{"id":8740,"date":"2026-06-11T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=8740"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:53:14","slug":"kidsbook_history_0611","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/06\/11\/kidsbook_history_0611\/","title":{"rendered":"June 11: 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=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0443_03__Ib-Spang-Olsen-The-Boy-in-the-Moon.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0443_03__Ib-Spang-Olsen-The-Boy-in-the-Moon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0443_03__Ib-Spang-Olsen-The-Boy-in-the-Moon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0443_03__Ib-Spang-Olsen-The-Boy-in-the-Moon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0443_03__Ib-Spang-Olsen-The-Boy-in-the-Moon-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0443_03__Ib-Spang-Olsen-The-Boy-in-the-Moon-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ib_Spang_Olsen_Gamle_fru_Glad_og_Hendes_hund.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ib_Spang_Olsen_Gamle_fru_Glad_og_Hendes_hund.jpg 708w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ib_Spang_Olsen_Gamle_fru_Glad_og_Hendes_hund-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ib_Spang_Olsen_Gamle_fru_Glad_og_Hendes_hund-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ib-Spang-Olsen_Gamle-fru-Glad-og-Hendes-hund-744x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ib-Spang-Olsen_Gamle-fru-Glad-og-Hendes-hund-744x1024.jpg 744w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ib-Spang-Olsen_Gamle-fru-Glad-og-Hendes-hund-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ib-Spang-Olsen_Gamle-fru-Glad-og-Hendes-hund-768x1057.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ib-Spang-Olsen_Gamle-fru-Glad-og-Hendes-hund-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ib-Spang-Olsen_Gamle-fru-Glad-og-Hendes-hund.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1921\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u4f9d\u535c\u65af\u65c1\u5965\u5c14\u68ee-ib-spang-olsen\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1921 \u2013 Born: Ib Spang Olsen<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Den\u00admark\u2019s immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure, mas\u00adter pic\u00adture book illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and author (1921\u20132012). He was one of the lead\u00ading fig\u00adures in the visu\u00adal rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion of mod\u00adern Euro\u00adpean pic\u00adture books after the war, per\u00adfect\u00adly inte\u00adgrat\u00ading superb print\u00admak\u00ading, lith\u00ado\u00adgraph\u00ading, and col\u00adored pen\u00adcil hatch\u00ading tech\u00adniques into imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtive nar\u00adra\u00adtives for young chil\u00addren.<\/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>1972 Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion<\/strong>Awardee; recip\u00adi\u00adent of the Plaque Award at the Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>An immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Moon\u00adlight<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Boy in the Moon<\/em>&nbsp;\/ Orig\u00adi\u00adnal Swedish name:<em>Dren\u00adgen i m\u00e5nen<\/em>A struc\u00adtur\u00adal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece in the his\u00adto\u00adry of pic\u00adture books, its unique nar\u00adrow and long ver\u00adti\u00adcal for\u00admat per\u00adfect\u00adly echoes the mag\u00adi\u00adcal sense of spa\u00adtial flow as the lit\u00adtle boy falls from the moon, pass\u00ades through clouds and flocks of birds to reach the ground.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grand\u00adma Le and Her Dog<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Gam\u00adle fru Glad og hen\u00addes hund<\/em>): Award\u00aded the BIB Hon\u00adorary Award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Swamp Witch\u2019s Brew\u00ading<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Marsh Crone\u2019s Brew<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Peter\u2019s Birth\u00adday<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Lars Peter\u2019s Birth\u00adday<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Ib Spang Olsen |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ib_Spang_Olsen\">Ib Spang Olsen (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=\"451\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-9019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png 451w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1924\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u5f17\u6717\u897f\u4e1d\u798f\u65af\u7279-frances-foster\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1924 \u2013 Born: Frances Foster<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A leg\u00adendary female edi\u00adtor and promi\u00adnent pub\u00adlish\u00ader in the his\u00adto\u00adry of mod\u00adern Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1924\u20132014). She was the \u201cchief mid\u00adwife\u201d and men\u00adtor behind count\u00adless lit\u00ader\u00adary myths of the gold\u00aden age of Eng\u00adlish chil\u00addren\u2019s books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2012 Car\u00adle Men\u00adtor Hon\u00adoree<\/strong>&nbsp;Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment Award for Indus\u00adtry Men\u00adtors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Behind-the-scenes Mas\u00adters:<\/strong>&nbsp;Through\u00adout her decades-long edit\u00ading career, she deeply accom\u00adpa\u00adnied, guid\u00aded, and whole\u00adheart\u00aded\u00adly sup\u00adport\u00aded the cre\u00adative work of many