{"id":8749,"date":"2026-06-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=8749"},"modified":"2026-06-18T21:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:18:39","slug":"kidsbook_history_0620","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/06\/20\/kidsbook_history_0620\/","title":{"rendered":"June 20: Today in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book His\u00adto\u00adry"},"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\/0902_02__Atsuo-Sait-Gamba-and-Bobo.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_02__Atsuo-Sait-Gamba-and-Bobo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_02__Atsuo-Sait-Gamba-and-Bobo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_02__Atsuo-Sait-Gamba-and-Bobo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_02__Atsuo-Sait-Gamba-and-Bobo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_02__Atsuo-Sait-Gamba-and-Bobo-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_01__Atsuo-Sait-The-Adventure-of-Gamba01-720x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_01__Atsuo-Sait-The-Adventure-of-Gamba01-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_01__Atsuo-Sait-The-Adventure-of-Gamba01-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_01__Atsuo-Sait-The-Adventure-of-Gamba01-768x1092.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_01__Atsuo-Sait-The-Adventure-of-Gamba01-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_01__Atsuo-Sait-The-Adventure-of-Gamba01.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_03__Atsuo-Sait-The-Secret-of-the-Forest01-717x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_03__Atsuo-Sait-The-Secret-of-the-Forest01-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_03__Atsuo-Sait-The-Secret-of-the-Forest01-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_03__Atsuo-Sait-The-Secret-of-the-Forest01-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_03__Atsuo-Sait-The-Secret-of-the-Forest01-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0902_03__Atsuo-Sait-The-Secret-of-the-Forest01.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1940\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u658b\u85e4\u60c7\u592b-atsuo-sait\u014d\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1940 \u2013 Born: Atsuo Sait\u014d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An immor\u00adtal Japan\u00adese chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture author and out\u00adstand\u00ading edi\u00adtor and pub\u00adlish\u00ader (1940). He was the lead\u00ading fig\u00adure of the \u201cani\u00admal anthro\u00adpo\u00admor\u00adphic hero\u00adic epic\u201d long nar\u00adra\u00adtive school in post\u00adwar Japan, and also the men\u00adtor of chil\u00addren\u2019s books who dis\u00adcov\u00adered gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions of out\u00adstand\u00ading Japan\u00adese cre\u00adators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Adven\u00adtur\u00aders Tril\u00ado\u00adgy<\/strong>\uff08<em>\u30ac\u30f3\u30d0\u3068\u30b0\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u306e\u9a6c\u767a\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Yabu\u00aduchi Masayu\u00adki).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Atsuo Saito, with the most metic\u00adu\u00adlous and epic style, cre\u00adat\u00aded the hero\u00adic leg\u00adend of Gam\u00adba the mouse and his com\u00adrades who fought a des\u00adper\u00adate bat\u00adtle against the cru\u00adel weasel \u201cThe Wicked Doc\u00adtor\u201d to pro\u00adtect their peo\u00adple. In this work, the mouse is no longer a sym\u00adbol of dark\u00adness and deprav\u00adi\u00adty, but a sym\u00adbol of dig\u00adni\u00adty, inno\u00adcence, indomitable will, and great friend\u00adship. This series not only achieved aston\u00adish\u00ading sales in Japan, but also became an insur\u00admount\u00adable pin\u00adna\u00adcle of mod\u00adern long-form chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture in East Asia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Atsuo Sait\u014d |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E6%96%8E%E8%97%A4%E6%83%87%E5%A4%AB\">Atsuo Saito (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=\"363\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/N.-M.-Bodecker_Half-Magic.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/N.-M.-Bodecker_Half-Magic.jpg 363w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/N.-M.-Bodecker_Half-Magic-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/N.-M.-Bodecker_Half-Magic-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1911\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u7231\u5fb7\u534e\u4f0a\u683c-edward-eager\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1911 \u2013 Born: Edward Eager<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A dis\u00adtin\u00adguished Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s fan\u00adta\u00adsy writer, play\u00adwright, and lyri\u00adcist (1911\u20131964). He was one of the most suc\u00adcess\u00adful nar\u00adra\u00adtive mas\u00adters of the mid-20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry in seam\u00adless\u00adly inte\u00adgrat\u00ading tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal British clas\u00adsi\u00adcal mag\u00adic into the dai\u00adly lives of mod\u00adern Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Half a Mag\u00adic<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Half Mag\u00adic<\/em>Pub\u00adlished in 1954.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Igle\u00adsias was deeply influ\u00adenced by British fan\u00adta\u00adsy pio\u00adneer E. Nes\u00adbit. In *Half a Mag\u00adic Coin*, he uses stun\u00adning log\u00adi\u00adcal decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion and lit\u00ader\u00adary restraint to tell the hilar\u00adi\u00adous sto\u00adry of chil\u00addren who find a mag\u00adic coin that can only grant \u201chalf a wish.\u201d To make their wish\u00ades com\u00adplete, they must tell twice the required sto\u00adry. He per\u00adfect\u00adly blends rig\u00ador\u00adous math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal log\u00adic, puns, and chil\u00addren\u2019s fond\u00adness for the ordi\u00adnary, every\u00adday, cre\u00adat\u00ading a new genre of \u201clife-based log\u00adi\u00adcal mag\u00adic\u201d nov\u00adels, which is per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly includ\u00aded in *1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books*.