{"id":8743,"date":"2026-06-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=8743"},"modified":"2026-06-02T20:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:45:54","slug":"kidsbook_history_0614","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/06\/14\/kidsbook_history_0614\/","title":{"rendered":"June 14: 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=\"802\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Judith-Kerr_THE-TIGER-WHO-CAME-TO-TEA-802x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Judith-Kerr_THE-TIGER-WHO-CAME-TO-TEA-802x1024.jpg 802w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Judith-Kerr_THE-TIGER-WHO-CAME-TO-TEA-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Judith-Kerr_THE-TIGER-WHO-CAME-TO-TEA-768x980.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Judith-Kerr_THE-TIGER-WHO-CAME-TO-TEA-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Judith-Kerr_THE-TIGER-WHO-CAME-TO-TEA.jpg 1175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\"><\/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\/Judith-Kerr_Mog-the-Forgetful-Cat-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Judith-Kerr_Mog-the-Forgetful-Cat-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Judith-Kerr_Mog-the-Forgetful-Cat-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Judith-Kerr_Mog-the-Forgetful-Cat-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Judith-Kerr_Mog-the-Forgetful-Cat-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Judith-Kerr_Mog-the-Forgetful-Cat-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Judith-Kerr_Mog-the-Forgetful-Cat-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Judith-Kerr_Mog-the-Forgetful-Cat.jpg 2025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0018_01__Judith-Kerr-When-Hitler-Stole-Pink-Rabbit-669x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0018_01__Judith-Kerr-When-Hitler-Stole-Pink-Rabbit-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0018_01__Judith-Kerr-When-Hitler-Stole-Pink-Rabbit-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0018_01__Judith-Kerr-When-Hitler-Stole-Pink-Rabbit-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0018_01__Judith-Kerr-When-Hitler-Stole-Pink-Rabbit-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0018_01__Judith-Kerr-When-Hitler-Stole-Pink-Rabbit-1338x2048.jpg 1338w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0018_01__Judith-Kerr-When-Hitler-Stole-Pink-Rabbit-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0018_01__Judith-Kerr-When-Hitler-Stole-Pink-Rabbit.jpg 1519w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1923\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u6731\u8fea\u65af\u514b\u5c14-judith-kerr\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1923 \u2013 Born: Judith Kerr<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An immor\u00adtal British female chil\u00addren\u2019s author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1923\u20132019). As a Jew\u00adish refugee who sur\u00advived the Nazi era, she used her life\u00adlong ten\u00adder\u00adness and inno\u00adcence to leave behind the most com\u00adfort\u00ading visu\u00adal and lit\u00ader\u00adary ever\u00adgreen works for world chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces that have stood the test of time:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tiger Comes to Have After\u00adnoon Tea<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Tiger Who Came to Tea<\/em>A land\u00admark mas\u00adter\u00adpiece in the his\u00adto\u00adry of British chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture books. It trans\u00adforms the hid\u00adden anx\u00adi\u00adeties and unknowns of child\u00adhood into an extreme\u00adly warm and rit\u00adu\u00adal\u00adis\u00adtic after\u00adnoon tea par\u00adty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201c\u201cFor\u00adget\u00adful Mog\u201d series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Mog the For\u00adget\u00adful Cat<\/em>(): Sales exceed\u00aded 10 mil\u00adlion copies and it was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The first book in an auto\u00adbi\u00ado\u00adgraph\u00adi\u00adcal tril\u00ado\u00adgy:<strong>Hitler stole the Pink Rab\u00adbit<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>When Hitler Stole Pink Rab\u00adbit<\/em>): From the extreme\u00adly restrained and inno\u00adcent per\u00adspec\u00adtive of a child, it records the dig\u00adni\u00adty and love of war refugees amidst their dis\u00adplace\u00adment, and won the Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Award.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Judith Kerr |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judith_Kerr\">Judith Kerr (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=\"500\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-Dinotopia.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-Dinotopia.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-Dinotopia-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-Dinotopia-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/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\/0586_01__James-Gurney-\u6050\u9f99\u5e1d\u56fd.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-\u6050\u9f99\u5e1d\u56fd.