{"id":9232,"date":"2026-06-27T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9232"},"modified":"2026-06-26T09:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:06:20","slug":"kidsbook_history_0627","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/06\/27\/kidsbook_history_0627\/","title":{"rendered":"June 27: 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=\"719\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u521b\u4f5c\u4e0e\u7231-719x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u521b\u4f5c\u4e0e\u7231-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u521b\u4f5c\u4e0e\u7231-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u521b\u4f5c\u4e0e\u7231-768x1093.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u521b\u4f5c\u4e0e\u7231-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u521b\u4f5c\u4e0e\u7231.jpg 947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_Finn-Family-Moomintroll.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_Finn-Family-Moomintroll.jpg 671w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_Finn-Family-Moomintroll-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_Finn-Family-Moomintroll-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u59c6\u54aa\u8c37\u6545\u4e8b\u5168\u96c6.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u59c6\u54aa\u8c37\u6545\u4e8b\u5168\u96c6.jpg 410w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u59c6\u54aa\u8c37\u6545\u4e8b\u5168\u96c6-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u59c6\u54aa\u8c37\u6545\u4e8b\u5168\u96c6-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"409\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u59c6\u660e\u8c37\u7684\u4f19\u4f34\u4eec.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u59c6\u660e\u8c37\u7684\u4f19\u4f34\u4eec.jpg 409w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u59c6\u660e\u8c37\u7684\u4f19\u4f34\u4eec-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tove-Jansson_\u59c6\u660e\u8c37\u7684\u4f19\u4f34\u4eec-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2001\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u6258\u8299\u626c\u677e-tove-jansson\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2001 \u2013 Death: Tove Jansson<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Fin\u00adland\u2019s immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal treasure\u2014a female nov\u00adel\u00adist, graph\u00adic artist, and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1914\u20132001). She is a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure in the his\u00adto\u00adry of world chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, who, with her unpar\u00adal\u00adleled lit\u00ader\u00adary wis\u00addom and com\u00adpas\u00adsion for all things, built a sacred place of exis\u00adten\u00adtial\u00adism sym\u00adbol\u00adiz\u00ading inclu\u00adsive\u00adness, inde\u00adpen\u00addence, and free\u00addom for human\u00adi\u00adty under the shad\u00adow of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme hon\u00ador (Grand Slam):<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>1966 Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Best Writer<\/strong>The recip\u00adi\u00adent. Her life and art are doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded in clas\u00adsic biogra\u00adphies such as \u201cA Fairy Tale Life: The Life and Art of Tove Jans\u00adson\u201d and \u201cCre\u00adation and Love\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>An epic that will last for\u00adev\u00ader:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u201cThe com\u00adplete col\u00adlec\u00adtion of \u201cMoomin\u201d sto\u00adries and comics<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Moomin<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cul\u00adtur\u00adal His\u00adto\u00adry of Trans\u00adla\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Chi\u00adnese trans\u00adla\u00adtion of \u201cMoomin\u201d reflects its pop\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adty among read\u00aders world\u00adwide. In main\u00adland Chi\u00adna, the offi\u00adcial trade\u00admark is cur\u00adrent\u00adly \u201c\u59c6\u660e\u201d (M\u01d4m\u00edng), while his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly it has been trans\u00adlat\u00aded as \u201c\u59c6\u54aa\u201d (M\u01d4m\u012b) or \u201c\u6728\u6c11\u201d (M\u00f9m\u00edn). In Hong Kong, the tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal trans\u00adla\u00adtion is the endear\u00ading \u201c\u80a5\u80a5\u201d (F\u00e9if\u00e9i) or \u201c\u5c0f\u80a5\u80a5\u201d (Xi\u01ceo F\u00e9if\u00e9i). In Tai\u00adwan, \u201c\u5695\u5695\u7c73\u201d (L\u00fal\u00fam\u01d0) has long been pop\u00adu\u00adlar, and \u201c\u5927\u6bdb\u201d (D\u00e0m\u00e1o) or \u201c\u83ab\u54aa\u201d (M\u00f2m\u012b) have also been com\u00admon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Core Mile\u00adstone Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<strong>Moomin and the Great Flood<\/strong>\uff08<em>Sm\u00e5trollen och den sto\u00adra \u00f6versv\u00e4mnin\u00adgen<\/em>A pio\u00adneer\u00ading redemp\u00adtion work born from the ruins of World War II<strong>Comet in Moom\u00adin\u00adval\u00adley<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Kome\u00adten kom\u00admer<\/em>)\u3001<strong>The Magi\u00adcian\u2019s Hat<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Trol\u00adlka\u00adr\u00adlens hatt<\/em>), and the pure lit\u00ader\u00adary mas\u00adter\u00adpiece that heals lone\u00adli\u00adness, \u201cSum\u00admer Book\u201d (<em>Som\u00admar\u00adbo\u00adken<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary and his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Jan\u00adson\u2019s writ\u00ading and black-and-white line draw\u00adings pos\u00adsess an extreme\u00adly high stan\u00addard of philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal reflec\u00adtion. The adorable, hip\u00adpo-like elf fam\u00adi\u00adly, the reclu\u00adsive wan\u00adder\u00ader Slick, and the quirky Mimi she depicts live in Moom\u00adin\u00adval\u00adley, a place con\u00adstant\u00adly threat\u00adened by floods and comet attacks, yet open to every\u00adone. She nev\u00ader uses rigid slo\u00adgans to edu\u00adcate chil\u00addren, but rather whis\u00adpers in a restrained tone: Accept\u00ading soli\u00adtude and respect\u00ading every unique and inde\u00adpen\u00addent life\u2014this is the noblest form of human dig\u00adni\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed Away | Tove Jans\u00adson |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tove_Jansson\">Tove Jans\u00adson (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=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Wanda_Gag_Millions_of_Cats-1024x706.