\u8fbe\u514b-maurice-sendak\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1928 \u2013 Born: Maurice Sendak<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The immor\u00adtal father of mod\u00adern Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pic\u00adture books, graph\u00adic artist, and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1928\u20132012). He is the great\u00adest and most unde\u00adni\u00adable mile\u00adstone in the his\u00adto\u00adry of chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture books in the entire 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, sin\u00adgle-hand\u00aded\u00adly lib\u00ader\u00adat\u00ading pic\u00adture books from the green\u00adhouse of \u201csweet indoc\u00adtri\u00adna\u00adtion\u201d and intro\u00adduc\u00ading them into the hall of mod\u00adern psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy and pure lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme hon\u00ador (Grand Slam):<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>1970 Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion<\/strong>The win\u00adner (the first per\u00adson in the Unit\u00aded States);<strong>The inau\u00adgur\u00adal Astrid Lind\u00adgren Memo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Award (ALMA) was award\u00aded in 2003.<\/strong>&nbsp;Win\u00adner;<strong>1964 Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>&nbsp;Awardee; mul\u00adti\u00adple-time Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador recip\u00adi\u00adent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Tril\u00ado\u00adgy and its Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Where the Wild Things Are<\/strong>(Alter\u00adna\u00adtive trans\u00adla\u00adtion: The Land of Wild Things)<em>Where the Wild Things Are<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1963): The pin\u00adna\u00adcle of pic\u00adture book his\u00adto\u00adry, Canon. With its incred\u00adi\u00adbly strik\u00ading hatch\u00ading and com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, Sendak con\u00adfront\u00aded, for the first time, the anger, fear, fan\u00adta\u00adsy, and self-com\u00adfort psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal pow\u00ader deep with\u00adin chil\u00addren\u2019s hearts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The sequel to the psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal tril\u00ado\u00adgy:<strong>Mid\u00adnight Kitchen<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>In the Night Kitchen<\/em>)\u3001<strong>In That Far\u00adaway Place<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Out\u00adside Over There<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador Clas\u00adsics:<strong>What should you say?<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>What do you say, Dear?<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Mr. Rab\u00adbit and the Won\u00adder\u00adful Gift<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Mr. Rab\u00adbit and the Love\u00adly Present<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic Sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Sendak once said, \u201cI don\u2019t cre\u00adate for chil\u00addren, I only cre\u00adate for \u2018child\u00adhood\u2019.\u201d He per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00aded the line tech\u00adniques of the clas\u00adsi\u00adcal mas\u00adters with metaphors for the trau\u00adma of Jew\u00adish fam\u00adi\u00adly his\u00adto\u00adry. The world he cre\u00adat\u00aded was full of the bizarre, ten\u00adsion, and absolute real\u00adi\u00adty, defend\u00ading the dig\u00adni\u00adty of chil\u00addren to express anger, expe\u00adri\u00adence dark\u00adness, and ulti\u00admate\u00adly redeem them\u00adselves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Mau\u00adrice Sendak |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maurice_Sendak\">Mau\u00adrice Sendak (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=\"600\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0432_02__Vitaly-Bianki-\u68ee\u6797\u62a5.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0432_02__Vitaly-Bianki-\u68ee\u6797\u62a5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0432_02__Vitaly-Bianki-\u68ee\u6797\u62a5-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0432_02__Vitaly-Bianki-\u68ee\u6797\u62a5-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"881\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0432_01__Vitaly-Bianki-\u6bd4\u5b89\u57fa\u79d1\u5b66\u7ae5\u8bdd\u7cbe\u9009.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0432_01__Vitaly-Bianki-\u6bd4\u5b89\u57fa\u79d1\u5b66\u7ae5\u8bdd\u7cbe\u9009.