{"id":9235,"date":"2026-06-30T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9235"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:46:02","slug":"kidsbook_history_0630","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/06\/30\/kidsbook_history_0630\/","title":{"rendered":"June 30: Today in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book His\u00adto\u00adry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"869\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u662f\u8c01\u55ef\u55ef\u5728\u6211\u7684\u5934\u4e0a-1024x869.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u662f\u8c01\u55ef\u55ef\u5728\u6211\u7684\u5934\u4e0a-1024x869.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u662f\u8c01\u55ef\u55ef\u5728\u6211\u7684\u5934\u4e0a-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u662f\u8c01\u55ef\u55ef\u5728\u6211\u7684\u5934\u4e0a-768x652.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u662f\u8c01\u55ef\u55ef\u5728\u6211\u7684\u5934\u4e0a-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u662f\u8c01\u55ef\u55ef\u5728\u6211\u7684\u5934\u4e0a.jpg 1257w\" 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=\"590\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u6211\u662f\u4e00\u53ea\u75d2\u75d2\u718a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u6211\u662f\u4e00\u53ea\u75d2\u75d2\u718a.jpg 590w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u6211\u662f\u4e00\u53ea\u75d2\u75d2\u718a-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u6211\u662f\u4e00\u53ea\u75d2\u75d2\u718a-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5f53\u9e2d\u5b50\u9047\u89c1\u6b7b\u795e.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5f53\u9e2d\u5b50\u9047\u89c1\u6b7b\u795e.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5f53\u9e2d\u5b50\u9047\u89c1\u6b7b\u795e-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5f53\u9e2d\u5b50\u9047\u89c1\u6b7b\u795e-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1948 \u2013 Born: Wolf Erlbruch<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A leg\u00adendary Ger\u00adman graph\u00adic artist, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and mas\u00adter of pic\u00adture books (1948\u20132022). He was a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure in the his\u00adto\u00adry of mod\u00adern Ger\u00adman-speak\u00ading pic\u00adture books and a glob\u00adal icon of exis\u00adten\u00adtial\u00adist visu\u00adal phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy, renowned for his high\u00adly sub\u00adver\u00adsive oil col\u00adlages, the tex\u00adture of old book pages, and his sober\u00adly crit\u00adi\u00adcal exam\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion of the ulti\u00admate ques\u00adtions of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme hon\u00ador (World Grand Slam):<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>2006 Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion<\/strong>Win\u00adner;<strong>2017 Astrid Lind\u00adgren Memo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Award (ALMA)<\/strong>&nbsp;The win\u00adner; recip\u00adi\u00adent of the French Witch Award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>An immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Who is hmm\u00adming on my head?<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Vom kleinen Maulwurf, der wis\u00adsen wollte, wer ihm auf den Kopf gemacht hat<\/em>(Writ\u00adten by Wern\u00ader Holzwart): A glob\u00adal\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlar decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion of clas\u00adsic chil\u00addren\u2019s humor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canon: The high\u00adest philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal reflec\u00adtions on life and death<strong>When a Duck Meets Death<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Ente, Tod und Tulpe<\/em>With unpar\u00adal\u00adleled lit\u00ader\u00adary restraint, it reshapes \u201cdeath\u201d into a gen\u00adtle com\u00adpan\u00adion, endow\u00ading chil\u00addren\u2019s life and death edu\u00adca\u00adtion with the noblest ratio\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adty and spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal dig\u00adni\u00adty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Key rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<strong>I am an itchy bear<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Das B\u00e4ren\u00adwun\u00adder<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Wolf Erl\u00adbruch |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wolf_Erlbruch\">Wolf Erl\u00adbruch (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=\"784\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Make-Way-for-Ducklings-784x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Make-Way-for-Ducklings-784x1024.jpg 784w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Make-Way-for-Ducklings-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Make-Way-for-Ducklings-768x1003.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Make-Way-for-Ducklings-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Make-Way-for-Ducklings.jpg 919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Blueberries-for-Sal-1024x782.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Blueberries-for-Sal-1024x782.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Blueberries-for-Sal-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Blueberries-for-Sal-768x587.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Blueberries-for-Sal-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Blueberries-for-Sal.