{"id":9234,"date":"2026-06-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9234"},"modified":"2026-06-29T09:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:24:24","slug":"kidsbook_history_0629","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/06\/29\/kidsbook_history_0629\/","title":{"rendered":"June 29: 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=\"797\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_little-Prince-797x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_little-Prince-797x1024.jpg 797w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_little-Prince-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_little-Prince-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_little-Prince-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_little-Prince.jpg 1167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_\u5c0f\u738b\u5b50.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_\u5c0f\u738b\u5b50.jpg 436w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_\u5c0f\u738b\u5b50-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_\u5c0f\u738b\u5b50-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_Terre-Des-Hommes-724x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_Terre-Des-Hommes-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_Terre-Des-Hommes-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_Terre-Des-Hommes-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_Terre-Des-Hommes-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery_Terre-Des-Hommes.jpg 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u98de\u884c\u5458\u4e0e\u5c0f\u738b\u5b50.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u98de\u884c\u5458\u4e0e\u5c0f\u738b\u5b50.jpg 460w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u98de\u884c\u5458\u4e0e\u5c0f\u738b\u5b50-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u98de\u884c\u5458\u4e0e\u5c0f\u738b\u5b50-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1900 \u2013 Born: Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A leg\u00adendary French nov\u00adel\u00adist, poet, and ace pilot (1900\u20131944). He is a tow\u00ader\u00ading and sacred mon\u00adu\u00adment in the his\u00adto\u00adry of human lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal devel\u00adop\u00adment. With his unpar\u00adal\u00adleled pure lit\u00ader\u00adary wis\u00addom, he built a haven for the soul that tran\u00adscends age, life and death, and class bar\u00adri\u00aders in the cab\u00adin at 10,000 meters above the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>An immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Lit\u00adtle Prince<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Le Petit Prince<\/em>&nbsp;\/ Eng\u00adlish name&nbsp;<em>The Lit\u00adtle Prince<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1943) It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Core Clas\u00adsics and Trib\u00adutes:<\/strong>&nbsp;The endur\u00ading epic poem for adults, \u201cThe Land of Man\u201d.<strong>\uff08<em>Terre des hommes<\/em>); lat\u00ader win\u00adners of the Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award<\/strong>Peter Siss (<em>Peter S\u00eds<\/em>He once painstak\u00ading\u00adly illus\u00adtrat\u00aded a trib\u00adute bio\u00adgraph\u00adi\u00adcal pic\u00adture book for them, \u201cThe Pilot and the Lit\u00adtle Prince.\u201c<em>The Pilot and the Lit\u00adtle Prince<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly cre\u00adat\u00aded the extreme\u00adly sim\u00adple, vin\u00adtage-style, pas\u00adtel-tex\u00adtured pen illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for *The Lit\u00adtle Prince*. Through the extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary encounter between a pilot whose plane crash-lands in the Sahara and a lit\u00adtle boy from plan\u00adet B612, he pro\u00adfound\u00adly explores the ulti\u00admate philoso\u00adphies of love, lone\u00adli\u00adness, respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, and \u201capprivois\u00ader.\u201d His writ\u00ading is filled with a cool restraint and supreme poet\u00adry, thor\u00adough\u00adly pierc\u00ading the hyp\u00ado\u00adcrit\u00adi\u00adcal rules of adult soci\u00adety, and defend\u00ading the most sacred inde\u00adpen\u00addent ratio\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adty and spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal dig\u00adni\u00adty of child\u00adhood with clear eyes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry\">Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry (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=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead0-705x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead0-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead0-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead0-768x1115.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead0-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead0.jpg 1033w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead-678x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead-1017x1536.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead-1356x2048.jpg 1356w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James-Lincoln-Collier_My-Brother-Sam-Is-Dead.jpg 1688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1928 \u2013 Born: James Lincoln Collier<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was an out\u00adstand\u00ading Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan, jour\u00adnal\u00adist, and writer of real\u00adis\u00adtic his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal nov\u00adels for chil\u00addren and young adults (1928). He was a pio\u00adneer of hard-boiled lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture in post\u00adwar Amer\u00adi\u00adca, mov\u00ading away from false main\u00adstream nar\u00adra\u00adtives and intro\u00adduc\u00ading \u201ccold his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal reflec\u00adtion and exis\u00adten\u00adtial pain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;He won the award for his mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cMy Broth\u00ader Sam Died\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>1975 New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador<\/strong>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces that have stood the test of time:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>My broth\u00ader Sam is dead.