{"id":8742,"date":"2026-06-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=8742"},"modified":"2026-06-02T20:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:50:02","slug":"kidsbook_history_0613","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/06\/13\/kidsbook_history_0613\/","title":{"rendered":"June 13: Today in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book His\u00adto\u00adry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0550_01__Heinrich-Hoffmann-Der-Struwwelpeter.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0550_01__Heinrich-Hoffmann-Der-Struwwelpeter.jpg 355w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0550_01__Heinrich-Hoffmann-Der-Struwwelpeter-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0550_01__Heinrich-Hoffmann-Der-Struwwelpeter-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1809\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u6d77\u56e0\u91cc\u5e0c\u970d\u592b\u66fc-heinrich-hoffmann\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1809 \u2013 Born: Heinrich Hoffmann<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ger\u00adman psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtrist, poet, and one of the immor\u00adtal founders of mod\u00adern pic\u00adture books (1809\u20131894). He is a land\u00admark and ancient pio\u00adneer in the his\u00adto\u00adry of chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture books, and his works are rec\u00adog\u00adnized as the most shock\u00ading pio\u00adneer\u00ading mas\u00adter\u00adpieces on the eve of the birth of mod\u00adern pic\u00adture books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The time\u00adless and immor\u00adtal Bible:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Peter with the Afro<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Der Struwwelpeter<\/em>(Offi\u00adcial\u00adly pub\u00adlished in 1845).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal impact:<\/strong>&nbsp;Unable to find suit\u00adable chil\u00addren\u2019s books for his four-year-old son, Hoff\u00admann decid\u00aded to write his own. The book con\u00adsists of a series of cau\u00adtion\u00adary rhymes with strong dark humor and grotesque exag\u00adger\u00ada\u00adtions (such as Peter who would\u00adn\u2019t cut his nails and the boy who had his thumb cut off because he loved suck\u00ading his thumb). Despite its harsh, tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Ger\u00adman dark-style didac\u00adti\u00adcism, it\u2026<strong>The stun\u00adning artis\u00adtic intu\u00aditive\u00adness of com\u00adbin\u00ading text and images<\/strong>The visu\u00adal impact on chil\u00addren\u2019s instinc\u00adtive psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy com\u00adplete\u00adly decon\u00adstruct\u00aded the rigid tex\u00adtu\u00adal teach\u00adings of the past, and pro\u00adfound\u00adly inspired count\u00adless mas\u00adters in lat\u00ader gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions, includ\u00ading Mark Twain and Sendak. It has been per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Hein\u00adrich Hoff\u00admann |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heinrich_Hoffmann_(author)\">Hein\u00adrich Hoff\u00admann (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=\"747\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-\u7238\u7238\u5e26\u6211\u770b\u5b87\u5b99-747x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-\u7238\u7238\u5e26\u6211\u770b\u5b87\u5b99-747x1024.jpg 747w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-\u7238\u7238\u5e26\u6211\u770b\u5b87\u5b99-219x300.jpg 219w, 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https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-Can-You-Whistle-Johanna-768x1067.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-Can-You-Whistle-Johanna-1105x1536.jpg 1105w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-Can-You-Whistle-Johanna-1474x2048.jpg 1474w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-Can-You-Whistle-Johanna-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-Can-You-Whistle-Johanna.jpg 1842w\" 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=\"778\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u74f6\u8d8a\u6a58\u9171-778x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u74f6\u8d8a\u6a58\u9171-778x1024.jpg 778w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u74f6\u8d8a\u6a58\u9171-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u74f6\u8d8a\u6a58\u9171-768x1010.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u74f6\u8d8a\u6a58\u9171-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u74f6\u8d8a\u6a58\u9171.jpg 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_02__Ulf-Stark-My-Friend-Percys-Magical-Gym-Shoes-660x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_02__Ulf-Stark-My-Friend-Percys-Magical-Gym-Shoes-660x1024.jpg 660w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_02__Ulf-Stark-My-Friend-Percys-Magical-Gym-Shoes-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_02__Ulf-Stark-My-Friend-Percys-Magical-Gym-Shoes-768x1191.