{"id":9408,"date":"2026-07-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9408"},"modified":"2026-06-30T21:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:13:58","slug":"kidsbook_history_0701","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/01\/kidsbook_history_0701\/","title":{"rendered":"July 1st: 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=\"798\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Emily-Arnold-McCully-Mirette-on-the-High-Wire-798x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Emily-Arnold-McCully-Mirette-on-the-High-Wire-798x1024.jpg 798w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Emily-Arnold-McCully-Mirette-on-the-High-Wire-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Emily-Arnold-McCully-Mirette-on-the-High-Wire-768x986.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Emily-Arnold-McCully-Mirette-on-the-High-Wire-1197x1536.jpg 1197w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Emily-Arnold-McCully-Mirette-on-the-High-Wire-1596x2048.jpg 1596w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Emily-Arnold-McCully-Mirette-on-the-High-Wire-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Emily-Arnold-McCully-Mirette-on-the-High-Wire.jpg 1995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Emily-Arnold-McCully-\u4ef0\u671b\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u5b69\u5b50.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Emily-Arnold-McCully-\u4ef0\u671b\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u5b69\u5b50.jpg 787w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Emily-Arnold-McCully-\u4ef0\u671b\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u5b69\u5b50-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Emily-Arnold-McCully-\u4ef0\u671b\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u5b69\u5b50-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Emily-Arnold-McCully-\u4ef0\u671b\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u5b69\u5b50-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1939 \u2013 Born: Emily Arnold McCully<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female graph\u00adic artist and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1939). She is rec\u00adog\u00adnized in the con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary pic\u00adture book world as a visu\u00adal advo\u00adcate for \u201cwom\u00aden\u2019s his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal pow\u00ader and indomitable spir\u00adit,\u201d and is skilled at using the dynam\u00adic beau\u00adty of French clas\u00adsi\u00adcal water\u00adcol\u00ador to decon\u00adstruct his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal stereo\u00adtypes against women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly reached the top and won the award with the famous nov\u00adel \u201cThe Sky Is Under My Feet\u201d&nbsp;<strong>1993 Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Sky Under Your Feet<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Mirette on the High Wire<\/em>), as well as the \u201cChil\u00addren Who Look Up at the Stars\u201d series, which has a rich sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic and his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal back\u00adground.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;McCul\u00adly\u2019s writ\u00ading and visu\u00adals are excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly refined and imbued with ratio\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adty. In *The Sky Under Your Feet*, she recre\u00adates the epic sto\u00adry of 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Parisian girl Marette, who appren\u00adtices to a leg\u00adendary tightrope walk\u00ader and ulti\u00admate\u00adly uses her fear\u00adless child\u00adlike spir\u00adit to help her mas\u00adter, strug\u00adgling with acro\u00adpho\u00adbia, return to the high-wire. With soar\u00ading lines, she demon\u00adstrates to chil\u00addren that the only way to over\u00adcome fear is to face the abyss and have the sky at your feet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Emi\u00adly Arnold McCul\u00adly |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emily_Arnold_McCully\">Emi\u00adly Arnold McCul\u00adly (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=\"635\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_01__Walter-Dean-Myers-Scorpions-635x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_01__Walter-Dean-Myers-Scorpions-635x1024.jpg 635w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_01__Walter-Dean-Myers-Scorpions-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_01__Walter-Dean-Myers-Scorpions-768x1238.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_01__Walter-Dean-Myers-Scorpions-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_01__Walter-Dean-Myers-Scorpions.jpg 844w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_02__Walter-Dean-Myers-Somewhere-in-the-Darkness-729x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_02__Walter-Dean-Myers-Somewhere-in-the-Darkness-729x1024.jpg 729w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_02__Walter-Dean-Myers-Somewhere-in-the-Darkness-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_02__Walter-Dean-Myers-Somewhere-in-the-Darkness-768x1079.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_02__Walter-Dean-Myers-Somewhere-in-the-Darkness-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_02__Walter-Dean-Myers-Somewhere-in-the-Darkness.