{"id":9228,"date":"2026-06-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9228"},"modified":"2026-06-21T16:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T08:18:28","slug":"kidsbook_history_0623","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/06\/23\/kidsbook_history_0623\/","title":{"rendered":"June 23: 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=\"600\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_\u5077\u4e66\u8d3c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_\u5077\u4e66\u8d3c.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_\u5077\u4e66\u8d3c-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_\u5077\u4e66\u8d3c-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_The-Messenger-765x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_The-Messenger-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_The-Messenger-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_The-Messenger-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_The-Messenger-1147x1536.jpg 1147w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_The-Messenger-1530x2048.jpg 1530w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_The-Messenger-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_The-Messenger.jpg 1912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"897\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_\u4f20\u4fe1\u4eba.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_\u4f20\u4fe1\u4eba.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_\u4f20\u4fe1\u4eba-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_\u4f20\u4fe1\u4eba-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_Bridge-of-Clay-722x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_Bridge-of-Clay-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_Bridge-of-Clay-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_Bridge-of-Clay-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_Bridge-of-Clay-1083x1536.jpg 1083w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_Bridge-of-Clay-1444x2048.jpg 1444w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_Bridge-of-Clay-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Markus-Zusak_Bridge-of-Clay.jpg 1748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1975\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u9a6c\u514b\u65af\u82cf\u8428\u514b-markus-zusak\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1975 \u2013 Born: Markus Zusak<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aus\u00adtrali\u00ada\u2019s immor\u00adtal con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary nov\u00adel\u00adist and a giant of chil\u00addren\u2019s and young adult lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1975). He is a nar\u00adra\u00adtive mas\u00adter revered by the glob\u00adal YA (young adult lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture) world in the 21st cen\u00adtu\u00adry, renowned world\u00adwide for his stun\u00adning poet\u00adic metaphors and his unwa\u00adver\u00ading defense of human dig\u00adni\u00adty amidst the ruins of his\u00adto\u00adry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>The Ger\u00adman Young Adult Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP) for Best Young Adult Nov\u00adel<\/strong>He won the Michael L. Printz Award and his work was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>An immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Book Thief<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Book Thief<\/em>): A supreme canon in con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary lit\u00ader\u00adary his\u00adto\u00adry. Zusak bril\u00adliant\u00adly uses the first-per\u00adson per\u00adspec\u00adtive of \u201cDeath\u201d to tell a pow\u00ader\u00adful epic sto\u00adry set against the back\u00addrop of Nazi Ger\u00admany dur\u00ading World War II. A Jew\u00adish girl named Liesel seeks refuge in an attic, and through her obses\u00adsive book-steal\u00ading and read\u00ading, she saves her soul amidst the relent\u00adless flames of war. The book ele\u00advates the redemp\u00adtive pow\u00ader of lan\u00adguage to a sacred polit\u00adi\u00adcal and human\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan lev\u00adel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Key rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<strong>The Mes\u00adsen\u00adger<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Mes\u00adsen\u00adger<\/em>The fam\u00adi\u00adly epic \u201cClay\u2019s Bridge,\u201d which took sev\u00ader\u00adal years to write.<em>Bridge of Clay<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Markus Zusak |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Markus_Zusak\">Markus Zusak (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=\"1024\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0038_02__Barbara-Cooney-Ox-Cart-Man-1024x814.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0038_02__Barbara-Cooney-Ox-Cart-Man-1024x814.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0038_02__Barbara-Cooney-Ox-Cart-Man-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0038_02__Barbara-Cooney-Ox-Cart-Man-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0038_02__Barbara-Cooney-Ox-Cart-Man-1536x1220.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0038_02__Barbara-Cooney-Ox-Cart-Man-2048x1627.