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=\"792\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Time-of-Wonder-792x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Time-of-Wonder-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Time-of-Wonder-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Time-of-Wonder-768x992.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Time-of-Wonder-1189x1536.jpg 1189w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Time-of-Wonder-1585x2048.jpg 1585w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Time-of-Wonder-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_Time-of-Wonder.jpg 1981w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_One-Morning-in-Maine-784x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_One-Morning-in-Maine-784x1024.jpg 784w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_One-Morning-in-Maine-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_One-Morning-in-Maine-768x1003.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_One-Morning-in-Maine-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Robert-McCloskey_One-Morning-in-Maine.jpg 1148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2003 \u2013 Death: Robert McCloskey<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan graph\u00adic artist and a mas\u00adter of real\u00adist pic\u00adture books (1914\u20132003). He was a tough giant of the gold\u00aden age of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s visu\u00adal lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, with a strong sense of human\u00adi\u00adty and com\u00adpas\u00adsion for the land, and the first cre\u00adator in the his\u00adto\u00adry of the Calde\u00adcott Medal to win it twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Two-time Calde\u00adcott Medal win\u00adner<\/strong>&nbsp;The win\u00adner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>An immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Make Way for Duck\u00adlings<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Make Way for Duck\u00adlings<\/em>(Win\u00adner of the 1942 Gold Medal): Includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. McClossky, with rig\u00ador\u00adous anatom\u00adi\u00adcal obser\u00adva\u00adtion and noble warm brown lith\u00ado\u00adgraphs, record\u00aded the myth of the dig\u00adni\u00adty of life of Boston police offi\u00adcers stop\u00adping traf\u00adfic to escort ducks across the street.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Beau\u00adti\u00adful Times<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Time of Won\u00adder<\/em>(1958 Gold Medal): Using the ulti\u00admate clas\u00adsi\u00adcal water\u00adcol\u00ador wash\u00ades, it com\u00adpos\u00ades an eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal epic of the Maine island before a storm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Core Ever\u00adgreen Trees:<strong>Lit\u00adtle Serge Pick\u00ading Blue\u00adber\u00adries<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Blue\u00adber\u00adries for Sal<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Morn\u00ading by the Sea<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>One Morn\u00ading in Maine<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Robert McCloskey |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_McCloskey\">Robert McCloskey (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=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0003__Elsa-Beskow-Puttes-ventyr-i-blbrsskogen-1024x760.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0003__Elsa-Beskow-Puttes-ventyr-i-blbrsskogen-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0003__Elsa-Beskow-Puttes-ventyr-i-blbrsskogen-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0003__Elsa-Beskow-Puttes-ventyr-i-blbrsskogen-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0003__Elsa-Beskow-Puttes-ventyr-i-blbrsskogen-1536x1141.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0003__Elsa-Beskow-Puttes-ventyr-i-blbrsskogen-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0003__Elsa-Beskow-Puttes-ventyr-i-blbrsskogen.jpg 1616w\" 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=\"430\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0003__Elsa-Beskow-\u68ee\u6797\u91cc\u7684\u5c0f\u5b9d\u8d1d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0003__Elsa-Beskow-\u68ee\u6797\u91cc\u7684\u5c0f\u5b9d\u8d1d.jpg 430w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0003__Elsa-Beskow-\u68ee\u6797\u91cc\u7684\u5c0f\u5b9d\u8d1d-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0003__Elsa-Beskow-\u68ee\u6797\u91cc\u7684\u5c0f\u5b9d\u8d1d-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0003__Elsa-Beskow-\u68ee\u6797\u91cc\u7684\u5c0f\u5b9d\u8d1d-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elsa-Beskow_Puttes-aventyr-i-blabarsskogen-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elsa-Beskow_Puttes-aventyr-i-blabarsskogen-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elsa-Beskow_Puttes-aventyr-i-blabarsskogen-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elsa-Beskow_Puttes-aventyr-i-blabarsskogen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elsa-Beskow_Puttes-aventyr-i-blabarsskogen-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elsa-Beskow_Puttes-aventyr-i-blabarsskogen-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elsa-Beskow_Puttes-aventyr-i-blabarsskogen-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elsa-Beskow_Puttes-aventyr-i-blabarsskogen-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1953 \u2013 Death: Elsa Beskow<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is an immor\u00adtal Swedish female graph\u00adic artist and pic\u00adture book author (1874\u20131953). She is uni\u00adver\u00adsal\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnized as the \u201cMoth\u00ader of Swedish Pic\u00adture Books\u201d and was an unpar\u00adal\u00adleled pio\u00adneer in the ear\u00adly 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry who stitched togeth\u00ader \u201cnat\u00adur\u00adal eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism and the roman\u00adtic spir\u00adit of Art Nou\u00adveau\u201d through\u00adout North\u00adern Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Immor\u00adtal and time\u00adless clas\u00adsics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Clas\u00adsic Real\u00adis\u00adtic Pic\u00adture Books&nbsp;<strong>Lit\u00adtle Peter in the Blue\u00adber\u00adry Field<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Puttes \u00e4ven\u00adtyr i bl\u00e5b\u00e4rssko\u00adgen<\/em>)\u3001<strong>The Lit\u00adtle Baby in the For\u00adest<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Tomte\u00adbo\u00adbar\u00adnen<\/em>Both \u201cThe For\u00adest Man\u201d and \u201cThe For\u00adest Man\u201d were includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Besko is excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at using incred\u00adi\u00adbly warm water\u00adcol\u00adors, imbued with the breath\u00adtak\u00ading breath of the Nordic forests and plains, to depict tree root elves wear\u00ading red hats, mush\u00adroom fig\u00adures, and chil\u00addren adven\u00adtur\u00ading in a micro\u00adscop\u00adic insect world. She com\u00adplete\u00adly broke free from the rigid didac\u00adti\u00adcism of the Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan era, estab\u00adlish\u00ading the high\u00adest Canon in Swedish chil\u00addren\u2019s literature\u2014the idea that \u201chuman beings gain a sound soul through close\u00adness to nature\u201d\u2014with her exquis\u00adite\u00adly refined pic\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Elsa Beskow |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elsa_Beskow\">Elsa Beskow (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=\"867\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u767d\u96ea\u6676\u6676-867x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u767d\u96ea\u6676\u6676-867x1024.jpg 867w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u767d\u96ea\u6676\u6676-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u767d\u96ea\u6676\u6676-768x907.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u767d\u96ea\u6676\u6676-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u767d\u96ea\u6676\u6676.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_Hide-and-Seek-Fog.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_Hide-and-Seek-Fog.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_Hide-and-Seek-Fog-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_Hide-and-Seek-Fog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_Hide-and-Seek-Fog-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_Hide-and-Seek-Fog-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u50bb\u9e45\u76ae\u675c\u59ae.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u50bb\u9e45\u76ae\u675c\u59ae.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u50bb\u9e45\u76ae\u675c\u59ae-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u50bb\u9e45\u76ae\u675c\u59ae-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/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\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u5feb\u4e50\u72ee\u5b50.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u5feb\u4e50\u72ee\u5b50.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u5feb\u4e50\u72ee\u5b50-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u5feb\u4e50\u72ee\u5b50-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u5feb\u4e50\u72ee\u5b50-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roger-Duvoisin_\u5feb\u4e50\u72ee\u5b50-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1980 \u2013 Death: Roger Duvoisin<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swiss-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan graph\u00adic artist, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and pic\u00adture book author (1900\u20131980). He was one of the most visu\u00adal\u00adly pio\u00adneer\u00ading giants of the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry in the Unit\u00aded States, known for his cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00ading graph\u00adic com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion and vibrant mod\u00adernist col\u00adors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Win\u00adner of the award for her famous nov\u00adel \u201cSnow White\u201d&nbsp;<strong>The 1948 Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>The work \u201cHide and Seek in the Fog\u201d won an award.&nbsp;<strong>1966 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces that have stood the test of time:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Snow White<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>White Snow, Bright Snow<\/em>(by Alvin Tres\u00adselt)<strong>Hide and Seek in the Fog<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Hide and Seek Fog<\/em>), and the clas\u00adsic \u201cSil\u00adly Goose Petu\u00adnia\u201d series, which he wrote and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded him\u00adself, is anti-util\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan and advo\u00adcates for the free expres\u00adsion of indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty.<em>Petu\u00adnia<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Duvassen per\u00adfect\u00adly com\u00adbines sophis\u00adti\u00adcat\u00aded Euro\u00adpean graph\u00adic com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, stag\u00adgered col\u00ador block col\u00adlage, and high\u00adly dynam\u00adic sin\u00adgle-line hatch\u00ading. His depic\u00adtions of the four sea\u00adsons are full of dra\u00admat\u00adic ten\u00adsion, prov\u00ading that chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture books can retain hilar\u00adi\u00adous fun while pos\u00adsess\u00ading a high lev\u00adel of artis\u00adtic intel\u00adlect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Roger Duvoisin |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Duvoisin\">Roger Duvoisin (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=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_Crow-Boy.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_Crow-Boy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_Crow-Boy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_Crow-Boy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_Crow-Boy-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_Crow-Boy-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=\"1000\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_\u96e8\u4f1e.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_\u96e8\u4f1e.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_\u96e8\u4f1e-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_\u96e8\u4f1e-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_\u96e8\u4f1e-15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_Seashore-Story.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_Seashore-Story.jpg 523w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_Seashore-Story-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Taro-Yashima_Seashore-Story-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1994 \u2013 Death: Taro Yashima<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jun Iwa\u00admat\u00adsu (1908\u20131994), an immor\u00adtal Japan\u00adese-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan real\u00adist illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, chil\u00addren\u2019s author, and anti-fas\u00adcist mar\u00adtyr. (Note: Accord\u00ading to author\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtive his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal records, this artis\u00adtic giant died in 1994, not 1808 as some sys\u00adtems mis\u00adtak\u00aden\u00adly claim). He was the first artist to win three con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive nation\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture awards in the Unit\u00aded States for his use of East\u00adern-style impres\u00adsion\u00adis\u00adtic oil paint\u00ading and pro\u00adfound decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion of school stereo\u00adtypes.&nbsp;<strong>Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>&nbsp;The Asian spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal totem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Immor\u00adtal Award-win\u00adning mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Taro the Crow<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Crow Boy<\/em>Sil\u00adver Medal (1956)<strong>\u201cUmbrel\u00adla\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Umbrel\u00adla<\/em>Sil\u00adver Medal (1959)<strong>Sea\u00adside Sto\u00adry<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Seashore Sto\u00adry<\/em>Sil\u00adver Medal (1968)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Taro Yashima was impris\u00adoned in Japan before the war for his anti-war stance and lat\u00ader went into exile in the Unit\u00aded States. His acclaimed work, *Taro the Crow*, tells the epic sto\u00adry of a mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adized boy, iso\u00adlat\u00aded and dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded against by his peers in a rur\u00adal school, who, with the help of a kind teacher, proud\u00adly dis\u00adplays his self-taught bird songs on stage, thus win\u00adning the respect of the entire school. He ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded his life to cre\u00adat\u00ading art, embody\u00ading the high\u00adest ratio\u00adnal belief in pro\u00adtect\u00ading chil\u00addren from blind prej\u00adu\u00addice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Taro Yashima |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTaro_Yashima\">Taro Yashima (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=\"629\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Barry-Hines_A-Kestrel-for-a-Knave-629x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Barry-Hines_A-Kestrel-for-a-Knave-629x1024.jpg 629w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Barry-Hines_A-Kestrel-for-a-Knave-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Barry-Hines_A-Kestrel-for-a-Knave-768x1251.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Barry-Hines_A-Kestrel-for-a-Knave-943x1536.jpg 943w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Barry-Hines_A-Kestrel-for-a-Knave-1257x2048.jpg 1257w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Barry-Hines_A-Kestrel-for-a-Knave-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Barry-Hines_A-Kestrel-for-a-Knave-scaled.jpg 1572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Barry-Hines_\u5c0f\u5b69\u4e0e\u9e70.