world-class lit\u00ader\u00adary giants. She is<strong>Roald Dahl<\/strong>\uff08<em>Roald Dahl<\/em>(His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work is \u201cChar\u00adlie and the Choco\u00adlate Fac\u00adto\u00adry\u201d)<strong>Leo Nion\u00adni<\/strong>\uff08<em>Leo Lion\u00adni<\/em>\uff09\u3001<strong>Philip Pull\u00adman<\/strong>\uff08<em>Philip Pull\u00adman<\/em>The core edi\u00adtor of ) in the Unit\u00aded States, and also accom\u00adpa\u00adnied<strong>Peter Siss<\/strong>\uff08<em>Peter S\u00eds<\/em>)and<strong>Louis Sachs<\/strong>\uff08<em>Louis Sachar<\/em>He was the soul men\u00adtor who honed the mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cThe Cave\u201d into a time\u00adless clas\u00adsic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Frances Fos\u00adter |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frances_Foster_(editor)\">Frances Fos\u00adter (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=\"499\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_02__Robert-Munsch-The-Paper-Bag-Princess.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_02__Robert-Munsch-The-Paper-Bag-Princess.jpg 499w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_02__Robert-Munsch-The-Paper-Bag-Princess-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_02__Robert-Munsch-The-Paper-Bag-Princess-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_02__Robert-Munsch-The-Paper-Bag-Princess-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_01__Robert-Munsch-Love-You-Forever.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_01__Robert-Munsch-Love-You-Forever.jpg 475w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_01__Robert-Munsch-Love-You-Forever-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_01__Robert-Munsch-Love-You-Forever-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_01__Robert-Munsch-Love-You-Forever-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\"><\/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\/06\/0453_01__Robert-Munsch-\u6c38\u8fdc\u7231\u4f60.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_01__Robert-Munsch-\u6c38\u8fdc\u7231\u4f60.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_01__Robert-Munsch-\u6c38\u8fdc\u7231\u4f60-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_01__Robert-Munsch-\u6c38\u8fdc\u7231\u4f60-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_01__Robert-Munsch-\u6c38\u8fdc\u7231\u4f60-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0453_01__Robert-Munsch-\u6c38\u8fdc\u7231\u4f60-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1945\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u7f57\u4f2f\u7279\u8499\u65bd-robert-munsch\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1945 \u2013 Born: Robert Munsch<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan-Cana\u00addi\u00adan author and sto\u00adry\u00adteller (1945). He is the king of best\u00adselling books in the his\u00adto\u00adry of North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, known for his emo\u00adtion\u00adal impact and explo\u00adsive humor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces that have stood the test of time:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>I will always love you<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Love you for\u00adev\u00ader<\/em>A mas\u00adter\u00adpiece of emo\u00adtion, with tens of mil\u00adlions of copies sold and per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. Using seem\u00ading\u00adly sim\u00adple and repet\u00adi\u00adtive lul\u00adla\u00adby folk song vers\u00ades, Meng uses them to depict the eter\u00adnal cycle of mater\u00adnal love that tran\u00adscends life and death and the blood\u00adline of fil\u00adial piety, mak\u00ading it a tear\u00adjerk\u00ader for count\u00adless fam\u00adi\u00adlies around the world to read togeth\u00ader.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Paper Bag Princess<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Paper Bag Princess<\/em>): A pio\u00adneer\u00ading work of mod\u00adern fem\u00adi\u00adnism and anti-clich\u00e9 fairy tales, it sub\u00advert\u00aded the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of \u201cprincess wait\u00ading for prince to res\u00adcue\u201d and showed girls\u2019 inde\u00adpen\u00addence, wis\u00addom and awak\u00aden\u00ading of pow\u00ader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Robert Mun\u00adsch |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Munsch\">Robert Mun\u00adsch (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=\"796\" height=\"916\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-\u5f53\u543e\u543e\u9047\u89c1\u8bed\u8bed.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-\u5f53\u543e\u543e\u9047\u89c1\u8bed\u8bed.jpg 796w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-\u5f53\u543e\u543e\u9047\u89c1\u8bed\u8bed-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-\u5f53\u543e\u543e\u9047\u89c1\u8bed\u8bed-768x884.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-\u5f53\u543e\u543e\u9047\u89c1\u8bed\u8bed-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-Lily-Takes-a-Walk.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-Lily-Takes-a-Walk.jpg 491w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-Lily-Takes-a-Walk-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-Lily-Takes-a-Walk-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-\u751f\u6c14\u7684\u4e9a\u745f-904x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-\u751f\u6c14\u7684\u4e9a\u745f-904x1024.jpg 904w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-\u751f\u6c14\u7684\u4e9a\u745f-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-\u751f\u6c14\u7684\u4e9a\u745f-768x870.