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0432_01__Vitaly-Bianki-\u6bd4\u5b89\u57fa\u79d1\u5b66\u7ae5\u8bdd\u7cbe\u9009-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0432_01__Vitaly-Bianki-\u6bd4\u5b89\u57fa\u79d1\u5b66\u7ae5\u8bdd\u7cbe\u9009-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1959\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u7ef4\u6bd4\u5b89\u57fa-vitaly-bianki\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1959 \u2013 Death: Vitaly Bianki<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The immor\u00adtal Sovi\u00adet nat\u00adur\u00adal sci\u00aden\u00adtist and chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer (1894\u20131959). He was a mas\u00adter of \u201cnat\u00adur\u00adal sci\u00adence real\u00adism lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture\u201d and epic nar\u00adra\u00adtive of nature for all mankind, and com\u00adplete\u00adly rewrote the form of pop\u00adu\u00adlar sci\u00adence for chil\u00addren with the news\u00adpa\u00adper for\u00admat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The For\u00adest News<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Lesnaya Gaze\u00adta<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bianchi, born into a fam\u00adi\u00adly of biol\u00ado\u00adgists, is best known for his mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *The For\u00adest News\u00adpa\u00adper*, a his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal epic of the for\u00adest span\u00adning over twen\u00adty years and arranged accord\u00ading to the twelve months of spring, sum\u00admer, autumn, and win\u00adter. He trans\u00adforms var\u00adi\u00adous birds, beasts, insects, and plants of the for\u00adest into \u201cnews\u00adpa\u00adper cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00addents,\u201d using an extreme\u00adly humor\u00adous, vivid, yet rig\u00ador\u00adous doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary jour\u00adnal\u00adis\u00adtic style to record the strug\u00adgle for sur\u00advival, trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtions, great migra\u00adtions, and the chang\u00ading sea\u00adsons in nature. His works not only con\u00advey zoo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal knowl\u00adedge but also cul\u00adti\u00advate in count\u00adless gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions of chil\u00addren a pro\u00adfound com\u00adpas\u00adsion and rev\u00ader\u00adence for ani\u00admism and eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal equal\u00adi\u00adty. Anoth\u00ader rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work is *For\u00adest Fairy Tales*.<em>Lesnye Skaz\u00adki<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed Away | Vitaly Bian\u00adki |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vitaly_Bianki\">Vitaly Bian\u00adki (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=\"685\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye-685x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye.jpg 1003w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c0f\u673a\u7075\u548c\u5c0f\u8ff7\u77aa.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c0f\u673a\u7075\u548c\u5c0f\u8ff7\u77aa.jpg 617w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c0f\u673a\u7075\u548c\u5c0f\u8ff7\u77aa-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c0f\u673a\u7075\u548c\u5c0f\u8ff7\u77aa-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1912\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u739b\u683c\u4e3d\u7279\u9ea6\u514b\u5fb7\u91cc-margaret-mcelderry\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1912 \u2013 Born: Margaret McElderry<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mar\u00adgaret K. McDer\u00adry (1912\u20132011), a leg\u00adendary female edi\u00adtor, pub\u00adlish\u00ader, and men\u00adtor in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, was a key fig\u00adure behind the scenes and a men\u00adtor to the gold\u00aden age of mod\u00adern West\u00adern chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme hon\u00ador and dou\u00adble award mir\u00ada\u00adcle:<\/strong>&nbsp;Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2007 Eric Car\u00adle Men\u00adtor Hon\u00adoree<\/strong>&nbsp;Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment Award for Indus\u00adtry Men\u00adtors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The dou\u00adble-prize mir\u00ada\u00adcle of 1952:<\/strong>&nbsp;In 1952, two chil\u00addren\u2019s books she planned and edit\u00aded won the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Library Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion\u2019s two high\u00adest hon\u00adors in the same year\u2014the New\u00adbery Medal (for Eleanor Estes\u2019s chil\u00addren\u2019s books).<strong>Gin\u00adger of the Pye fam\u00adi\u00adly<\/strong>\u300b&nbsp;<em>Gin\u00adger Pye<\/em>) and the Calde\u00adcott Medal (illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Nicholas Mod\u00adevi\u00adnov)<strong>Lit\u00adtle Clever and Lit\u00adtle Con\u00adfused<\/strong>\u300b&nbsp;<em>Find\u00aders Keep\u00aders<\/em>).<strong>This record of win\u00adning both the high\u00adest gold medals in the same year stood for over forty years.<\/strong>This record was bro\u00adken in 1994.