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_02__Ulf-Stark-My-Friend-Percys-Magical-Gym-Shoes-990x1536.jpg 990w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_02__Ulf-Stark-My-Friend-Percys-Magical-Gym-Shoes-1321x2048.jpg 1321w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_02__Ulf-Stark-My-Friend-Percys-Magical-Gym-Shoes-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_02__Ulf-Stark-My-Friend-Percys-Magical-Gym-Shoes.jpg 1505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2017\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u4e4c\u5c14\u592b\u65af\u8fbe\u5c14\u514b-ulf-stark\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2017 \u2013 Passed away: Ulf Stark<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Swe\u00adden\u2019s great\u00adest con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer and screen\u00adwriter (1944\u20132017). He was the soul of mod\u00adern Nordic chil\u00addren\u2019s real\u00adism lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, and was adept at using the light\u00adest, most humor\u00adous yet poet\u00adic touch to car\u00adry the heav\u00adi\u00adest \u201clone\u00adli\u00adness, aging, farewell and the uni\u00adverse\u201d in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal high\u00adest hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) Final\u00adist<\/strong>She was award\u00aded the Astrid Lind\u00adgren Award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Can You Whis\u00adtle, Johan\u00adna?<\/strong>(Or trans\u00adlat\u00aded as \u201cThe Whistling Boy\u201d)<em>Kan du viss\u00adla Johan\u00adna?<\/em>It is an unpar\u00adal\u00adleled mon\u00adu\u00adment in the his\u00adto\u00adry of world chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture regard\u00ading \u201cinter\u00adgen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional warmth and heal\u00ading from the grief of los\u00ading a loved one,\u201d touch\u00ading count\u00adless read\u00aders around the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dad Takes Me to See the Uni\u00adverse<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>N\u00e4r papap\u00adpa visade mej v\u00e4rld\u00adsall\u00adtet<\/em>Canon (Exem\u00adplary): A mod\u00adern bridge book full of philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal insights.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final Epic:<strong>The Last Bot\u00adtle of Blue\u00adber\u00adry Jam<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Rym\u00adlin\u00adgar\u00adna<\/em>), and the ever\u00adgreen mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cThe Unfor\u00adget\u00adtable Adven\u00adture of Two Best Friends\u201d (<em>M\u00e4rklin och turbin<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Stark\u2019s writ\u00ading pos\u00adsess\u00ades a rare clar\u00adi\u00adty, like sun\u00adlight shin\u00ading into a spring. He nev\u00ader shies away from tak\u00ading his chil\u00addren to gaze at the twi\u00adlight of a nurs\u00ading home, the pass\u00ading of loved ones, or the awk\u00adward\u00adness of grow\u00ading up, but he can always extract a time\u00adless sense of dig\u00adni\u00adty and humor of love from the most ordi\u00adnary and triv\u00adial things (such as a jar of cran\u00adber\u00adry mar\u00admalade or a thumb\u00adtack).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed Away | Ulf Stark |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulf_Stark\">Ulf Stark (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=\"321\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0565_01__Jean-Lee-Latham-Carry-On-Mr.-Bowditch.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0565_01__Jean-Lee-Latham-Carry-On-Mr.-Bowditch.jpg 321w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0565_01__Jean-Lee-Latham-Carry-On-Mr.-Bowditch-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0565_01__Jean-Lee-Latham-Carry-On-Mr.-Bowditch-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1995\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u73cd\u674e\u83b1\u745f\u59c6-jean-lee-latham\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1995 \u2013 Died: Jean Lee Latham<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal biog\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader and play\u00adwright (1902\u20131995). She was a mas\u00adter of nar\u00adra\u00adtive writ\u00ading in the mid-20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00ading \u201chard sci\u00adence, nau\u00adti\u00adcal his\u00adto\u00adry, and inspi\u00adra\u00adtional com\u00ading-of-age sto\u00adries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The 1956 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>&nbsp;The win\u00adner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces that have stood the test of time:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Come on, Mr. Bowditch!