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-\u751f\u6c14\u7684\u4e9a\u745f-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0458_01__Satoshi-Kitamura-\u751f\u6c14\u7684\u4e9a\u745f.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1956\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u559c\u591a\u6751\u60e0-satoshi-kitamura\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1956: Satoshi Kitamura<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned Japan\u00adese pic\u00adture book author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1956). He is the first Asian crossover mas\u00adter to tru\u00adly estab\u00adlish an immor\u00adtal Canon (exem\u00adplary) sta\u00adtus in the glob\u00adal Eng\u00adlish chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture world with his stun\u00adning mod\u00adern pop art visu\u00adal lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces that have stood the test of time:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Angry Arthur<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Angry Arthur<\/em>(Hiawyn Oram): An unsur\u00adpass\u00adable peak in mod\u00adern emo\u00adtion\u00adal pic\u00adture books. Kei Kita\u00admu\u00adra uses sur\u00adre\u00adal\u00adis\u00adtic, exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00aded lines rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent of the Big Bang to depict the aston\u00adish\u00ading psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal ener\u00adgy of a child\u2019s anger\u2014enough to shat\u00adter plan\u00adets and reshape space.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Core Pic\u00adture Book Clas\u00adsics:<strong>Lily Goes for a Walk<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Lily Takes a Walk<\/em>)\u3001<strong>The Lit\u00adtle Lamb Can\u2019t Sleep<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>When Sheep Can\u00adnot Sleep<\/em>), and the heart\u00adwarm\u00ading recent work \u201cWhen I Met Yu Yu\u201d (<em>When Crea\u00adture Met Crea\u00adture<\/em>&nbsp;\/ Orig\u00adi\u00adnal Japan\u00adese name:<em>\u3053\u3068\u3070\u3068\u3075\u305f\u308a<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal style:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kita\u00admu\u00adra\u2019s art style is deeply influ\u00adenced by the British mod\u00adern illus\u00adtra\u00adtion move\u00adment and the art of com\u00adic strip com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion. His pen-and-ink hatch\u00ading is sharp, and his com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions are full of mod\u00adern urban black humor and fan\u00adtas\u00adti\u00adcal decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion, trans\u00adform\u00ading the hid\u00adden psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal tur\u00admoil of chil\u00addren into visu\u00adal images with a high\u00adly mod\u00adern artis\u00adtic qual\u00adi\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Satoshi Kita\u00admu\u00adra |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satoshi_Kitamura\">Satoshi Kita\u00admu\u00adra (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=\"603\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_a.jpg 603w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_a-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_a-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_b.jpg 587w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_b-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_b-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_c.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_c-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_c-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_c-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1949\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u9a6c\u4e01\u970d\u8d6b\u97e6\u8d6b-martin-hogeweg\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1949 \u2013 Born: Martin Hogeweg<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned Dutch graph\u00adic artist and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1949). He was one of the visu\u00adal rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives of the gold\u00aden age of pic\u00adture book art in the Low Coun\u00adtries dur\u00ading the 1980s, char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by high\u00adly real\u00adis\u00adtic nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adism and dec\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive aes\u00adthet\u00adics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;With her vivid illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for the Dutch folk eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal essay \u201cThe Green Frog,\u201d she won [award\/title].&nbsp;<strong>Plaque Award, 1981 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Green Frog<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The green frog<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;Hochwech\u2019s work is excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly adept at blend\u00ading rig\u00ador\u00adous ani\u00admal eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal obser\u00adva\u00adtions with the ele\u00adgant water\u00adcol\u00ador tech\u00adnique char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic of Euro\u00adpean tra\u00addi\u00adtion. His ponds, shrubs, and soil pos\u00adsess a moist, low\u00adland light and shad\u00adow qual\u00adi\u00adty, with del\u00adi\u00adcate and poet\u00adic com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Mar\u00adtin Hogeweg |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bibiana.sk%2Fen%2Fmartin-hogeweg\">Mar\u00adtin Hogeweg (BIB)<\/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\/06\/0438_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag-768x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0438_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0438_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0438_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0438_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0468_01__Alice-Dalgliesh-The-Courage-of-Sarah-Noble.