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-\u6050\u9f99\u5e1d\u56fd-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-\u6050\u9f99\u5e1d\u56fd-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-\u6050\u9f99\u5e1d\u56fd-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-\u6050\u9f99\u5e1d\u56fd-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=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-\u6050\u9f99\u56fd\u4e4b\u4e8c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-\u6050\u9f99\u56fd\u4e4b\u4e8c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-\u6050\u9f99\u56fd\u4e4b\u4e8c-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-\u6050\u9f99\u56fd\u4e4b\u4e8c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-\u6050\u9f99\u56fd\u4e4b\u4e8c-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0586_01__James-Gurney-\u6050\u9f99\u56fd\u4e4b\u4e8c-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1958\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u8a79\u59c6\u65af\u683c\u5c3c-james-gurney\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1958: James Gurney<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A top Amer\u00adi\u00adcan real\u00adist painter and fan\u00adta\u00adsy writer (1958). He is the visu\u00adal pope of the con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary \u201cpale\u00adon\u00adto\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion real\u00adism\u201d school, merg\u00ading rig\u00ador\u00adous archae\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy with the ulti\u00admate aes\u00adthet\u00adics of oil paint\u00ading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A mas\u00adter\u00adpiece of epic his\u00adto\u00adry:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Dinosaur King\u00addom series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Dino\u00adtopia<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Key rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Dinosaur King\u00addom: A Utopia of Man and Drag\u00adon<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Dino\u00adtopia: A Land Apart from Time<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Dinosaur King\u00addom: The Buried Empire<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Dino\u00adtopia: The World Beneath<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Dinosaur King\u00addom: An Invi\u00adta\u00adtion to a For\u00adgot\u00adten Land<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Dino\u00adtopia: Jour\u00adney to Chan\u00addara<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal posi\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gur\u00adney, who pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly worked as an illus\u00adtra\u00adtor for Nation\u00adal Geo\u00adgraph\u00adic, imbued the fan\u00adtas\u00adti\u00adcal world of \u201chumans and high\u00adly intel\u00adli\u00adgent dinosaurs coex\u00adist\u00ading peace\u00adful\u00adly and joint\u00adly build\u00ading a civ\u00adi\u00adlized soci\u00adety\u201d with an almost doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary-like real\u00adism through his exquis\u00adite clas\u00adsi\u00adcal oil paint\u00ading tech\u00adniques. He estab\u00adlished an extreme\u00adly high lev\u00adel of aes\u00adthet\u00adic tech\u00adnique and imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion for chil\u00addren\u2019s fan\u00adta\u00adsy non-fic\u00adtion lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | James Gur\u00adney |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Gurney\">James Gur\u00adney (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=\"382\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-Jamberry.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-Jamberry.jpg 382w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-Jamberry-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-Jamberry-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus-1024x857.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus-1024x857.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus02-1024x857.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus02-1024x857.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus02-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus02-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus02-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus02.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1945\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u5e03\u9c81\u65af\u8fea\u6839-bruce-degen\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1945 \u2013 Born: Bruce Degen<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned and pro\u00adlif\u00adic Amer\u00adi\u00adcan illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and pic\u00adture book author (1945). He is a leg\u00adendary fig\u00adure in the his\u00adto\u00adry of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary glob\u00adal sci\u00adence pic\u00adture books, and his sig\u00adna\u00adture Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pen and ink wash style com\u00adplete\u00adly rewrote the visu\u00adal land\u00adscape of chil\u00addren\u2019s sci\u00adence edu\u00adca\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Mag\u00adic School Bus Pic\u00adture Book Series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Mag\u00adic School Bus<\/em>(By Joan\u00adna Cole)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works for young chil\u00addren:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Mag\u00adi\u00adcal Jam and Berries<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Jam\u00adber\u00adry<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong>&nbsp;Degan seam\u00adless\u00adly blends mad\u00adness, humor, and rig\u00ador\u00adous sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic prin\u00adci\u00adples. His char\u00adac\u00adter, \u201cMs. Friz\u00adzle,\u201d with her quirky dress and curly-haired dog, dri\u00adves a mag\u00adi\u00adcal school bus that can expand and con\u00adtract, enter blood ves\u00adsels, and fly to the solar sys\u00adtem, accom\u00adpa\u00adny\u00ading gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions of chil\u00addren world\u00adwide in their sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic awak\u00aden\u00ading. With dense infor\u00adma\u00adtion and car\u00adtoon\u00adish dia\u00adlogue box\u00ades, he demon\u00adstrates that sci\u00adence edu\u00adca\u00adtion can be the coolest, most hilar\u00adi\u00adous, and most adven\u00adtur\u00adous adven\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Bruce Degen |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bruce_Degen\">Bruce Degen (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=\"435\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0596_01__Laurence-Yep-Dragonwings.