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0038_02__Barbara-Cooney-Ox-Cart-Man-15x12.jpg 15w\" 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=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u8d76\u725b\u8f66\u7684\u4eba-1024x820.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u8d76\u725b\u8f66\u7684\u4eba-1024x820.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u8d76\u725b\u8f66\u7684\u4eba-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u8d76\u725b\u8f66\u7684\u4eba-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u8d76\u725b\u8f66\u7684\u4eba-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u8d76\u725b\u8f66\u7684\u4eba.jpg 1062w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2018\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u5510\u7eb3\u5fb7\u970d\u5c14-donald-hall\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2018 \u2014 Death: Donald Hall<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan mod\u00adern poet, essay\u00adist, and Poet Lau\u00adre\u00adate of the Unit\u00aded States (1928\u20132018). He was a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan post\u00adwar lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, and his works in the cross-dis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary field of chil\u00addren\u2019s non-fic\u00adtion\/pic\u00adture books are the most ten\u00adder ode to the pio\u00adneer\u00ading spir\u00adit of 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry New Eng\u00adland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Ox-Cart Dri\u00adver<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Ox-Cart Man<\/em>(Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion by Bar\u00adbara Cooney)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;His mas\u00adter\u00adpiece helped Bar\u00adbara Cooney, the queen of pic\u00adture books, win the award.&nbsp;<strong>1980 Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>It was per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Hal\u00adl\u2019s writ\u00ading is devoid of any didac\u00adti\u00adcism or sen\u00adti\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty; it is refined and clas\u00adsi\u00adcal\u00adly restrained. With a pure rhythm akin to a bib\u00adli\u00adcal epic, he chron\u00adi\u00adcles the long, cycli\u00adcal labor of an ear\u00adly 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry farmer: load\u00ading a year\u2019s har\u00advest onto an oxcart to mar\u00adket, sell\u00ading everything\u2014even the cart\u2014and then return\u00ading home emp\u00adty-hand\u00aded to begin a new cycle of sow\u00ading. He defin\u00adi\u00adtive\u00adly defines the ratio\u00adnal, spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal dig\u00adni\u00adty of \u201cman\u2019s con\u00adnec\u00adtion with the land and the pass\u00ading years.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Died | Don\u00adald Hall |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Hall\">Don\u00adald Hall (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=\"429\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nicole-Claveloux_Alboum.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nicole-Claveloux_Alboum.jpg 429w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nicole-Claveloux_Alboum-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nicole-Claveloux_Alboum-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1975_Nicole-Claveloux_Les-aventures-dAlice-au-Pays-des-Merveilles_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1975_Nicole-Claveloux_Les-aventures-dAlice-au-Pays-des-Merveilles_a.jpg 709w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1975_Nicole-Claveloux_Les-aventures-dAlice-au-Pays-des-Merveilles_a-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1975_Nicole-Claveloux_Les-aventures-dAlice-au-Pays-des-Merveilles_a-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1975_Nicole-Claveloux_Les-aventures-dAlice-au-Pays-des-Merveilles_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1975_Nicole-Claveloux_Les-aventures-dAlice-au-Pays-des-Merveilles_c.jpg 505w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1975_Nicole-Claveloux_Les-aventures-dAlice-au-Pays-des-Merveilles_c-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1975_Nicole-Claveloux_Les-aventures-dAlice-au-Pays-des-Merveilles_c-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1940\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u5c3c\u53e4\u62c9\u79d1\u62c9\u7ef4\u7f57-nicole-claveloux\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1940 \u2013 Born: Nicole Claveloux<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>France\u2019s immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure, female graph\u00adic artist, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and car\u00adtoon\u00adist (1940). She was an indis\u00adpens\u00adable and mul\u00adti\u00adfac\u00adeted female pope in the mod\u00adern pic\u00adture book and avant-garde visu\u00adal rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion move\u00adment through\u00adout Europe in the 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>High\u00adly Com\u00admend\u00aded Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded Award by the Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA)<\/strong>; won with \u201cAbu\u201d&nbsp;<strong>1999 Prix Sor\u00adci\u00e8res, the high\u00adest prize for illus\u00adtrat\u00aded books in France<\/strong>He won the Plaque Award at the 1975 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Abu<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Alboum<\/em>(and the Green Hand\u00adbag, which shocked the West\u00adern avant-garde comics world.