{"id":9231,"date":"2026-06-26T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9231"},"modified":"2026-06-26T08:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:24:15","slug":"kidsbook_history_0626","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/06\/26\/kidsbook_history_0626\/","title":{"rendered":"June 26: 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=\"1024\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Zolotow_Mr.-Rabbit-and-the-Lovely-Present-1024x850.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Zolotow_Mr.-Rabbit-and-the-Lovely-Present-1024x850.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Zolotow_Mr.-Rabbit-and-the-Lovely-Present-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Zolotow_Mr.-Rabbit-and-the-Lovely-Present-768x638.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Zolotow_Mr.-Rabbit-and-the-Lovely-Present-1536x1275.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Zolotow_Mr.-Rabbit-and-the-Lovely-Present-2048x1700.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Zolotow_Mr.-Rabbit-and-the-Lovely-Present-14x12.jpg 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/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\/\u5988\u5988\u5e26\u6211\u53bb\u770b\u6d77.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5988\u5988\u5e26\u6211\u53bb\u770b\u6d77.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5988\u5988\u5e26\u6211\u53bb\u770b\u6d77-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5988\u5988\u5e26\u6211\u53bb\u770b\u6d77-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5988\u5988\u5e26\u6211\u53bb\u770b\u6d77-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5988\u5988\u5e26\u6211\u53bb\u770b\u6d77-12x12.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=\"740\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5154\u5b50\u5148\u751f\u548c\u7f8e\u597d\u7684\u793c\u7269.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5154\u5b50\u5148\u751f\u548c\u7f8e\u597d\u7684\u793c\u7269.jpg 740w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5154\u5b50\u5148\u751f\u548c\u7f8e\u597d\u7684\u793c\u7269-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5154\u5b50\u5148\u751f\u548c\u7f8e\u597d\u7684\u793c\u7269-14x12.jpg 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5a01\u5ec9\u7684\u6d0b\u5a03\u5a03.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5a01\u5ec9\u7684\u6d0b\u5a03\u5a03.jpg 565w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5a01\u5ec9\u7684\u6d0b\u5a03\u5a03-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5a01\u5ec9\u7684\u6d0b\u5a03\u5a03-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1915\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u590f\u6d1b\u7279\u4f50\u7f57\u6258-charlotte-zolotow\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1915 \u2013 Born: Charlotte Zolotow<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture author and a leg\u00adendary chil\u00addren\u2019s book edi\u00adtor (1915\u20132013). She is rec\u00adog\u00adnized as the \u201cQueen of Poet\u00adics\u201d and the god\u00admoth\u00ader of the indus\u00adtry in the his\u00adto\u00adry of mod\u00adern chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture books. She led the chil\u00addren\u2019s book depart\u00adment of Harp\u00ader &amp; Row for many years and dis\u00adcov\u00adered and deeply accom\u00adpa\u00adnied count\u00adless giants, includ\u00ading Mau\u00adrice Sendak, with her extreme\u00adly keen lit\u00ader\u00adary com\u00adpas\u00adsion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme hon\u00ador and indus\u00adtry mile\u00adstone:<\/strong>&nbsp;He won the award for his famous book \u201cMr. Rab\u00adbit and the Beau\u00adti\u00adful Gift\u201d&nbsp;<strong>1963 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>The work \u201cChil\u00addren in the Storm\u201d won an award.&nbsp;<strong>1952 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>Lat\u00ader gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions estab\u00adlished a memo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal hall named after him.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cChar\u00adlotte Zolo\u00adtow Award\u201d<\/strong>It is used to rec\u00adog\u00adnize authors world\u00adwide who demon\u00adstrate the most out\u00adstand\u00ading and empa\u00adthet\u00adic writ\u00ading skills in pic\u00adture book cre\u00adation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mr. Rab\u00adbit and the Won\u00adder\u00adful Gift<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Mr. Rab\u00adbit and the Love\u00adly Present<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Mau\u00adrice Sendak): Includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. Using extreme\u00adly restrained clas\u00adsi\u00adcal dia\u00adlogue, it vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the inner order and pure trust of chil\u00addren seek\u00ading gifts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>William\u2019s Doll<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>William\u2019s Doll<\/em>Canon, a pio\u00adneer\u00ading work on mod\u00adern gen\u00adder equal\u00adi\u00adty and chil\u00addren\u2019s self-expres\u00adsion in the Unit\u00aded States, gen\u00adtly defend\u00aded the right of young boys to express their fathers\u2019 likes and dis\u00adlikes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Core Lyri\u00adcal Clas\u00adsics:<strong>Where Did the Wind Go?<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Where the Wind Stops<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Mom took me to see the sea<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Seashore Book<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Char\u00adlotte Zolo\u00adtow |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlotte_Zolotow\">Char\u00adlotte Zolo\u00adtow (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=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lynd-Ward_The-Biggest-Bear-731x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lynd-Ward_The-Biggest-Bear-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lynd-Ward_The-Biggest-Bear-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lynd-Ward_The-Biggest-Bear-768x1076.