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong>&nbsp;As an indus\u00adtry pio\u00adneer who estab\u00adlished her own inde\u00adpen\u00addent chil\u00addren\u2019s book brand (Mar\u00adgaret K. McElder\u00adry Books), she ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded her life to intro\u00adduc\u00ading the best cre\u00adators from Europe and around the world with her extreme\u00adly keen inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal vision, which thor\u00adough\u00adly improved the lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adty and artis\u00adtic stan\u00addards of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Mar\u00adgaret McElder\u00adry |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q56677072\">Mar\u00adgaret McElder\u00adry (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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1969_Jurgen-Spohn_Das-Riesenross_-Reime-u.-Bilder_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1969_Jurgen-Spohn_Das-Riesenross_-Reime-u.-Bilder_b.jpg 456w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1969_Jurgen-Spohn_Das-Riesenross_-Reime-u.-Bilder_b-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1969_Jurgen-Spohn_Das-Riesenross_-Reime-u.-Bilder_b-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1969_Jurgen-Spohn_Das-Riesenross_-Reime-u.-Bilder_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1969_Jurgen-Spohn_Das-Riesenross_-Reime-u.-Bilder_d.jpg 670w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1969_Jurgen-Spohn_Das-Riesenross_-Reime-u.-Bilder_d-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1969_Jurgen-Spohn_Das-Riesenross_-Reime-u.-Bilder_d-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1987_Jurgen-Spohn_Ali-Gator-auf-der-Suche_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1987_Jurgen-Spohn_Ali-Gator-auf-der-Suche_a.jpg 621w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1987_Jurgen-Spohn_Ali-Gator-auf-der-Suche_a-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1987_Jurgen-Spohn_Ali-Gator-auf-der-Suche_a-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1987_Jurgen-Spohn_Ali-Gator-auf-der-Suche_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1987_Jurgen-Spohn_Ali-Gator-auf-der-Suche_d.jpg 565w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1987_Jurgen-Spohn_Ali-Gator-auf-der-Suche_d-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1987_Jurgen-Spohn_Ali-Gator-auf-der-Suche_d-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1934\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u5c24\u5c14\u6839\u65bd\u6ce2\u6069-j\u00fcrgen-spohn\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1934 \u2013 Born: J\u00fcrgen Spohn<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned Ger\u00adman visu\u00adal artist, graph\u00adic design\u00ader, and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1934\u20131992). He was an extreme\u00adly well-known mod\u00adernist visu\u00adal exper\u00adi\u00admenter in the West Berlin and West Ger\u00adman pic\u00adture book scene after the war, and taught at the Berlin Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of the Arts for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal high\u00adest hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Win\u00adning an award for the pic\u00adture book mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cThe Giant Horse\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Gold\u00aden Apple Award at the 1969 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>Lat\u00ader, based on his works&nbsp;<em>Ali Gator auf der Suche<\/em>&nbsp;Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1987 BIB Plaque<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Award-win\u00adning rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Giant Horse<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Das Riesen\u00adross<\/em>, 1979).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;Schorn\u2019s style pos\u00adsess\u00ades a strong sense of com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion in mod\u00adern poster art. He excels at using extreme\u00adly clean and con\u00adcise sin\u00adgle-line draw\u00ading, per\u00adfect\u00adly bridg\u00ading the geo\u00admet\u00adric com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion of the Bauhaus style with the rus\u00adtic humor of chil\u00addren\u2019s illus\u00adtra\u00adtions. His works often present a sophis\u00adti\u00adcat\u00aded, intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal, and refresh\u00ading dry humor, enjoy\u00ading high acclaim in the Euro\u00adpean graph\u00adic art world of the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | J\u00fcr\u00adgen Spohn |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J%25C3%25A2rgen_Spohn\">J\u00fcr\u00adgen Spohn (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=\"307\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_01__Aranka-Siegal-Upon-the-Head-of-the-Goat.