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal style:<\/strong>&nbsp;Colavel\u00adlo was the key fig\u00adure behind the under\u00adground rebel\u00adlious com\u00adic book mag\u00ada\u00adzine \u201cAh! Nana.\u201d She inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly com\u00adbined psy\u00adche\u00addel\u00adic rock-pop col\u00ador blocks, extreme\u00adly com\u00adplex real\u00adis\u00adtic sin\u00adgle-line hatch\u00ading, and Freudi\u00adan decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion of sub\u00adcon\u00adscious dreams, using immense psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal ten\u00adsion to break the sac\u00adcha\u00adrine green\u00adhouse of chil\u00addren\u2019s visu\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00adence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Nicole Claveloux |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicole_Claveloux\">Nicole Claveloux (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=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Theodore-Taylor_The-Cay-679x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Theodore-Taylor_The-Cay-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Theodore-Taylor_The-Cay-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Theodore-Taylor_The-Cay-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Theodore-Taylor_The-Cay-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Theodore-Taylor_The-Cay.jpg 995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u73ca\u745a\u5c9b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u73ca\u745a\u5c9b.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u73ca\u745a\u5c9b-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1921\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u897f\u5965\u591a\u6cf0\u52d2-theodore-taylor\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1921 \u2013 Born: Theodore Taylor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author of real\u00adis\u00adtic adven\u00adture nov\u00adels for chil\u00addren and young adults, and a war cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00addent (1921\u20132006). He was a lead\u00ading fig\u00adure in the late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry in the Unit\u00aded States, explor\u00ading themes of racial prej\u00adu\u00addice, the sur\u00advival of dis\u00adabled chil\u00addren, and hard\u00adcore ocean wilder\u00adness sur\u00advival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Coral Island<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Cay<\/em>Pub\u00adlished in 1969.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;His nov\u00adel *Coral Island* was includ\u00aded in *1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books*. The sto\u00adry tells of a spoiled Amer\u00adi\u00adcan boy with white suprema\u00adcist prej\u00adu\u00addices who, dur\u00ading World War II, los\u00ades his sight in a ship\u00adwreck and is strand\u00aded on a desert\u00aded island in the Caribbean. Ulti\u00admate\u00adly, under the dig\u00adni\u00adfied, strict, yet lov\u00ading pro\u00adtec\u00adtion of an elder\u00adly Black sailor, he opens his spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal eyes in the dark\u00adness and com\u00adpletes an epic com\u00ading-of-age sto\u00adry. The book has con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly ranked high on human\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan equal\u00adi\u00adty read\u00ading lists in schools across the Unit\u00aded States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Theodore Tay\u00adlor |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodore_Taylor_(author)\">Theodore Tay\u00adlor (author) (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2020\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u7f57\u4f2f\u7279\u7ebd\u987f\u6d3e\u514b-robert-newton-peck\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2020 \u2014 Died: Robert Newton Peck<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan hard-boiled real\u00adist chil\u00addren\u2019s author (1928\u20132020). He was a land\u00admark pio\u00adneer in the post\u00adwar Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture scene, mov\u00ading away from shel\u00adtered fan\u00adta\u00adsy and intro\u00adduc\u00ading \u201cthe cru\u00adel rit\u00adu\u00adals of life and the spir\u00adit of the com\u00admon peo\u00adple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Immor\u00adtal auto\u00adbi\u00ado\u00adgraph\u00adi\u00adcal mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Day the Lit\u00adtle Pig Died<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>A Day No Pigs Would Die<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1972).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary con\u00adno\u00adta\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gre\u00adgo\u00adry Peck was born into a poor Auro\u00adra fam\u00adi\u00adly in New Eng\u00adland. 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He seam\u00adless\u00adly blend\u00aded the sub\u00adlime aes\u00adthet\u00adics of medieval man\u00adu\u00adscript bor\u00adders with the resilient details of ear\u00adly immi\u00adgrant chil\u00addren search\u00ading for their cul\u00adtur\u00adal roots amidst adver\u00adsi\u00adty, cul\u00admi\u00adnat\u00ading in his mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Nino*.