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Barry-Hines_\u5c0f\u5b69\u4e0e\u9e70.jpg 516w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Barry-Hines_\u5c0f\u5b69\u4e0e\u9e70-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Barry-Hines_\u5c0f\u5b69\u4e0e\u9e70-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1939 \u2013 Born: Barry Hines<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A promi\u00adnent British real\u00adist nov\u00adel\u00adist and play\u00adwright (1939\u20132016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Child and the Eagle<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>A Kestrel for a Knave<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1968) It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary con\u00adno\u00adta\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;The book was adapt\u00aded into the British Film Insti\u00adtute film clas\u00adsic *Kaiser Kaiser*. Haynes was excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly adept at using the raw, authen\u00adtic lan\u00adguage of the work\u00ading class in the north\u00adern Eng\u00adlish mines to decon\u00adstruct the cold, ruth\u00adless dis\u00adci\u00adpline of human soci\u00adety. The sto\u00adry tells of Bil\u00adly, a young boy strug\u00adgling in pover\u00adty and a bro\u00adken home, who finds his only free\u00addom and pride in the wilder\u00adness by per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly train\u00ading a kestrel (eagle). His writ\u00ading is cold and restrained, unvar\u00adnish\u00ading the soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal per\u00adspec\u00adtive on the pain of exis\u00adtence, pos\u00adsess\u00ading a high lev\u00adel of pure\u00adly lit\u00ader\u00adary reflec\u00adtion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Bar\u00adry Hines |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBarry_Hines\">Bar\u00adry Hines (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=\"814\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_Mole-Music-814x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_Mole-Music-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_Mole-Music-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_Mole-Music-768x966.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_Mole-Music-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_Mole-Music.jpg 1192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_\u6ce2\u7279\u5c0f\u59d0\u4e0e\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_\u6ce2\u7279\u5c0f\u59d0\u4e0e\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154.jpg 520w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_\u6ce2\u7279\u5c0f\u59d0\u4e0e\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_\u6ce2\u7279\u5c0f\u59d0\u4e0e\u6bd4\u5f97\u5154-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_\u8c0e\u8bdd\u602a\u517d-751x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_\u8c0e\u8bdd\u602a\u517d-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_\u8c0e\u8bdd\u602a\u517d-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_\u8c0e\u8bdd\u602a\u517d-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_\u8c0e\u8bdd\u602a\u517d-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-McPhail_\u8c0e\u8bdd\u602a\u517d.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1940 \u2013 Born: David McPhail<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan mod\u00adern real\u00adist chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1940).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Key rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Mole\u2019s Music<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Mole Music<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Miss Pot\u00adter and Peter Rab\u00adbit<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Beat\u00adrix Pot\u00adter and Her Paint Box<\/em>), and *The Liar Mon\u00adster*, which explores chil\u00addren\u2019s emo\u00adtions and their right to hon\u00adesty.<em>A Big Fat Enor\u00admous Lie<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artis\u00adtic fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;McPheel\u2019s work places great empha\u00adsis on the breatha\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of pen and ink lines and wet water\u00adcol\u00adors. In \u201cThe Music of the Mole,\u201d he stun\u00adning\u00adly uses a mole silent\u00adly play\u00ading the vio\u00adlin in the dark\u00adness under\u00adground, whose notes qui\u00adet\u00adly pen\u00ade\u00adtrate the soil and change the grand metaphor of human war and con\u00adflict on the sur\u00adface, show\u00adcas\u00ading the qui\u00adet pow\u00ader of art to change the world, and is high\u00adly praised by libraries around the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | David McPhail |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDavid_McPhail_%28author%29\">David McPhail (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=\"487\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mollie-Hunter_The-Stronghold.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mollie-Hunter_The-Stronghold.jpg 487w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mollie-Hunter_The-Stronghold-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mollie-Hunter_The-Stronghold-7x12.jpg 7w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mollie-Hunter_A-Stranger-Came-Ashore-768x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mollie-Hunter_A-Stranger-Came-Ashore-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mollie-Hunter_A-Stranger-Came-Ashore-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mollie-Hunter_A-Stranger-Came-Ashore-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mollie-Hunter_A-Stranger-Came-Ashore-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mollie-Hunter_A-Stranger-Came-Ashore-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mollie-Hunter_A-Stranger-Came-Ashore.