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lynd-Ward_The-Biggest-Bear-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lynd-Ward_The-Biggest-Bear.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1905\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u6797\u5fb7\u6c83\u5fb7-lynd-ward\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1905 \u2013 Born: Lynd Ward<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan graph\u00adic artist, print\u00admak\u00ader, and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1905\u20131985). He was a mon\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtal fig\u00adure in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Eng\u00adlish visu\u00adal art in the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, wide\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnized as the pio\u00adneer\u00ading father of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan word\u00adless nov\u00adels and mod\u00adern graph\u00adic nov\u00adels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Win\u00adning the award for the famous nov\u00adel \u201cThat Big Bear\u201d&nbsp;<strong>1953 Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>He was award\u00aded the Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>An immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>That Big Bear<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Biggest Bear<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Ward\u2019s style is deeply influ\u00adenced by Euro\u00adpean Expres\u00adsion\u00adism. In *The Big Bear*, he com\u00adplete\u00adly departs from the sac\u00adcha\u00adrine sweet\u00adness of chil\u00addren\u2019s books, using extreme\u00adly heavy, opaque black-and-white water\u00adcol\u00adors and wood\u00adcut tex\u00adtures, full of the pow\u00ader\u00adful, indus\u00adtri\u00adal feel of steel, to tell a rugged epic of a coun\u00adtry boy grow\u00ading up with a bear and ulti\u00admate\u00adly hav\u00ading to release it back into the wild. He endows chil\u00addren\u2019s non-fic\u00adtion\/re\u00adal\u00adis\u00adtic pic\u00adture books with the high\u00adest artis\u00adtic seri\u00adous\u00adness and dig\u00adni\u00adty through extreme\u00adly strong and ratio\u00adnal lines and light and shad\u00adow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Lynd Ward |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lynd_Ward\">Lynd Ward (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=\"818\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nancy-Willard_A-Visit-to-William-Blakes-Inn-818x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nancy-Willard_A-Visit-to-William-Blakes-Inn-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nancy-Willard_A-Visit-to-William-Blakes-Inn-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nancy-Willard_A-Visit-to-William-Blakes-Inn-768x962.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nancy-Willard_A-Visit-to-William-Blakes-Inn-1227x1536.jpg 1227w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nancy-Willard_A-Visit-to-William-Blakes-Inn-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nancy-Willard_A-Visit-to-William-Blakes-Inn.jpg 1278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1936\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u5357\u831c\u5a01\u62c9\u5fb7-nancy-willard\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1936: Nancy Willard<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female poet, fan\u00adta\u00adsy writer, and cre\u00adator of both the New\u00adbery and Calde\u00adcott Medals (1936\u20132017). She was rec\u00adog\u00adnized as the queen of \u201cmag\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism and roman\u00adti\u00adcism\u201d in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture world, break\u00ading down the bound\u00adaries of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s books with her lan\u00adguage imbued with clas\u00adsi\u00adcal poet\u00adic meter and her imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtive struc\u00adtur\u00adal decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The great\u00adest Grand Slam his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal mir\u00ada\u00adcle:<\/strong>&nbsp;He won the award for his epic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, \u201cA Night at William Black\u00ad\u2019s Inn\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>1982 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>.<strong>Mean\u00adwhile, the book\u2019s illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, drawn by Alice and Mar\u00adtin Provin\u00adson, won the 1982 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador.<\/strong>&nbsp;This myth of a sin\u00adgle book win\u00adning both the high\u00adest hon\u00adors in pure lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and pure visu\u00adal arts in the same year is extreme\u00adly rare in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s books.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>A Night at William Black\u00ad\u2019s Hotel<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>A Vis\u00adit to William Blake\u2019s Inn<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Willard trans\u00adformed the mys\u00adti\u00adcal and meta\u00adphys\u00adi\u00adcal style of the 18th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Eng\u00adlish pio\u00adneer poet William Blake into a won\u00addrous chil\u00addren\u2019s hotel adven\u00adture with \u201csun\u00adflow\u00aders as head wait\u00aders and tigers as door\u00admen.