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0596_01__Laurence-Yep-Dragonwings.jpg 435w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0596_01__Laurence-Yep-Dragonwings-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0596_01__Laurence-Yep-Dragonwings-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0596_02__Laurence-Yep-Dragons-Gate.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0596_02__Laurence-Yep-Dragons-Gate.jpg 319w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0596_02__Laurence-Yep-Dragons-Gate-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0596_02__Laurence-Yep-Dragons-Gate-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0596_02__Laurence-Yep-\u9f8d\u7ffc.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0596_02__Laurence-Yep-\u9f8d\u7ffc.jpg 551w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0596_02__Laurence-Yep-\u9f8d\u7ffc-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0596_02__Laurence-Yep-\u9f8d\u7ffc-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1948\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u52b3\u4f26\u65af\u8036\u666e-laurence-yep\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1948 \u2013 Born: Laurence Yep<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture author of Chi\u00adnese descent, whose Chi\u00adnese name is <strong>Ye Xiangt\u00adian<\/strong>He is a revered pio\u00adneer and spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal icon in the field of Chi\u00adnese-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Twice award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador<\/strong>;<strong>2005 Lau\u00adra Ingalls Wilder Gold Medal (now the Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Her\u00aditage Award CLLA)<\/strong>&nbsp;Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment Award Recip\u00adi\u00adent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal Epic:<strong>Drag\u00adon Wings<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Drag\u00adonwings<\/em>Based on the true his\u00adto\u00adry of Chi\u00adnese peo\u00adple man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adtur\u00ading air\u00adplanes in the Unit\u00aded States in the ear\u00adly 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, it por\u00adtrays the dig\u00adni\u00adty of ear\u00adly Chi\u00adnese labor\u00aders who looked up at the stars despite prej\u00adu\u00addice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal sequel:<strong>Drag\u00adon Gate<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Drag\u00adon\u2019s Gate<\/em>): Focus\u00ading on the blood, tears, and resilience of the Chi\u00adnese labor\u00aders who built the Trans-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Rail\u00adway.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Through\u00adout his life, Yip ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded him\u00adself to using refined lit\u00ader\u00adary lan\u00adguage to decon\u00adstruct the his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal trau\u00admas, gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional con\u00adflicts, and cul\u00adtur\u00adal roots of Chi\u00adnese peo\u00adple with\u00adin the main\u00adstream Amer\u00adi\u00adcan lit\u00ader\u00adary scene. The \u201cdrag\u00adon\u201d in his writ\u00ading is no longer a fero\u00adcious beast in the West\u00adern con\u00adtext, but a sym\u00adbol of nation\u00adal integri\u00adty and an indomitable spir\u00adit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Lau\u00adrence Yep |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laurence_Yep\">Lau\u00adrence Yep (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=\"693\" height=\"999\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_Nicht-erwischt_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_Nicht-erwischt_a.jpg 693w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_Nicht-erwischt_a-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_Nicht-erwischt_a-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_Nicht-erwischt_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_Nicht-erwischt_b.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_Nicht-erwischt_b-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_Nicht-erwischt_b-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_Nicht-erwischt_b-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"999\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_112_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_112_a.jpg 696w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_112_a-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_112_a-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"999\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_112_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_112_c.jpg 686w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_112_c-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2005_Luboslav-Palo_112_c-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1968\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u5362\u535a\u65af\u62c9\u592b\u5e15\u67f3-\u013euboslav-pa\u013eo\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born in 1968: \u013duboslav Pa\u013eo<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Slo\u00adva\u00adki\u00ada\u2019s most out\u00adstand\u00ading con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary illus\u00adtra\u00adtors and graph\u00adic artists (1968). He is a visu\u00adal mas\u00adter in the con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Cen\u00adtral Euro\u00adpean pic\u00adture book scene who inher\u00adits the spir\u00adit of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal print\u00admak\u00ading while also pos\u00adsess\u00ading a strong sense of mod\u00adern abstract humor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Win\u00adning an award for her work \u201cDid\u00adn\u2019t Get Caught!