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2014 \u2014 Passed away: Walter Dean Myers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal titan of African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s and young adult lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1937\u20132014). He was an ever\u00adgreen spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal icon in the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00ading \u201cstreet real\u00adism, reflec\u00adtion on minor\u00adi\u00adty groups, and the psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal awak\u00aden\u00ading of mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adized youth\u201d across the Unit\u00aded States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Hon\u00ador (World-Class):<\/strong>&nbsp;Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2019 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Her\u00aditage Award (CLLA)<\/strong>&nbsp;Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment Award;<strong>Twice award\u00aded the New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador<\/strong>&nbsp;Award win\u00adner; five-time win\u00adner of the Prinz Prize for Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal&nbsp;<strong>Scor\u00adpi\u00adon<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Scor\u00adpi\u00adons<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Some\u00adwhere in the Dark<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Some\u00adwhere in the Dark\u00adness<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Miles\u2019s writ\u00ading is char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by steely calm\u00adness, lit\u00ader\u00adary restraint, and a doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary style imbued with the raw tex\u00adture of Harlem streets. Through\u00adout his life, he refused to deceive chil\u00addren with false sweet\u00adness, instead using a noble, lit\u00ader\u00adary touch to tell the sto\u00adries of Black teenagers\u2019 inter\u00adgen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional resilience and mutu\u00adal sup\u00adport in the face of slum crime, gun vio\u00adlence, gang oppres\u00adsion, and bro\u00adken pater\u00adnal love. He dig\u00adni\u00adfied\u00adly upheld the high\u00adest pedestal of ratio\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adty in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan minor\u00adi\u00adty lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Wal\u00adter Dean Myers |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Dean_Myers\">Wal\u00adter Dean Myers (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=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Toshi-Yoshida-La-Querelle-1024x768.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Toshi-Yoshida-La-Querelle-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Toshi-Yoshida-La-Querelle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Toshi-Yoshida-La-Querelle-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Toshi-Yoshida-La-Querelle-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Toshi-Yoshida-La-Querelle-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Toshi-Yoshida-La-Querelle-16x12.jpg 16w\" 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=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_02__Toshi-Yoshida-Young-Lions-1024x758.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_02__Toshi-Yoshida-Young-Lions-1024x758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_02__Toshi-Yoshida-Young-Lions-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_02__Toshi-Yoshida-Young-Lions-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_02__Toshi-Yoshida-Young-Lions-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_02__Toshi-Yoshida-Young-Lions.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1995 \u2013 Passed away: Toshi Yoshida<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Japan\u00adese nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure-lev\u00adel mas\u00adter of mod\u00adern wood\u00adblock print\u00ading and a non-fic\u00adtion eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal pic\u00adture book author (1911\u20131995). He was an out\u00adstand\u00ading rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive of the famous \u201cYoshi\u00adda Art Fam\u00adi\u00adly\u201d in mod\u00adern Japan, per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00ading the tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal tex\u00adture of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Ukiyo\u2011e wood\u00adblock print\u00ading with a grand mod\u00adern con\u00adcern for the life of wild ani\u00admals in the African wilder\u00adness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;With her ever\u00adgreen mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cThe Quar\u00adrel\u201d she won the award&nbsp;<strong>1986 French Prix Sor\u00adci\u00e8res (High\u00adest Prize for Pic\u00adture Books)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless, real\u00adis\u00adtic epic:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u201cquar\u00adrel\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>La Querelle<\/em>), and the clas\u00adsic book \u201cThe Lion Cubs,\u201d which chron\u00adi\u00adcles the growth of wild cubs under the law of the jun\u00adgle.