\u201d With her extreme\u00adly refined, sil\u00advery-moon-like poly\u00adphon\u00adic poet\u00adic lines, she estab\u00adlished the high\u00adest ratio\u00adnal height in the lin\u00adguis\u00adtic art of chil\u00addren\u2019s fan\u00adta\u00adsy lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Nan\u00adcy Willard |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nancy_Willard\">Nan\u00adcy Willard (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=\"690\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walter-Farley_The-Black-Stallion-690x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walter-Farley_The-Black-Stallion-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walter-Farley_The-Black-Stallion-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walter-Farley_The-Black-Stallion-768x1140.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walter-Farley_The-Black-Stallion-1035x1536.jpg 1035w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walter-Farley_The-Black-Stallion-1380x2048.jpg 1380w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walter-Farley_The-Black-Stallion-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walter-Farley_The-Black-Stallion.jpg 1725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walter-Farley_The-Black-Stallion02.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walter-Farley_The-Black-Stallion02.jpg 360w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walter-Farley_The-Black-Stallion02-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Walter-Farley_The-Black-Stallion02-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1915\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u6c83\u5c14\u7279\u6cd5\u5229-walter-farley\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1915 \u2013 Born: Walter Farley<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author of mod\u00adern chil\u00addren\u2019s his\u00adto\u00adry and wilder\u00adness adven\u00adture nov\u00adels (1915\u20131989). He was a mas\u00adter sto\u00adry\u00adteller in the mid-20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry who per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00aded \u201chard\u00adcore horse\u00adback rid\u00ading, marine life, and the psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal devel\u00adop\u00adment of tough kids\u201d across the Unit\u00aded States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>An epic that will last for\u00adev\u00ader:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Black Steed series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Black Stal\u00adlion<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;His sem\u00adi\u00adnal work, *Black Stal\u00adlion* (pub\u00adlished in 1941), is list\u00aded in *1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books* and was adapt\u00aded into a Hol\u00adly\u00adwood clas\u00adsic. Far\u00adley dis\u00adplayed aston\u00adish\u00ading eques\u00adtri\u00adan tal\u00adent at the age of 11. The sto\u00adry tells of a young boy and a wild, untamed Ara\u00adbi\u00adan thor\u00adough\u00adbred black horse who are strand\u00aded on a desert island after a ship\u00adwreck. Their sur\u00advival depends on their shared courage, unwa\u00adver\u00ading loy\u00adal\u00adty, and absolute trust, cul\u00admi\u00adnat\u00ading in their return to the race\u00adtrack. His writ\u00ading is pow\u00ader\u00adful and brim\u00adming with the vibrant ener\u00adgy of a wild field, con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly rank\u00ading high on glob\u00adal lists of essen\u00adtial inspi\u00adra\u00adtional read\u00ading for young peo\u00adple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Wal\u00adter Far\u00adley |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Farley\">Wal\u00adter Far\u00adley (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=\"381\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Donald-Carrick_Patricks-Dinosaurs.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Donald-Carrick_Patricks-Dinosaurs.jpg 381w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Donald-Carrick_Patricks-Dinosaurs-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Donald-Carrick_Patricks-Dinosaurs-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"964\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Donald-Carrick_The-Wednesday-Surprise-1024x964.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Donald-Carrick_The-Wednesday-Surprise-1024x964.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Donald-Carrick_The-Wednesday-Surprise-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Donald-Carrick_The-Wednesday-Surprise-768x723.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Donald-Carrick_The-Wednesday-Surprise-13x12.jpg 13w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Donald-Carrick_The-Wednesday-Surprise.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=\"669\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia-Sauer_The-Light-at-Tern-Rock-669x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia-Sauer_The-Light-at-Tern-Rock-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia-Sauer_The-Light-at-Tern-Rock-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia-Sauer_The-Light-at-Tern-Rock-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia-Sauer_The-Light-at-Tern-Rock-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia-Sauer_The-Light-at-Tern-Rock-1338x2048.jpg 1338w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia-Sauer_The-Light-at-Tern-Rock-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia-Sauer_The-Light-at-Tern-Rock.jpg 1519w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia_Sauer_Fog_Magic-652x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia_Sauer_Fog_Magic-652x1024.jpg 652w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia_Sauer_Fog_Magic-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia_Sauer_Fog_Magic-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Julia_Sauer_Fog_Magic.jpg 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\"><\/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 