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Wanda_Gag_Millions_of_Cats-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Wanda_Gag_Millions_of_Cats-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Wanda_Gag_Millions_of_Cats-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Wanda_Gag_Millions_of_Cats-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Wanda_Gag_Millions_of_Cats.jpg 1200w\" 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=\"666\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wanda_Gag_The_ABC_Bunny.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wanda_Gag_The_ABC_Bunny.jpg 666w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wanda_Gag_The_ABC_Bunny-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wanda_Gag_The_ABC_Bunny-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wanda-Gag_Nothing-at-All.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wanda-Gag_Nothing-at-All.jpg 325w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wanda-Gag_Nothing-at-All-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wanda-Gag_Nothing-at-All-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-1946\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u5a49\u8fbe\u76d6\u683c-wanda-g\u00e1g\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1946 \u2013 Death: Wanda G\u00e1g<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female graph\u00adic artist, print\u00admak\u00ading mas\u00adter, and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1893\u20131946). She is revered as the \u201cfound\u00ading moth\u00ader of mod\u00adern Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pic\u00adture books\u201d in the his\u00adto\u00adry of chil\u00addren\u2019s book devel\u00adop\u00adment, win\u00adning two New\u00adbery Hon\u00adors and two Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00adors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>epoch-mak\u00ading his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal achieve\u00adments and supreme hon\u00adors:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>One Mil\u00adlion Cats<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Mil\u00adlions of Cats<\/em>Pub\u00adlished in 1928): Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador, 1929<\/strong>.<strong>This is the old\u00adest authen\u00adtic mod\u00adern pic\u00adture book still being pub\u00adlished in the Unit\u00aded States.<\/strong>In this mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, Geiger inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly broke away from the rigid par\u00ada\u00addigm of \u201csep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion of text and illus\u00adtra\u00adtion\u201d in pre\u00advi\u00adous books, and pio\u00adneered the \u201cdou\u00adble-page spread\u201d design that spans the left and right pages with a cin\u00ade\u00admat\u00adic long shot feel, which com\u00adplete\u00adly laid the foun\u00adda\u00adtion for the mod\u00adern pic\u00adture book.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dou\u00adble Award Mir\u00ada\u00adcle: Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Work \u201c<strong>Alpha\u00adbet Rab\u00adbit<\/strong>-<em>The ABC Bun\u00adny<\/em>He won the New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal in 1934; lat\u00ader, he won the real\u00adis\u00adtic clas\u00adsic \u201c<strong>Snow White and the Sev\u00aden Dwarfs<\/strong>(1939) and \u201c<strong>There is noth\u00ading<\/strong>-<em>Noth\u00ading at All<\/em>(1942)<strong>Two-time Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador Award win\u00adner<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Geiger\u2019s illus\u00adtra\u00adtions are deeply influ\u00adenced by the tex\u00adtures of Euro\u00adpean real\u00adist prints. Her hand\u00adwrit\u00adten retro fonts are per\u00adfect\u00adly inte\u00adgrat\u00aded with the swirling sin\u00adgle-line hatch\u00ading that car\u00adries the warmth of earth and is full of the dynam\u00adic, free\u00adhand style of East\u00adern cal\u00adlig\u00adra\u00adphy, prov\u00ading with an extreme\u00adly stun\u00adning intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal beau\u00adty that chil\u00addren\u2019s books can pos\u00adsess a very high degree of artis\u00adtic seri\u00adous\u00adness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Passed Away | Wan\u00adda G\u00e1g |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wanda_G%C3%A1g\">Wan\u00adda G\u00e1g (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=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Peggy_Fortnum_A_Bear_Called_Paddington.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Peggy_Fortnum_A_Bear_Called_Paddington.jpg 435w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Peggy_Fortnum_A_Bear_Called_Paddington-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Peggy_Fortnum_A_Bear_Called_Paddington-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u5c0f\u718a\u5e15\u4e01\u987f\u7cfb\u5217-752x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u5c0f\u718a\u5e15\u4e01\u987f\u7cfb\u5217-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u5c0f\u718a\u5e15\u4e01\u987f\u7cfb\u5217-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u5c0f\u718a\u5e15\u4e01\u987f\u7cfb\u5217-768x1046.