\u201d&nbsp;<strong>2005 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (BIB) Gold\u00aden Apple Award<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Award-win\u00adning rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u201cDid\u00adn\u2019t get caught!\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Nicht erwis\u00adcht!<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;Palyu\u2019s style is full of expres\u00adsion\u00adist wild\u00adness and naivety. He is extreme\u00adly skilled at using large areas of thick oil paint, scraper tex\u00adtures, and sim\u00adple, almost child\u00adlike lines to cre\u00adate an ani\u00admal fable world on paper with dra\u00admat\u00adic con\u00adflict and grass\u00adroots humor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Luboslav Pad\u00f3 |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibiana.sk\/en\/charles-ohu\">\u013duboslav Pa\u013eo (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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0601_01__Lensey-Namioka-Yang-the-Youngest-and-His-Terrible-Ear.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0601_01__Lensey-Namioka-Yang-the-Youngest-and-His-Terrible-Ear.jpg 321w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0601_01__Lensey-Namioka-Yang-the-Youngest-and-His-Terrible-Ear-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0601_01__Lensey-Namioka-Yang-the-Youngest-and-His-Terrible-Ear-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0606_01__Nicolas-Clerihew-Bentley-Old-Possums-Book-of-Practical-Cats.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0606_01__Nicolas-Clerihew-Bentley-Old-Possums-Book-of-Practical-Cats.jpg 365w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0606_01__Nicolas-Clerihew-Bentley-Old-Possums-Book-of-Practical-Cats-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0606_01__Nicolas-Clerihew-Bentley-Old-Possums-Book-of-Practical-Cats-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\"><\/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>Lin\u00adsey Namio\u00adka<\/strong><\/td><td>Nianxi (1929), a renowned Chi\u00adnese-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan nov\u00adel\u00adist and math\u00ade\u00admati\u00adcian, is best known for her humor\u00adous and nuanced por\u00adtray\u00adal of the chal\u00adlenges and cul\u00adtur\u00adal clash\u00ades faced by Chi\u00adnese Amer\u00adi\u00adcans inte\u00adgrat\u00ading into West\u00adern soci\u00adety in her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Young Young\u2019s Clum\u00adsy Ears*.<em>Yang the Youngest and His Ter\u00adri\u00adble Ear<\/em>He is high\u00adly regard\u00aded by libraries across the Unit\u00aded States for his excep\u00adtion\u00adal empa\u00adthy.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lensey_Namioka\">Lensey Namio\u00adka<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Nico\u00adlas Cler\u00adi\u00adhew Bent\u00adley<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry British graph\u00adic artist and satir\u00adi\u00adcal car\u00adtoon\u00adist (1907\u20131978). He wrote the lyrics for T.S. Eliot\u2019s immor\u00adtal chil\u00addren\u2019s clas\u00adsic, *The Old Pos\u00adsum\u2019s Cat*.<em>Old Pos\u00adsum\u2019s Book of Prac\u00adti\u00adcal Cats<\/em>She cre\u00adat\u00aded the most life\u00adlike and expres\u00adsive cat illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, which were per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly includ\u00aded in the first edi\u00adtion of \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicolas_Bentley\">Nico\u00adlas Bent\u00adley<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Pene\u00adlope Farmer<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned British female fan\u00adta\u00adsy author for chil\u00addren (1939). Her time-trav\u00adel goth\u00adic clas\u00adsic, *A Time in Char\u00adlot\u00adte\u2019s Life* (1939).<em>Char\u00adlotte Some\u00adtimes<\/em>With extreme\u00adly pro\u00adfound writ\u00ading, it explores iden\u00adti\u00adty and the lone\u00adli\u00adness of time, was select\u00aded for \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d, and has pro\u00adfound\u00adly inspired the cre\u00adation of many rock bands in lat\u00ader gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Penelope_Farmer\">Pene\u00adlope Farmer<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Yuta\u00adka Muraka\u00admi<\/strong><\/td><td>A Japan\u00adese nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure-lev\u00adel ink painter and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1936\u20132022). He spent many years illus\u00adtrat\u00ading tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Japan\u00adese lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and folk mythol\u00ado\u00adgy, and is best known for his clas\u00adsic work, *The Sil\u00adver Bas\u00adket*, which blends the del\u00adi\u00adcate charm of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal East\u00adern ink paint\u00ading with a mod\u00adern sense of spa\u00adtial geom\u00ade\u00adtry.<em>The sil\u00adver bas\u00adket<\/em>), won&nbsp;<strong>1991 BIB Plaque<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E6%9D%91%E4%B8%8A%E5%B3%B4\">Yuta\u00adka Muraka\u00admi<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0611_01__Penelope-Farmer-Charlotte-Sometimes.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9042\" 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