<em>Young Lions<\/em>&nbsp;\/ Japan\u00adese orig\u00adi\u00adnal name \u201c\u306f\u3058\u3081\u3066\u306e\u304b\u308a\u201d).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;In his youth, Yoshi\u00adda Enshi con\u00adduct\u00aded exten\u00adsive research in the African wilder\u00adness. Through\u00adout his life, with an almost obses\u00adsive rig\u00ador and a com\u00adpas\u00adsion\u00adate under\u00adstand\u00ading of the equal\u00adi\u00adty of all things, he carved the wild dig\u00adni\u00adty of birds and beasts on wood\u00aden boards. His paint\u00adings are char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by noble com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion and order\u00adly struc\u00adture, com\u00adplete\u00adly aban\u00addon\u00ading the sim\u00adplis\u00adtic and toy-like style of chil\u00addren. They allow chil\u00addren who have just opened their eyes to feel the breath of nature\u2019s great life and the order of equal\u00adi\u00adty among species through the most sacred lines of East\u00adern wood\u00adcut.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed away | Toshi Yoshi\u00adda |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T%C5%8Dshi_Yoshida\">Toshi Yoshi\u00adda (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=\"661\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Pura-Belpr-Firefly-Summer-661x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Pura-Belpr-Firefly-Summer-661x1024.jpg 661w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Pura-Belpr-Firefly-Summer-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Pura-Belpr-Firefly-Summer-768x1189.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Pura-Belpr-Firefly-Summer-992x1536.jpg 992w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Pura-Belpr-Firefly-Summer-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Pura-Belpr-Firefly-Summer.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1982 \u2013 Death: Pura Belpr\u00e9<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pratt Bel\u00adpree Award, a renowned Puer\u00adto Rican-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female col\u00adlec\u00adtor of folk\u00adlore, his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal pio\u00adneer nov\u00adel\u00adist, and the first African American\/Hispanic senior pub\u00adlic library direc\u00adtor in the Unit\u00aded States (1899\u20131982). She was a pio\u00adneer\u00ading female fig\u00adure of 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Amer\u00adi\u00adcan immi\u00adgrant chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, and the high\u00adest nation\u00adal hon\u00ador in the Unit\u00aded States, the \u201cPratt Bel\u00adpree Award,\u201d was estab\u00adlished in her hon\u00ador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Sum\u00admer of Fire\u00adflies<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Fire\u00adfly Sum\u00admer<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bel\u00adpres ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded her life to cross-cul\u00adtur\u00adal equal\u00adi\u00adty. Dur\u00ading her time at the Low\u00ader East Side Pub\u00adlic Library in New York, she broke down ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal bar\u00adri\u00aders imposed by main\u00adstream white ide\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy, hand-sewing pup\u00adpets and reviv\u00ading the noble oral nar\u00adra\u00adtive tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Latin Amer\u00adi\u00adca on paper and stage in both lan\u00adguages. Her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Sum\u00admer of Fire\u00adflies*, with its remark\u00adably gen\u00adtle prose, chron\u00adi\u00adcles the aston\u00adish\u00ading uni\u00adty of ear\u00adly immi\u00adgrant fam\u00adi\u00adlies as they faced social iso\u00adla\u00adtion and cul\u00adtur\u00adal clash\u00ades, cling\u00ading to their nation\u00adal pride and fam\u00adi\u00adly dig\u00adni\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Pura Bel\u00adpr\u00e9 |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9\">Pura Bel\u00adpr\u00e9 (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=\"676\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_a.jpg 676w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_a-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_a-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_c.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_c-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_c-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_c-18x9.jpg 18w\" 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=\"706\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_b.jpg 706w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1967_Maj-Mituric_Kradenoje-solnce_-knizka-igruska_b-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2008 \u2013 Passed away: Maj Mituri\u010d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Soviet\/Russian nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure-lev\u00adel graph\u00adic artist, fine art illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and print\u00admak\u00ading mas\u00adter (1925\u20132008), his full name was Mai Petro\u00advich Miturich-Khleb\u00adnikov. He was one of the lead\u00ading visu\u00adal fig\u00adures who brought East\u00adern Euro\u00adpean mod\u00adern pic\u00adture book aes\u00adthet\u00adics to the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal stage in the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal high\u00adest hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;With her illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for the time\u00adless clas\u00adsic chil\u00addren\u2019s poem \u201cThe Stolen Sun,\u201d which per\u00adfect\u00adly blend the dynam\u00adic move\u00adments of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Chi\u00adnese free\u00adhand ink paint\u00ading with the tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Russ\u00adian folk pen-and-ink hatch\u00ading, she won the award.