<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Car\u00adry On, Mr. Bowditch<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;With aston\u00adish\u00ading research and a rich\u00adly detailed nar\u00adra\u00adtive, Lath\u00adam revives the com\u00ading-of-age sto\u00adry of Nathaniel Bowditch, the leg\u00adendary 18th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Amer\u00adi\u00adcan nau\u00adti\u00adcal math\u00ade\u00admati\u00adcian. The sto\u00adry fol\u00adlows a young appren\u00adtice deprived of his chance to attend uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, who uses every night to study math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics and Latin, ulti\u00admate\u00adly rewrit\u00ading the his\u00adto\u00adry of glob\u00adal mar\u00aditime sur\u00advey\u00ading by deriv\u00ading a vast num\u00adber of for\u00admu\u00adlas. This lit\u00ader\u00adary mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00ading inde\u00adpen\u00addence, per\u00adse\u00adver\u00adance, and the beau\u00adty of rea\u00adson, has con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly ranked high on the must-read inspi\u00adra\u00adtional lists of libraries world\u00adwide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Deceased | Jean Lee Lath\u00adam |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Lee_Latham\">Jean Lee Lath\u00adam (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=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0570_01__Maia-Wojciechowska-Shadow-of-a-Bull.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0570_01__Maia-Wojciechowska-Shadow-of-a-Bull.jpg 375w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0570_01__Maia-Wojciechowska-Shadow-of-a-Bull-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0570_01__Maia-Wojciechowska-Shadow-of-a-Bull-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2002\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u739b\u96c5\u6c83\u4f0a\u5947\u4e54\u65af\u5361-maia-wojciechowska\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2002 \u2013 Passed away: Maia Wojciechowska<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Pol\u00adish-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1927\u20132002). She was a pio\u00adneer\u00ading woman with a leg\u00adendary life expe\u00adri\u00adence who dared to use her words to lead chil\u00addren into the cru\u00adel and pas\u00adsion\u00adate core of the adult world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>1965 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>&nbsp;The win\u00adner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces that have stood the test of time:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Shad\u00adow of the Bull<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Shad\u00adow of a Bull<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary con\u00adno\u00adta\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Woj\u00adciochska\u2019s child\u00adhood was tumul\u00adtuous due to World War II; she worked as a mod\u00adel, ten\u00adnis play\u00ader, and even a bull\u00adfight\u00ader. Her acclaimed nov\u00adel, *Shad\u00adow of the Bull*, per\u00adfect\u00adly con\u00adtrasts the bloody romance of Span\u00adish bull\u00adfight\u00ading with the psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal devel\u00adop\u00adment of a young boy. Man\u00adlo, inher\u00adit\u00ading the glo\u00adry of his leg\u00adendary bull\u00adfight\u00ader father, is await\u00aded by the entire town to step into the bull\u00adring, but deep down he yearns to become a doc\u00adtor who heals the sick. With a steely, real\u00adis\u00adtic touch, she pow\u00ader\u00adful\u00adly explores how chil\u00addren rebel against exter\u00adnal expec\u00adta\u00adtions, step out of the shad\u00adow of their elders, and gain the pow\u00ader of self-iden\u00adti\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed Away | Maia Woj\u00adciechows\u00adka |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMaia_Wojciechowska\">Maia Woj\u00adciechows\u00adka (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=\"365\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0555_01__Niki-Daly-Jamelas-Dress.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0555_01__Niki-Daly-Jamelas-Dress.jpg 365w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0555_01__Niki-Daly-Jamelas-Dress-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0555_01__Niki-Daly-Jamelas-Dress-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0555_02__Niki-Daly-Pretty-Salma.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0555_02__Niki-Daly-Pretty-Salma.