<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>My Broth\u00ader Sam Is Dead<\/em>(Co-authored with his broth\u00ader Christo\u00adpher Col\u00adlier).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary con\u00adno\u00adta\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Col\u00adlier excels at using a high\u00adly real\u00adis\u00adtic, his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly detailed style to decon\u00adstruct the grand nar\u00adra\u00adtives imposed on teenagers by the adult world. The sto\u00adry unfolds amidst the smoke of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adary War, plung\u00ading the boy Tim into a gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional con\u00adflict between his father, loy\u00adal to the King of Eng\u00adland, and his broth\u00ader Sam, who has joined the Con\u00adti\u00adnen\u00adtal Army to fight. When Sam ulti\u00admate\u00adly dies not from ene\u00admy fire, but from a hyp\u00ado\u00adcrit\u00adi\u00adcal and rigid mil\u00adi\u00adtary tri\u00adal and gal\u00adlows with\u00adin his own army, the author uses a steely nar\u00adra\u00adtive to tell chil\u00addren: there are no win\u00adners in war, only bro\u00adken fam\u00adi\u00adlies and the mean\u00ading\u00adless\u00adness of life. It dig\u00adni\u00adfied\u00adly upholds the height of polit\u00adi\u00adcal and moral reflec\u00adtion in chil\u00addren\u2019s his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | James Lin\u00adcoln Col\u00adlier |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Lincoln_Collier\">James Lin\u00adcoln Col\u00adlier (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=\"725\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Otto-Monster-series-725x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Otto-Monster-series-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Otto-Monster-series-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Otto-Monster-series-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Otto-Monster-series-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Otto-Monster-series-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Otto-Monster-series.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Sola-er-en-feit-gud-660x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Sola-er-en-feit-gud-660x1024.jpg 660w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Sola-er-en-feit-gud-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Sola-er-en-feit-gud-768x1191.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Sola-er-en-feit-gud-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Sola-er-en-feit-gud.jpg 967w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Manen-er-en-diger-pudding.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Manen-er-en-diger-pudding.jpg 472w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Manen-er-en-diger-pudding-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jon-Ewo-Manen-er-en-diger-pudding-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1957: Jon Ewo<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nor\u00adwe\u00adgian author and essay\u00adist (1957) is a renowned con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary writer of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and a pro\u00adlif\u00adic writer of essays. He is a lead\u00ading fig\u00adure in mod\u00adern Nordic real\u00adist chil\u00addren\u2019s fan\u00adta\u00adsy lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, and he is adept at using the light\u00adest, most Nordic dry humor and absur\u00addist style to decon\u00adstruct the most hid\u00adden emo\u00adtions and awak\u00aden\u00ading of pow\u00ader in chil\u00addren\u2019s hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal high\u00adest hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Nom\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>Final\u00adist for the 2006 Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Best Writer<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless clas\u00adsics:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u201c\u201cOtto Mon\u00adsters\u201d series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Otto Mon\u00adster series<\/em>(1996\u20132012).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works of core crit\u00adi\u00adcal think\u00ading:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Sun is a Fat God<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Sola er en feit gud<\/em>)\u3001<strong>The Moon is a Big Pud\u00adding<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>M\u00e5nen er en diger pud\u00adding<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Evo\u2019s works are imbued with a strong sense of mod\u00adern pop art. His \u201cOtto the Mon\u00adster\u201d is rebel\u00adlious and uncon\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal, yet he always man\u00adages to release chil\u00addren\u2019s infe\u00adri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adty com\u00adplex and anx\u00adi\u00adety through seem\u00ading\u00adly absurd every\u00adday games. He is excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at using the dry humor of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary teenagers to explore the con\u00adfu\u00adsion of ado\u00adles\u00adcence, the gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion gap, and the search for self, earn\u00ading him a high rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion in con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Euro\u00adpean chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Jon Ewo |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jon_Ewo\">Jon Ewo (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=\"400\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Johann-Heinrich-Campe_Robinson-der-Jungere.