&nbsp;<strong>Sil\u00adver Plaque at the inau\u00adgur\u00adal Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB) in 1967<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Award-win\u00adning rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Stolen Sun<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Krade\u00adno\u00adje sol\u00adnce<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Mituric\u2019s style is extreme\u00adly vig\u00ador\u00adous and ethe\u00adre\u00adal. He was extreme\u00adly adept at using large areas of black ink in vary\u00ading shades of dry and wet ink, along with rough lines full of expres\u00adsion\u00adist ten\u00adsion, to present the grass\u00adroots humor and trag\u00adic aes\u00adthet\u00adics of nature, thus estab\u00adlish\u00ading the noble spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal author\u00adi\u00adty of Sovi\u00adet fine art pic\u00adture books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed away | Maj Mituri\u010d |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%25D0%259A%25D0%25B0%25D1%2582%25D0%25B5%25D0%25B3%25D0%25BE%25D1%2580%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F:%25D0%2598%25D0%25BB%25D0%25BB%25D1%258E%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D1%2580%25D0%25B0%25D1%2582%25D0%25BE%25D1%2580%25D1%258B_%25D0%259C%25D0%25B0%25D1%258F_%25D0%259C%25D0%25B8%25D1%2582%25D1%2583%25D1%2580%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587%25D0%25B0\">\u041c\u0430\u0439 \u041c\u0438\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0438\u0447 (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=\"696\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0008_01__Ann-Rinaldi-Numbering-All-the-Bones-696x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0008_01__Ann-Rinaldi-Numbering-All-the-Bones-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0008_01__Ann-Rinaldi-Numbering-All-the-Bones-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0008_01__Ann-Rinaldi-Numbering-All-the-Bones-768x1129.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0008_01__Ann-Rinaldi-Numbering-All-the-Bones-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0008_01__Ann-Rinaldi-Numbering-All-the-Bones.jpg 925w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ann-Rinaldi-A-Break-with-Charity-657x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ann-Rinaldi-A-Break-with-Charity-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ann-Rinaldi-A-Break-with-Charity-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ann-Rinaldi-A-Break-with-Charity-768x1196.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ann-Rinaldi-A-Break-with-Charity-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ann-Rinaldi-A-Break-with-Charity.jpg 963w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ann-Rinaldi-The-Secret-of-Sarah-Revere-657x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ann-Rinaldi-The-Secret-of-Sarah-Revere-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ann-Rinaldi-The-Secret-of-Sarah-Revere-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ann-Rinaldi-The-Secret-of-Sarah-Revere-768x1196.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ann-Rinaldi-The-Secret-of-Sarah-Revere-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ann-Rinaldi-The-Secret-of-Sarah-Revere.jpg 963w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2021 \u2014 Passed away: Ann Rinaldi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal fic\u00adtion writer and senior cur\u00adrent affairs com\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtor for young adults (1934\u20132021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Exhaust\u00ading the Spir\u00adit of Char\u00adac\u00adter<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Num\u00adber\u00ading All the Bones<\/em>)\u3001<strong>The Rup\u00adture of Char\u00adi\u00adty<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>A Break with Char\u00adi\u00adty<\/em>), and Sarah Revere\u2019s Secret (<em>The Secret of Sarah Revere<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary con\u00adno\u00adta\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Rinal\u00addi is wide\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnized as the queen of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism in the field of non-fic\u00adtion and fic\u00adtion\u00adal his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal nar\u00adra\u00adtives for chil\u00addren in the Unit\u00aded States. Her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Count\u00adless Spir\u00adits*, tells the sto\u00adry of the ardu\u00adous strug\u00adgle of under\u00adpriv\u00adi\u00adleged boys and peo\u00adple of col\u00ador fac\u00ading sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion and death in the ruins of Ander\u00adson\u00adville pris\u00adon\u00ader-of-war