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0555_02__Niki-Daly-Pretty-Salma-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0555_02__Niki-Daly-Pretty-Salma-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1946\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u59ae\u57fa\u8fbe\u5229-niki-daly\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1946 \u2013 Born: Niki Daly<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A leg\u00adendary South African illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and author (1946). He was a mas\u00adter visu\u00adal artist who, in the post\u00adwar African con\u00adti\u00adnent, intro\u00adduced the dai\u00adly lives of chil\u00addren from diverse eth\u00adnic back\u00adgrounds and pro\u00admot\u00aded cross-cul\u00adtur\u00adal equal\u00adi\u00adty in the rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion of Black chil\u00addren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>His mas\u00adter\u00adpieces and achieve\u00adments:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cGam\u00admel\u2019s Dress\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Jame\u00adla\u2019s Dress<\/em>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work has won many inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal awards and has been per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oth\u00ader core mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<strong>Beau\u00adti\u00adful Salma<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Pret\u00adty Salma<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong>&nbsp;Dali broke through the polit\u00adi\u00adcal shad\u00adow of South Africa\u2019s past apartheid era, using her sig\u00adna\u00adture warm, bright, and vibrant water\u00adcol\u00adors that cap\u00adtured the dynamism of the African coun\u00adtry\u00adside to bring the young Black girl, Jamel, to the glob\u00adal stage of chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture books for the first time. Her depic\u00adtions of every\u00adday life, filled with hearty laugh\u00adter, the live\u00adly atmos\u00adphere of South African mar\u00adkets, and deep fam\u00adi\u00adly bonds, demon\u00adstrat\u00aded to the world the uni\u00adver\u00adsal val\u00adue of the inno\u00adcent and vibrant lives of African chil\u00addren.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Niki Daly |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FQ48798602\">Niki Daly (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=\"595\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_a.jpg 595w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_a-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_a-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\"><\/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>Tobias Schef\u00adfel<\/strong><\/td><td>A top Ger\u00adman con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary trans\u00adla\u00adtor (1964). He was the lead\u00ading behind-the-scenes tal\u00adent scout who per\u00adfect\u00adly trans\u00adlat\u00aded and intro\u00adduced count\u00adless out\u00adstand\u00ading con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary French chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and pic\u00adture books into the Ger\u00adman-speak\u00ading world. With his extreme\u00adly keen lit\u00ader\u00adary insight and ele\u00adgant trans\u00adla\u00adtion style, he won numer\u00adous awards.&nbsp;<strong>2011 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%2FQ2437982\">Tobias Schef\u00adfel<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Fran\u00adti\u0161ek Bla\u0161ko<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Slo\u00adva\u00adkian mod\u00adern graph\u00adic illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and print\u00admak\u00ader (1951). He was excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at cre\u00adat\u00ading works that blend\u00aded a high\u00adly mod\u00adernist geo\u00admet\u00adric tex\u00adture with a dream\u00adlike, child\u00adlike style; his rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work is \u201cPashenko Friends\u201d (\u2026).<em>Kamar\u00e1ti pa\u0161inkovia<\/em>) Vic\u00adto\u00adry&nbsp;<strong>Hon\u00adorary Men\u00adtion at the 1985 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bibiana.sk%2Fen%2Ffrantisek-blasko\">Fran\u00adti\u0161ek Bla\u0161ko<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_b.jpg 568w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_b-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_b-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_c.jpg 578w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_c-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_c-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_d.jpg 573w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_d-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1985_Frantisek-Blasko_Kamarati-pasinkovia_d-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1809\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u6d77\u56e0\u91cc\u5e0c\u00b7\u970d\u592b\u66fc Heinrich Hoffmann \u5fb7\u56fd\u7cbe\u795e\u75c5\u5b66\u533b\u751f\u3001\u8bd7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9080,"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-8742","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\/0555_02__Niki-Daly-Pretty-Salma.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8742","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=8742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9081,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8742\/revisions\/9081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}