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Edward Eager |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FEdward_Eager\">Edward Eager (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=\"518\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_a.jpg 518w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_a-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_a-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_b.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_b-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_b-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_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=\"1000\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_c.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_c-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_c-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1967_Iri-Maruki_A-dumpling-that-rolled-down-into-the-mice-paradise_-an-old-tale-of-Japan_c-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1901\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u4e38\u6728\u4f4d\u91cc-iri-maruki\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1901 \u2013 Born: Iri Maruki<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A Japan\u00adese nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure-lev\u00adel mas\u00adter of mod\u00adern ink paint\u00ading and avant-garde artist (1901\u20131995). He is world-renowned for his epic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cAtom\u00adic Bomb Pic\u00adture\u201d that shocked all mankind, but the light ink charm of his crossover into the field of chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture art is also a supreme trea\u00adsure in the world\u2019s visu\u00adal art trea\u00adsury.<\/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 tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal folk pic\u00adture book \u201cRice Ball Rolling to Mouse Par\u00adadise\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Hon\u00adorary Men\u00adtion at the inau\u00adgur\u00adal Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB) in 1967<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces that have stood the test of time:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u201cThe Rice Ball That Rolled to Old Tem\u00adple Par\u00adadise\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>A dumpling that rolled down into the mice par\u00adadise<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Maru\u00adki Iori per\u00adfect\u00adly com\u00adbines the \u201cfive shades of ink\u201d and \u201cdry, wet, thick, and thin\u201d tech\u00adniques of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Chi\u00adnese free\u00adhand ink paint\u00ading with the abstract com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion of mod\u00adern avant-garde art. His illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for chil\u00addren are vig\u00ador\u00adous, ethe\u00adre\u00adal, and full of a grass\u00adroots humor that evokes the spir\u00adit of nature, com\u00adplete\u00adly over\u00adturn\u00ading the over\u00adly sweet and flat\u00adter\u00ading visu\u00adal rigid\u00adi\u00adty of chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture books and estab\u00adlish\u00ading the noble spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal dig\u00adni\u00adty of mod\u00adern East\u00adern ink paint\u00ading pic\u00adture books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Maru\u00adki Iri |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fja.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F%25E4%25B8%25B8%25E6%259C%25A8%25E4%25BD%258D%25E9%2587%258C\">Maru\u00adki Iri (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=\"300\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0897_01__Anthony-Buckeridge-Jennings-and-Darbishire.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0897_01__Anthony-Buckeridge-Jennings-and-Darbishire.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0897_01__Anthony-Buckeridge-Jennings-and-Darbishire-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0897_01__Anthony-Buckeridge-Jennings-and-Darbishire-7x12.jpg 7w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1912\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u5b89\u4e1c\u5c3c\u5df4\u514b\u91cc\u5947-anthony-buckeridge\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1912 \u2013 Born: Anthony Buckeridge<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned British author and screen\u00adwriter of mod\u00adern chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1912\u20132004). He was a lead\u00ading fig\u00adure in post\u00adwar British school humor nov\u00adels and the board\u00ading school nar\u00adra\u00adtive genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless clas\u00adsics:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u201c\u201cGin\u00adnings\u201d series<\/strong>(Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works)&nbsp;<em>Jen\u00adnings and Dar\u00adbishire<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal impact:<\/strong>&nbsp;His award-win\u00adning mas\u00adter\u00adpiece is per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d and adapt\u00aded into a long-run\u00adning radio dra\u00adma by the BBC. Buck\u00adley is excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at using sharp, con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary British humor and a bar\u00adrage of mod\u00adern wit\u00adty remarks to depict the inno\u00adcent pranks, pure friend\u00adships, and rule-break\u00ading games of boys in board\u00ading schools. He com\u00adplete\u00adly aban\u00addoned the rigid edu\u00adca\u00adtion of the Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan era, win\u00adning a fren\u00adzy of fans among school-aged chil\u00addren through\u00adout Europe with his absolute\u00adly child-cen\u00adtered per\u00adspec\u00adtive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Antho\u00adny Buck\u00aderidge |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAnthony_Buckeridge\">Antho\u00adny Buck\u00aderidge (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=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0922_01__James-Berry-Anancy-Spiderman.