class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">event<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">fig\u00adure<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Details\/Awards<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Wikipedia link<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Don\u00adald Car\u00adrick<\/strong><\/td><td>A leg\u00adendary Amer\u00adi\u00adcan real\u00adist chil\u00addren\u2019s illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and mas\u00adter of fine art (1929\u20131989) of the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry. He and his wife, the renowned author Eve Bunting, formed one of the most inspir\u00ading and mov\u00ading col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtions in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan art. Their mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Wednes\u00adday Sur\u00adprise*, focus\u00ades on inter\u00adgen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional illit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adcy and fam\u00adi\u00adly bonds among under\u00adpriv\u00adi\u00adleged chil\u00addren.<em>The Wednes\u00adday Sur\u00adprise<\/em>) and Patrick\u00ad\u2019s Dinosaur (<em>Patrick\u00ad\u2019s Dinosaurs<\/em>The illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, filled with warm brown water\u00adcol\u00adors and imbued with a doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary-like com\u00adpas\u00adsion and light and shad\u00adow, are ever\u00adgreen in major libraries.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Carrick\">Don\u00adald Car\u00adrick<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Julia L. Saul<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal fan\u00adta\u00adsy nov\u00adel\u00adist and senior pub\u00adlic librar\u00adi\u00adan of the ear\u00adly 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1891\u20131983). She was a pio\u00adneer\u00ading woman who com\u00adbined the mys\u00adti\u00adcal impli\u00adca\u00adtion of nature with real\u00adis\u00adtic por\u00adtray\u00adal of child psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy. Her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *The Enchant\u00aded Mist*, explores a young girl\u2019s jour\u00adney through sea fog into his\u00adto\u00adry, wit\u00adness\u00ading love and des\u00adtiny.<em>Fog Mag\u00adic<\/em>) and \u201cThe Light of Tern Rock\u201c<em>The Light at Tern Rock<\/em>Both won&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julia_Sauer\">Julia Sauer<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Mavis Thor\u00adpe Clark<\/strong><\/td><td>An immor\u00adtal Aus\u00adtralian female real\u00adist nov\u00adel\u00adist (1909\u20131999). She was a mas\u00adter of eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal nar\u00adra\u00adtives of the Aus\u00adtralian out\u00adback wilder\u00adness, her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece being *The Dark Light* (\u2026).<em>The Min-Min<\/em>It is list\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d for its real\u00adis\u00adtic record of the strug\u00adgles of inland indige\u00adnous peo\u00adple and grass\u00adroots chil\u00addren in extreme\u00adly harsh mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal con\u00addi\u00adtions to uphold their integri\u00adty and fam\u00adi\u00adly order.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mavis_Thorpe_Clark\">Mavis Thor\u00adpe Clark<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Michael Bedard<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Cana\u00addi\u00adan his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal and heavy indus\u00adtri\u00adal real\u00adist young adult nov\u00adel\u00adist (1949). His award-win\u00adning mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Red Imprint*, focus\u00ades on explor\u00ading the his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal trau\u00adma of World War I, the gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional gap, and the awak\u00aden\u00ading of psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal empow\u00ader\u00adment among work\u00ading-class youth.<em>Red\u00adwork<\/em>It is described as hav\u00ading the cool and restrained style of pure lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and is includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Bedard\">Michael Bedard<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"361\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mavis-Thorpe-Clark_The-Min-Min.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mavis-Thorpe-Clark_The-Min-Min.jpg 361w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mavis-Thorpe-Clark_The-Min-Min-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mavis-Thorpe-Clark_The-Min-Min-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Bedard_Redwork-685x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Bedard_Redwork-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Bedard_Redwork-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Bedard_Redwork-768x1148.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Bedard_Redwork-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Bedard_Redwork.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1915\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u590f\u6d1b\u7279\u00b7\u4f50\u7f57\u6258 Charlotte Zolotow \u7f8e\u56fd\u4e0d\u673d\u7684\u5973\u6027\u513f\u7ae5\u6587\u5b66 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9321,"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-9231","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\/Walter-Farley_The-Black-Stallion02.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9231","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=9231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9329,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9231\/revisions\/9329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}