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Johann-Heinrich-Campe_Robinson-der-Jungere.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Johann-Heinrich-Campe_Robinson-der-Jungere-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Johann-Heinrich-Campe_Robinson-der-Jungere-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1746 \u2013 Born: Johann Heinrich Campe<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robin\u00adson Cru\u00adsoe (1746\u20131818), an immor\u00adtal edu\u00adca\u00adtor, lin\u00adguist, and pio\u00adneer of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture in the Duchy of Brunswick\/Germany in the 18th cen\u00adtu\u00adry. He was the undis\u00adput\u00aded and revered leader of the \u201cRobin\u00adson\u00adade\u201d school of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture in the his\u00adto\u00adry of world chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, and was deeply influ\u00adenced by Rousseau\u2019s lib\u00ader\u00adal edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Young Robin\u00adson Cru\u00adsoe<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Robin\u00adson der J\u00fcn\u00adgere<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1779) It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>&nbsp;His pio\u00adneer\u00ading work became the most wide\u00adly read and reprint\u00aded bib\u00adli\u00adcal text for chil\u00addren through\u00adout Europe in the 18th and 19th cen\u00adturies. Camper metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly dis\u00adcard\u00aded the exces\u00adsive reli\u00adgious and colo\u00adnial preach\u00ading inher\u00adent in Defoe\u2019s orig\u00adi\u00adnal work, rewrit\u00ading it pure\u00adly as a com\u00ading-of-age sto\u00adry of an emp\u00adty-hand\u00aded boy who, through prim\u00adi\u00adtive man\u00adu\u00adal labor and unwa\u00adver\u00ading ratio\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adty, ulti\u00admate\u00adly earns dig\u00adni\u00adty on a desert\u00aded island. With metic\u00adu\u00adlous and real\u00adis\u00adtic details of labor, he was the first in Euro\u00adpean chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture to open the door to the inde\u00adpen\u00addent pow\u00ader of chil\u00addren to \u201ctrans\u00adform nature through rea\u00adson.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Johann Hein\u00adrich Campe |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joachim_Heinrich_Campe\">Joachim Hein\u00adrich Campe (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=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elaine-Landau_Popcorn-791x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elaine-Landau_Popcorn-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elaine-Landau_Popcorn-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elaine-Landau_Popcorn-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elaine-Landau_Popcorn-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elaine-Landau_Popcorn-1582x2048.jpg 1582w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elaine-Landau_Popcorn-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elaine-Landau_Popcorn.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2013 \u2013 Passed away: Elaine Landau<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan real\u00adist chil\u00addren\u2019s sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion writer of the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1948\u20132013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Key rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u201cPop\u00adcorn!\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Pop\u00adcorn!<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;With an almost obses\u00adsive aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic rig\u00ador and a deep empa\u00adthy for life, Lan\u00addau wrote hun\u00addreds of clas\u00adsic anthro\u00adpo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal non\u00adfic\u00adtion works for chil\u00addren, focus\u00ading on food his\u00adto\u00adry, nat\u00adur\u00adal won\u00adders, and social sci\u00adences. She was excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at trans\u00adform\u00ading hard data and sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic prin\u00adci\u00adples into engag\u00ading and relat\u00adable nar\u00adra\u00adtives for chil\u00addren, and her rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly rank high on the must-read sci\u00adence lists for young read\u00aders in major libraries across the Unit\u00aded States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Elaine Lan\u00addau |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/arts\/educational-magazines\/landau-elaine-1948\">Elaine Lan\u00addau (Ency\u00adclo\u00adpe\u00addia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1900\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u5b89\u4e1c\u5c3c\u00b7\u5fb7\u00b7\u5723\u57c3\u514b\u82cf\u4f69\u91cc Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[498],"tags":[406,10],"class_list":["post-9234","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\/\u98de\u884c\u5458\u4e0e\u5c0f\u738b\u5b50.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9234","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=9234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9379,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9234\/revisions\/9379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}