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u5c0f\u718a\u5e15\u4e01\u987f\u7cfb\u5217-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u5c0f\u718a\u5e15\u4e01\u987f\u7cfb\u5217.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Bond_A-Bear-Called-Paddington-762x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Bond_A-Bear-Called-Paddington-762x1024.jpg 762w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Bond_A-Bear-Called-Paddington-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Bond_A-Bear-Called-Paddington-768x1032.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Bond_A-Bear-Called-Paddington-1143x1536.jpg 1143w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Bond_A-Bear-Called-Paddington-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Bond_A-Bear-Called-Paddington.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ufe0f-2017\u5e74--\u901d\u4e16\u8fc8\u514b\u5c14\u90a6\u5fb7-michael-bond\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2017 \u2014 Death: Michael Bond<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas Michael Bond (1926\u20132017), an immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure of British chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, was a mas\u00adter of nar\u00adra\u00adtive with the warmest and most heal\u00ading pow\u00ader in Eng\u00adlish lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture after World War II. He was award\u00aded the Com\u00adman\u00adder of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u201cPadding\u00adton Bear Series<\/strong>\uff08<em>Padding\u00adton Bear<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;His sem\u00adi\u00adnal work, *A Bear Named Padding\u00adton* (<em>A Bear Called Padding\u00adton<\/em>Pub\u00adlished in 1958, it was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. On Christ\u00admas Eve after World War I, Bond saw a lone\u00adly ted\u00addy bear in a shop near Padding\u00adton Sta\u00adtion in Lon\u00addon, which inspired him to bring this bear, who had smug\u00adgled him\u00adself in from \u201cmys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous Peru\u201d, to life. With extreme\u00adly ele\u00adgant British dry humor and refined nar\u00adra\u00adtion, he tells the epic sto\u00adry of Padding\u00adton, dressed in a blue wool coat, wear\u00ading an old wide-brimmed hat, and car\u00adry\u00ading an old leather suit\u00adcase full of mar\u00admalade, inte\u00adgrat\u00ading into Lon\u00addon\u2019s dai\u00adly life under the care of the Brown fam\u00adi\u00adly. This bear not only sold hun\u00addreds of mil\u00adlions of copies, but also became a sym\u00adbol of supreme human dig\u00adni\u00adty in pop\u00adu\u00adlar cul\u00adture regard\u00ading \u201ctreat\u00ading refugees kind\u00adly and show\u00ading com\u00adpas\u00adsion and tol\u00ader\u00adance towards the weak\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Deceased | Michael Bond |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Bond\">Michael Bond (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=\"821\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Katy-Couprie_Tout-un-monde-821x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Katy-Couprie_Tout-un-monde-821x1024.jpg 821w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Katy-Couprie_Tout-un-monde-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Katy-Couprie_Tout-un-monde-768x958.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Katy-Couprie_Tout-un-monde-1231x1536.jpg 1231w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Katy-Couprie_Tout-un-monde-1642x2048.jpg 1642w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Katy-Couprie_Tout-un-monde-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Katy-Couprie_\u6211\u770b\u89c1\u7684\u4e16\u754c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Katy-Couprie_\u6211\u770b\u89c1\u7684\u4e16\u754c.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Katy-Couprie_\u6211\u770b\u89c1\u7684\u4e16\u754c-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Katy-Couprie_\u6211\u770b\u89c1\u7684\u4e16\u754c-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1966\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u51ef\u8482\u5e93\u666e\u91cc-katy-couprie\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1966 \u2013 Katy Couprie<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A promi\u00adnent con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary French female graph\u00adic artist, fine art mas\u00adter, and pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader (1966). She is a high\u00adly regard\u00aded con\u00adcep\u00adtu\u00adal aes\u00adthet\u00adics leader in the cross-dis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary field of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Euro\u00adpean avant-garde visu\u00adals and chil\u00addren\u2019s art, ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded to break\u00ading down the cog\u00adni\u00adtive bound\u00adaries of chil\u00addren\u2019s books with extreme\u00adly bold cross-media col\u00adlages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;With its ground\u00adbreak\u00ading, word\u00adless visu\u00adal epic, \u201cThe World I See,\u201d it topped the charts and won numer\u00adous awards.&nbsp;<strong>2000 Prix Sor\u00adci\u00e8res, the high\u00adest prize for illus\u00adtrat\u00aded books in France.<\/strong>Bologna Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book Fair New Hori\u00adzons Award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The World I See<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Tout un monde<\/em>(A cross-dis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion with Antonin Louchard).