camp at the end of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Civ\u00adil War, with an extreme\u00adly detached and unvar\u00adnished real\u00adis\u00adtic style. With the restraint of pure lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, she dig\u00adni\u00adfied\u00adly helps young read\u00aders estab\u00adlish an inde\u00adpen\u00addent and crit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00ada\u00addigm for reflect\u00ading on war and uphold\u00ading order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Ann Rinal\u00addi |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ann_Rinaldi\">Ann Rinal\u00addi (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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag-768x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2018 \u2014 Passed away: G\u00fcnther Stiller<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Ger\u00adman graph\u00adic artist, satir\u00adi\u00adcal car\u00adtoon\u00adist, and book design\u00ader (1927\u20132018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;Clas\u00adsic Ger\u00adman mod\u00adern absurd pic\u00adture book&nbsp;<strong>The first edi\u00adtion of the com\u00adplete set of illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for \u201cWhat Do Mice Think on Thurs\u00addays?\u201d<\/strong>\uff08<em>Was denkt die Maus am Don\u00adner\u00adstag?<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal impact:<\/strong>&nbsp;His mas\u00adter\u00adpiece was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. Stiller devot\u00aded his life to the ancient Cen\u00adtral Euro\u00adpean hand-etched hatch\u00ading and Bauhaus geo\u00admet\u00adric plane com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion aes\u00adthet\u00adics. The rats and urban lines in his paint\u00adings are absurd and clear, com\u00adplete\u00adly break\u00ading the rigid indoc\u00adtri\u00adna\u00adtion of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s books. He used extreme\u00adly ratio\u00adnal line draw\u00ading to sup\u00adport the intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal height of chil\u00addren\u2019s fan\u00adta\u00adsy books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed away | G\u00fcn\u00adther Stiller |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q94855433\">G\u00fcn\u00adther Stiller (Wiki\u00adda\u00adta)<\/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=\"738\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ivor-the-Engine-old-738x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ivor-the-Engine-old-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ivor-the-Engine-old-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ivor-the-Engine-old-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ivor-the-Engine-old-1107x1536.jpg 1107w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ivor-the-Engine-old-1475x2048.jpg 1475w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ivor-the-Engine-old-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ivor-the-Engine-old-scaled.jpg 1844w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2018 \u2014 Passed away: Peter Firmin<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal British graph\u00adic artist, pio\u00adneer\u00ading pup\u00adpeteer, and book design\u00ader of the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1928\u20132018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless visu\u00adal clas\u00adsics:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Ivory Train series<\/strong>\uff08<em>Ivor the Engine<\/em>(Writ\u00adten by Oliv\u00ader Post\u00adgate).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cul\u00adtur\u00adal influ\u00adence:<\/strong>&nbsp;Born in the 1950s, *Ivory Train* was includ\u00aded in *1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books* and adapt\u00aded into a time\u00adless stop-motion ani\u00adma\u00adtion by the BBC. Philmin\u00ader brought to life this steam loco\u00admo\u00adtive, a crea\u00adture of inde\u00adpen\u00addent life that roamed the Welsh val\u00adleys, with his flu\u00adid, warm, and intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading wood\u00adcuts and water\u00adcol\u00ador lines, a loco\u00admo\u00adtive that loved to sing hymns. With his pro\u00adfound child\u00adlike won\u00adder and anti-util\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan aes\u00adthet\u00adics, he estab\u00adlished a warm and endur\u00ading clas\u00adsi\u00adcal dig\u00adni\u00adty for pop\u00adu\u00adlar British pic\u00adture books in the post\u00adwar era.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Peter Firmin |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Firmin\">Peter Firmin (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1939\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u57c3\u7c73\u8389\u00b7\u963f\u8bfa\u5fb7\u00b7\u9ea6\u5361\u5229 Emily Arnold McCully \u7f8e\u56fd\u4e0d\u673d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9432,"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-9408","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\/07\/0028_02__Toshi-Yoshida-Young-Lions.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9408","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=9408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9440,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9408\/revisions\/9440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}