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1922 \u2013 Born: Mollie Hunter<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mau\u00adreen Mol\u00adly Hunter McVeigh, a renowned British female writer of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal, mys\u00adtery, and fan\u00adta\u00adsy lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1922\u20132006).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Win\u00adner of the award for the clas\u00adsic nov\u00adel \u201cThe Fortress\u201d&nbsp;<strong>1974 Carnegie Medal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces that have stood the test of time:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u201cfortress\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Strong\u00adhold<\/em>), and the super\u00adnat\u00adur\u00adal sus\u00adpense clas\u00adsic \u201cThe Vis\u00adi\u00adtor from the Deep Sea,\u201d which incor\u00adpo\u00adrates ancient Scot\u00adtish Celtic folk\u00adlore about sea mon\u00adsters.<em>A Stranger Came Ashore<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Hunt is wide\u00adly regard\u00aded as the uncrowned queen of Scot\u00adtish chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. With her extreme\u00adly rig\u00ador\u00adous, his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly detailed archae\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal writ\u00ading and prose-poem-like prose, she leads young read\u00aders into the core of com\u00adplex human strug\u00adgles and ancient myths, endow\u00ading them with the indomitable spir\u00adit to resist for\u00adeign aggres\u00adsion and uphold fam\u00adi\u00adly order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Mol\u00adlie Hunter |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMollie_Hunter\">Mol\u00adlie Hunter (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=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ray-Cruz_Alexander-and-the-Terrible-1024x776.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ray-Cruz_Alexander-and-the-Terrible-1024x776.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ray-Cruz_Alexander-and-the-Terrible-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ray-Cruz_Alexander-and-the-Terrible-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ray-Cruz_Alexander-and-the-Terrible-1536x1164.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ray-Cruz_Alexander-and-the-Terrible-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ray-Cruz_Alexander-and-the-Terrible.jpg 1848w\" 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=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ray-Cruz_\u4e9a\u5386\u5c71\u5927\u548c\u5012\u9709\u70e6\u4eba\u4e00\u70b9\u90fd\u4e0d\u597d\u7cdf\u7cd5\u900f\u9876\u7684\u4e00\u5929-1024x809.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ray-Cruz_\u4e9a\u5386\u5c71\u5927\u548c\u5012\u9709\u70e6\u4eba\u4e00\u70b9\u90fd\u4e0d\u597d\u7cdf\u7cd5\u900f\u9876\u7684\u4e00\u5929-1024x809.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ray-Cruz_\u4e9a\u5386\u5c71\u5927\u548c\u5012\u9709\u70e6\u4eba\u4e00\u70b9\u90fd\u4e0d\u597d\u7cdf\u7cd5\u900f\u9876\u7684\u4e00\u5929-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ray-Cruz_\u4e9a\u5386\u5c71\u5927\u548c\u5012\u9709\u70e6\u4eba\u4e00\u70b9\u90fd\u4e0d\u597d\u7cdf\u7cd5\u900f\u9876\u7684\u4e00\u5929-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ray-Cruz_\u4e9a\u5386\u5c71\u5927\u548c\u5012\u9709\u70e6\u4eba\u4e00\u70b9\u90fd\u4e0d\u597d\u7cdf\u7cd5\u900f\u9876\u7684\u4e00\u5929-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ray-Cruz_\u4e9a\u5386\u5c71\u5927\u548c\u5012\u9709\u70e6\u4eba\u4e00\u70b9\u90fd\u4e0d\u597d\u7cdf\u7cd5\u900f\u9876\u7684\u4e00\u5929.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1933: Ray Cruz<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An out\u00adstand\u00ading Amer\u00adi\u00adcan graph\u00adic illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and book design\u00ader (1933).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A visu\u00adal mon\u00adu\u00adment for pos\u00adter\u00adi\u00adty:<\/strong>&nbsp;Clas\u00adsic, relat\u00adable, and real\u00adis\u00adtic pic\u00adture books about psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy&nbsp;<strong>The first edi\u00adtion of the com\u00adplete illus\u00adtrat\u00aded book, \u201cAlexan\u00adder and His Unlucky, Annoy\u00ading, Ter\u00adri\u00adble, and Ter\u00adri\u00adble Day\u201d.<\/strong>\uff08<em>Alexan\u00adder and the Ter\u00adri\u00adble, Hor\u00adri\u00adble, No Good, Very Bad Day<\/em>(by Judith Viorst).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal impact:<\/strong>&nbsp;His col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive mas\u00adter\u00adpiece is includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. Cruz com\u00adplete\u00adly aban\u00addoned the kitsch of col\u00ador col\u00adlage and pio\u00adneered the use of the clean\u00adest and dens\u00adest black and white cross-hatch\u00ading lines through\u00adout the book, bring\u00ading to life the boy Alexan\u00adder, who wakes up with chew\u00ading gum stuck to his face, falls into the uri\u00adnal, and faces a bar\u00adrage of com\u00adplaints about life, yet is extreme\u00adly real\u00adis\u00adtic in his anger. 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