<em>Nino<\/em>) won&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal, 1939<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valenti_Angelo\">Valen\u00adti Ange\u00adlo<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Vladislav Van\u010du\u00adra<\/strong><\/td><td>Czecho\u00adslo\u00adva\u00adkian nov\u00adel\u00adist, avant-garde film direc\u00adtor, and mar\u00adtyr of the anti-fas\u00adcist under\u00adground resis\u00adtance (1891\u20131942). His time\u00adless clas\u00adsic, which crossed over into the realm of chil\u00addren\u2019s fan\u00adta\u00adsy, *Kubala and Kuba Kubiku\u00adla* (\u2026).<em>Kubu\u00adla a Kuba Kubiku\u00adla<\/em>It com\u00adbines Bohemi\u00adan tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal bear folk myths with mod\u00adern children\u2019s sub\u00adjec\u00adtive resis\u00adtance and is includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Children\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vladislav_Van%C4%8Dura\">Vladislav Van\u010du\u00adra<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Istv\u00e1n Fekete<\/strong><\/td><td>A Hun\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adan nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure, nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adis\u00adtic his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal writer and ecol\u00ado\u00adgist (1900\u20131970). He was a mas\u00adter of 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry wildlife non\u00adfic\u00adtion lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture in East\u00adern Europe, his rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work being *Wuk the Lit\u00adtle Fox* (\u2026).<em>Vuk<\/em>With its extreme\u00adly rig\u00ador\u00adous yet com\u00adpas\u00adsion\u00adate record of the law of the jun\u00adgle, it was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d and adapt\u00aded into a clas\u00adsic of Hun\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adan film his\u00adto\u00adry.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Istv%C3%A1n_Fekete\">Istv\u00e1n Fekete<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Nan\u00adcy Gar\u00adden<\/strong><\/td><td>An Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author renowned for her work on chil\u00addren\u2019s and ado\u00adles\u00adcent rights (1938\u20132014). In the late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, amidst the shad\u00adow of severe thought cen\u00adsor\u00adship in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan school cul\u00adture, she wrote the his\u00adtoric and endur\u00ading land\u00admark of real\u00adis\u00adtic and emo\u00adtion\u00adal writ\u00ading, *Anne of My Heart*.<em>Annie on My Mind<\/em>With unwa\u00adver\u00ading lit\u00ader\u00adary dig\u00adni\u00adty, it has stead\u00adfast\u00adly pro\u00adtect\u00aded the psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal growth space of a niche group of chil\u00addren.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nancy_Garden\">Nan\u00adcy Gar\u00adden<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Sulamith Ish-kishor<\/strong><\/td><td>Eddie, a promi\u00adnent British-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Jew\u00adish his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal writer (1896\u20131977), penned the renowned nov\u00adel *Our Eddie*, a poignant and unvar\u00adnished work that focus\u00ades on the inter\u00adgen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional con\u00adflict and unwa\u00adver\u00ading spir\u00adit of a Jew\u00adish immi\u00adgrant fam\u00adi\u00adly in ear\u00adly 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Low\u00ader East Side New York. Her pow\u00ader\u00adful and real\u00adis\u00adtic por\u00adtray\u00adal of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal tragedy is deeply mov\u00ading.<em>Our Eddie<\/em>), won&nbsp;<strong>1970 New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sulamith_Ish-kishor\">Sulamith Ish-kishor<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Philip Reed<\/strong><\/td><td>A promi\u00adnent Amer\u00adi\u00adcan wood\u00adblock engraver and book design\u00ader of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1908\u20131989). He ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded his life to the ancient tech\u00adniques of hand-carv\u00ading and mov\u00adable type print\u00ading, and his work includes *Moth\u00ader Goose Rhymes*.<em>Moth\u00ader Goose and Nurs\u00adery Rhymes<\/em>With its pure artis\u00adtic qual\u00adi\u00adty char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by the struc\u00adtur\u00adal integri\u00adty of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal crafts\u00admen and the use of neg\u00ada\u00adtive space, it won the award.&nbsp;<strong>1964 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/archives.lib.umn.edu\/repositories\/4\/resources\/2884\">Philip Reed (Archives)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Susan Beth Pfef\u00adfer<\/strong><\/td><td>A pro\u00adlif\u00adic Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female-led post-apoc\u00ada\u00adlyp\u00adtic and psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal dis\u00adas\u00adter nov\u00adel\u00adist (1948). 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