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0922_01__James-Berry-Anancy-Spiderman.jpg 333w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0922_01__James-Berry-Anancy-Spiderman-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0922_01__James-Berry-Anancy-Spiderman-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2017\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u8a79\u59c6\u65af\u8d1d\u91cc-james-berry\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2017 \u2014 Passed away: James Berry<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamaican-British poet and chil\u00addren\u2019s author (1924\u20132017). He was the core fig\u00adure of the famous \u201cWin\u00addrush Gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion\u201d immi\u00adgrant lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture after World War II, and was the first to bring the noble oral nar\u00adra\u00adtive tra\u00addi\u00adtion of the West Indies into the main\u00adstream Eng\u00adlish chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture land\u00adscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Anansey the Spi\u00adder-Man<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Anan\u00adcy Spi\u00adder\u00adman<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Berry ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded his life to mul\u00adti\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal equal\u00adi\u00adty and the col\u00adlec\u00adtion of folk lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. His mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Anan\u00adsi the Spi\u00adder-Man*, uses prose poet\u00adry imbued with the rhyth\u00admic feel of West Africa and the Caribbean to reshape the totem fig\u00adure of Anan\u00adsi from tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Black mythol\u00ado\u00adgy, a char\u00adac\u00adter embody\u00ading wis\u00addom, cun\u00adning, resis\u00adtance, and the vital\u00adi\u00adty of ordi\u00adnary peo\u00adple. He used words to build the roots of nation\u00adal dig\u00adni\u00adty for chil\u00addren of col\u00ador on paper; the book is per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly includ\u00aded in *1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books*.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed Away | James Berry |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJames_Berry_%28poet%29\">James Berry (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=\"748\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0101__Jacqueline-Rivire-Bcassine-748x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0101__Jacqueline-Rivire-Bcassine-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0101__Jacqueline-Rivire-Bcassine-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0101__Jacqueline-Rivire-Bcassine-768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0101__Jacqueline-Rivire-Bcassine-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0101__Jacqueline-Rivire-Bcassine.jpg 809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1953\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u7ea6\u745f\u592b\u54c1\u743c-joseph-pinchon\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1953 \u2013 Death: Joseph Pinchon<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c9mile-Joseph Por\u00adfirio Pinchin (1871\u20131953), an immor\u00adtal French graph\u00adic artist, pio\u00adneer\u00ading car\u00adtoon\u00adist, and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, was an undis\u00adput\u00aded and revered founder of the Euro\u00adpean \u201ccom\u00adic strip.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>An immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Bekas\u00adna series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>B\u00e9cas\u00adsine<\/em>(Writ\u00adten by Colm Lorio\/Caumery)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal cul\u00adture influ\u00adence:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bekas\u00adna, cre\u00adat\u00aded in 1905, has been per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<strong>She is not only the first female pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist in the his\u00adto\u00adry of com\u00adic books to have an inde\u00adpen\u00addent long sto\u00adry.<\/strong>Fur\u00adther\u00admore, she was the one who estab\u00adlished the visu\u00adal lan\u00adguage of mod\u00adern French com\u00adic strips. Pinchin used con\u00adcise and clear lines and high\u00adly dec\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive col\u00ador blocks to bring to life this sim\u00adple yet impec\u00adca\u00adbly kind and inno\u00adcent coun\u00adtry girl dressed in tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Bre\u00adton cloth\u00ading, pro\u00adfound\u00adly inspir\u00ading count\u00adless Euro\u00adpean mas\u00adters, includ\u00ading Herg\u00e9, the author of \u201cThe Adven\u00adtures of Tintin.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Deceased | Joseph Pin\u00adchon |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJoseph_Pinchon\">Joseph Pin\u00adchon (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0927_01__Joseph-Pinchon-Bcassine.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0927_01__Joseph-Pinchon-Bcassine.jpg 346w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0927_01__Joseph-Pinchon-Bcassine-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0927_01__Joseph-Pinchon-Bcassine-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1940\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u658b\u85e4\u60c7\u592b Atsuo Sait\u014d \u65e5\u672c\u4e0d\u673d\u7684\u513f\u7ae5\u6587\u5b66\u4f5c\u5bb6\u3001\u5353\u8d8a\u7684\u7f16\u8f91\u51fa\u7248\u4eba [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9216,"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-8749","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\/0927_01__Joseph-Pinchon-Bcassine.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8749","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=8749"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9225,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8749\/revisions\/9225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}