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Art Fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kuprey com\u00adplete\u00adly aban\u00addoned the mediocre, obse\u00adquious design of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal cog\u00adni\u00adtive pic\u00adture books. In *The World I See*, she stun\u00adning\u00adly recon\u00adstructs ancient etch\u00adings, mod\u00adern opaque water\u00adcol\u00ador doo\u00addles, doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary pho\u00adtographs, and oil paint\u00ading blocks in a mon\u00adtage-like crossover. With a high\u00adly artis\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly seri\u00adous micro-per\u00adspec\u00adtive and a strong sense of spa\u00adtial decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion and neg\u00ada\u00adtive space, she presents young chil\u00addren with a real world full of philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal metaphors and visu\u00adal won\u00adder, estab\u00adlish\u00ading a new Canon for con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary visu\u00adal art pic\u00adture books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Katy Cou\u00adprie |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katy_Couprie\">Katy Cou\u00adprie (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=\"804\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0145__Helen-Sewell-The-Thanksgiving-Story-804x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0145__Helen-Sewell-The-Thanksgiving-Story-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0145__Helen-Sewell-The-Thanksgiving-Story-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0145__Helen-Sewell-The-Thanksgiving-Story-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0145__Helen-Sewell-The-Thanksgiving-Story-1206x1536.jpg 1206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0145__Helen-Sewell-The-Thanksgiving-Story-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0145__Helen-Sewell-The-Thanksgiving-Story.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\"><\/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\/02\/0145__Helen-Sewell-\u611f\u6069\u8282.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0145__Helen-Sewell-\u611f\u6069\u8282.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0145__Helen-Sewell-\u611f\u6069\u8282-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0145__Helen-Sewell-\u611f\u6069\u8282-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0145__Helen-Sewell-\u611f\u6069\u8282-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0145__Helen-Sewell-\u611f\u6069\u8282-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"-1896\u5e74--\u51fa\u751f\u6d77\u4f26\u4f11\u5384\u5c14-helen-sewell\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1896 \u2013 Born: Helen Sewell<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and graph\u00adic design\u00ader of the ear\u00adly 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1896\u20131957). She was one of the most indis\u00adpens\u00adable visu\u00adal pio\u00adneers of the gold\u00aden age of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s books, and for many years served as the visu\u00adal cre\u00adator of the first edi\u00adtions of Lau\u00adra Ingalls Wilder\u2019s clas\u00adsic \u201cLit\u00adtle House\u201d series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Award\u00aded for the clas\u00adsic book \u201cThe Sto\u00adry of Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading\u201d&nbsp;<strong>1955 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Award-win\u00adning rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Sto\u00adry of Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading Sto\u00adry<\/em>(Writ\u00adten by Alice Dal\u00adgliesh)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Sewell\u2019s style was deeply influ\u00adenced by Euro\u00adpean clas\u00adsi\u00adcal lith\u00ado\u00adgraphs and the spir\u00adit of Bauhaus Con\u00adstruc\u00adtivism. She was excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at using high\u00adly sculp\u00adtur\u00adal, round\u00aded, and pow\u00ader\u00adful Cubist con\u00adtours and extreme\u00adly warm, retro pas\u00adtel col\u00adors. Her his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal scenes in \u201cThe Sto\u00adry of Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading\u201d are noble in com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion and order\u00adly in order, com\u00adplete\u00adly depart\u00ading from the rigid didac\u00adti\u00adcism of her ear\u00adli\u00ader works, and using the ulti\u00admate in pure art visu\u00adals to sup\u00adport the intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal height of chil\u00addren\u2019s non-fic\u00adtion his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal read\u00ading mate\u00adri\u00adals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>| Birth | Helen Sewell |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helen_Sewell\">Helen Sewell (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=\"775\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bruno-Tognolini_Salto-nell-Ultramondo-775x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bruno-Tognolini_Salto-nell-Ultramondo-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bruno-Tognolini_Salto-nell-Ultramondo-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bruno-Tognolini_Salto-nell-Ultramondo-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bruno-Tognolini_Salto-nell-Ultramondo-1163x1536.jpg 1163w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bruno-Tognolini_Salto-nell-Ultramondo-1550x2048.jpg 1550w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bruno-Tognolini_Salto-nell-Ultramondo-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bruno-Tognolini_Salto-nell-Ultramondo.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\"><\/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>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Bruno Tog\u00adno\u00adli\u00adni<\/strong><\/td><td>A lead\u00ading con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Ital\u00adian chil\u00addren\u2019s author, poet, and screen\u00adwriter (1951). 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