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0468_01__Alice-Dalgliesh-The-Courage-of-Sarah-Noble.jpg 336w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0468_01__Alice-Dalgliesh-The-Courage-of-Sarah-Noble-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0468_01__Alice-Dalgliesh-The-Courage-of-Sarah-Noble-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\"><\/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>Gudrun Pen\u00adndorf<\/strong><\/td><td>A dis\u00adtin\u00adguished Ger\u00adman trans\u00adla\u00adtor (1938). She trans\u00adlat\u00aded the French cul\u00adtur\u00adal trea\u00adsure, *Adven\u00adtures of Aster\u00adix*.<em>Aster\u00adix<\/em>) and Lucky Luke (<em>Lucky Luke<\/em>He is con\u00adsid\u00adered a lead\u00ading con\u00adtrib\u00adu\u00adtor to the trans\u00adla\u00adtion of Ger\u00adman texts, and his trans\u00adla\u00adtions, imbued with humor and con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary lit\u00ader\u00adary ten\u00adsion, have earned him numer\u00adous acco\u00adlades.&nbsp;<strong>2021 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP) Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment Spe\u00adcial Award<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FQ1553130\">Gudrun Pen\u00adndorf<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>G\u00fcn\u00adther Stiller<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Ger\u00adman graph\u00adic design\u00ader and mod\u00adernist illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1927). His absur\u00addist satir\u00adi\u00adcal philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal clas\u00adsic, *What Does a Mouse Think on Thurs\u00adday?*, a col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion with a famous Ger\u00adman chil\u00addren\u2019s poet, is a prime exam\u00adple.<em>Was denkt die Maus am Don\u00adner\u00adstag?<\/em>With its extreme\u00adly sophis\u00adti\u00adcat\u00aded line draw\u00ading and Bauhaus Con\u00adstruc\u00adtivist tex\u00adture, it has been per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FQ94855433\">G\u00fcn\u00adther Stiller<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Alice Dal\u00adgliesh<\/strong><\/td><td>Sarah Con\u00adnor Chrysalis (1893\u20131979), a renowned Trinida\u00addi\u00adan-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal nov\u00adel\u00adist and pub\u00adlish\u00ading edi\u00adtor, was a pio\u00adneer of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal fic\u00adtion in ear\u00adly Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. Her most famous work is *Sarah\u2019s Courage*.<em>The Courage of Sarah Noble<\/em>) and The Bear on Hem\u00adlock Hill (<em>The Bears on Hem\u00adlock Moun\u00adtain<\/em>Both won awards for their ten\u00adder por\u00adtray\u00adal of youth\u2019s inde\u00adpen\u00addence and lone\u00adli\u00adness in the face of wilder\u00adness.&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAlice_Dalgliesh\">Alice Dal\u00adgliesh<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Mario Fes\u00adler<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Ger\u00adman nov\u00adel\u00adist (1978). He is excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at using sharp, wit\u00adty prose that cap\u00adtures the sharp, satir\u00adi\u00adcal humor of mod\u00adern teenagers and reflects the every\u00adday con\u00adflicts of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary school life. His stun\u00adning debut nov\u00adel, \u201cLizzy Car\u00adbon und der Klub der Ver\u00adlier\u00ader,\u201d won numer\u00adous awards.&nbsp;<strong>2017 DJLP (Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize) Spe\u00adcial Award for New\u00adcom\u00aders<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FQ42294947\">Mario Fes\u00adler<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0468_02__Alice-Dalgliesh-The-Bears-on-Hemlock-Mountain.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0468_02__Alice-Dalgliesh-The-Bears-on-Hemlock-Mountain.jpg 332w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0468_02__Alice-Dalgliesh-The-Bears-on-Hemlock-Mountain-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0468_02__Alice-Dalgliesh-The-Bears-on-Hemlock-Mountain-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lizzy-Carbon-und-der-Klub-der-Verlierer.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lizzy-Carbon-und-der-Klub-der-Verlierer.jpg 420w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lizzy-Carbon-und-der-Klub-der-Verlierer-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lizzy-Carbon-und-der-Klub-der-Verlierer-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ver\u00adsion 1.0.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1921\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u4f9d\u535c\u00b7\u65af\u65c1\u00b7\u5965\u5c14\u68ee Ib Spang Olsen \u4e39\u9ea6\u4e0d\u673d\u7684\u56fd\u5b9d\u7ea7\u7ed8\u672c\u5927\u5e08 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9012,"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-8740","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\/1981_Martin-Hogeweg_The-green-frog_c.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8740","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=8740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9023,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8740\/revisions\/9023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}