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_01__Aranka-Siegal-Upon-the-Head-of-the-Goat.jpg 307w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_01__Aranka-Siegal-Upon-the-Head-of-the-Goat-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_01__Aranka-Siegal-Upon-the-Head-of-the-Goat-7x12.jpg 7w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\"><\/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\/06\/0402_02__Aranka-Siegal-Memories-of-Babi-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_02__Aranka-Siegal-Memories-of-Babi-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_02__Aranka-Siegal-Memories-of-Babi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_02__Aranka-Siegal-Memories-of-Babi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_02__Aranka-Siegal-Memories-of-Babi-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_02__Aranka-Siegal-Memories-of-Babi-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_02__Aranka-Siegal-Memories-of-Babi.jpg 1400w\" 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=\"346\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_02__Aranka-Siegal-\u6211\u7684\u5916\u5a46\u82ad\u6bd4.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_02__Aranka-Siegal-\u6211\u7684\u5916\u5a46\u82ad\u6bd4.jpg 346w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_02__Aranka-Siegal-\u6211\u7684\u5916\u5a46\u82ad\u6bd4-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0402_02__Aranka-Siegal-\u6211\u7684\u5916\u5a46\u82ad\u6bd4-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\"><\/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>Aran\u00adka Sie\u00adgal<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Hun\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adan-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female writer and Holo\u00adcaust sur\u00advivor (1930). With an aston\u00adish\u00ading\u00adly resilient his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal mem\u00ado\u00adry, she wrote the mon\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtal work *On a Goat\u2019s Head: Hun\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adan Child\u00adhood*, a chron\u00adi\u00adcle of her tumul\u00adtuous wartime child\u00adhood and her wit\u00adness\u00ading of dig\u00adni\u00adty amidst suf\u00adfer\u00ading.<em>Upon the Head of the Goat: A Child\u00adhood in Hun\u00adgary 1939\u20131944<\/em>), won&nbsp;<strong>1982 New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal<\/strong>Her rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include \u201cMy Grand\u00adma Bar\u00adbie\u201d (<em>Mem\u00ado\u00adries of Babi<\/em>).<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aranka_Siegal\">Aran\u00adka Sie\u00adgal<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Judith St. George<\/strong><\/td><td>A dis\u00adtin\u00adguished Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s his\u00adto\u00adry and non\u00adfic\u00adtion author (1931\u20132015). She excelled at pop\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adiz\u00ading his\u00adto\u00adry for chil\u00addren through engag\u00ading, humor\u00adous, and stereo\u00adtyp\u00adi\u00adcal nar\u00adra\u00adtives that chal\u00adlenged the por\u00adtray\u00adal of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal fig\u00adures. Her self-writ\u00adten and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded ency\u00adclo\u00adpe\u00addia, *If You Want to Be Pres\u00adi\u00addent\u2026*, is a tes\u00adta\u00adment to this.<em>So you want to be pres\u00adi\u00addent?<\/em>) Vic\u00adto\u00adry&nbsp;<strong>2001 Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judith_St._George\">Judith St. George<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hen\u00adry Treece<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned British poet and his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal nov\u00adel\u00adist (1911\u20131966). He was the lead\u00ading fig\u00adure in post\u00adwar British chil\u00addren\u2019s \u201cViking his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal nar\u00adra\u00adtives,\u201d with his mas\u00adter\u00adpiece being *The Dawn of the Vikings*.<em>Viking\u2019s Dawn<\/em>With a style that is almost as majes\u00adtic, des\u00ado\u00adlate and rugged as the Norse Saga epic, it accu\u00adrate\u00adly restores the medieval adven\u00adture and has been includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Treece\">Hen\u00adry Treece<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Luis Colo\u00adma<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Span\u00adish nov\u00adel\u00adist and Jesuit priest (1851\u20131915). Com\u00admis\u00adsioned by the Span\u00adish monar\u00adchy, he wrote the immor\u00adtal chil\u00addren\u2019s sto\u00adry *Perez the Mouse* specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly for the young King Alfon\u00adso XIII, who had just lost his tooth.<em>Rat\u00f3n P\u00e9rez<\/em>It com\u00adplete\u00adly defined the image of the Tooth Mouse, sim\u00adi\u00adlar to the \u201cTooth Fairy,\u201d in the Span\u00adish-speak\u00ading world and was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books.\u201d<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luis_Coloma\">Luis Colo\u00adma<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0158__Judith-St.-George-So-You-Want-to-Be-President-806x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6980\" 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