{"id":9409,"date":"2026-07-02T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9409"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T02:14:56","slug":"kidsbook_history_0702","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/02\/kidsbook_history_0702\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2nd: Today in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book His\u00adto\u00adry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__Sophie-Blackall-Hello-Lighthouse-617x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__Sophie-Blackall-Hello-Lighthouse-617x1024.jpg 617w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__Sophie-Blackall-Hello-Lighthouse-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__Sophie-Blackall-Hello-Lighthouse-768x1275.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__Sophie-Blackall-Hello-Lighthouse-925x1536.jpg 925w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__Sophie-Blackall-Hello-Lighthouse-1234x2048.jpg 1234w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__Sophie-Blackall-Hello-Lighthouse-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__Sophie-Blackall-Hello-Lighthouse.jpg 1542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__\u82cf\u83f2\u5e03\u83b1\u79d1\u5c14-\u4f60\u597d\u706f\u5854-647x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__\u82cf\u83f2\u5e03\u83b1\u79d1\u5c14-\u4f60\u597d\u706f\u5854-647x1024.jpg 647w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__\u82cf\u83f2\u5e03\u83b1\u79d1\u5c14-\u4f60\u597d\u706f\u5854-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__\u82cf\u83f2\u5e03\u83b1\u79d1\u5c14-\u4f60\u597d\u706f\u5854-768x1216.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__\u82cf\u83f2\u5e03\u83b1\u79d1\u5c14-\u4f60\u597d\u706f\u5854-970x1536.jpg 970w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__\u82cf\u83f2\u5e03\u83b1\u79d1\u5c14-\u4f60\u597d\u706f\u5854-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_01__\u82cf\u83f2\u5e03\u83b1\u79d1\u5c14-\u4f60\u597d\u706f\u5854.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\"><\/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\/07\/0079_02__Sophie-Blackall-Finding-Winnie-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_02__Sophie-Blackall-Finding-Winnie-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_02__Sophie-Blackall-Finding-Winnie-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_02__Sophie-Blackall-Finding-Winnie-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_02__Sophie-Blackall-Finding-Winnie-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_02__Sophie-Blackall-Finding-Winnie-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0079_02__Sophie-Blackall-Finding-Winnie.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1970: Sophie Blackall<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Aus\u00adtralian-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female graph\u00adic artist and mas\u00adter of pic\u00adture books (1970). She is the most pres\u00adti\u00adgious visu\u00adal queen of the gold\u00aden age of chil\u00addren\u2019s visu\u00adal lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture in the 21st cen\u00adtu\u00adry, span\u00adning the del\u00adi\u00adcate water\u00adcol\u00ador style of retro fine brush\u00adwork with mod\u00adern cross-cul\u00adtur\u00adal anthro\u00adpo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal human\u00adis\u00adtic com\u00adpas\u00adsion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\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>A time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Search\u00ading for Win\u00adnie the Pooh<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Find\u00ading Win\u00adnie<\/em>(2016 Gold Medal Win\u00adner): The true his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal scene of World War I behind the world-class cul\u00adtur\u00adal sym\u00adbol Win\u00adnie the Pooh is per\u00adfect\u00adly visu\u00adal\u00adly recre\u00adat\u00aded through extreme\u00adly del\u00adi\u00adcate retro pas\u00adtel col\u00adors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hel\u00adlo, Light\u00adhouse<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Hel\u00adlo Light\u00adhouse<\/em>(2019 Gold Medal Win\u00adner): A visu\u00adal epic about soli\u00adtary vig\u00adil, the chang\u00ading times, and the order\u00adly nature of the ecosys\u00adtem, estab\u00adlish\u00ading a new Canon (par\u00ada\u00addigm) for con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary marine pic\u00adture books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Sophie Black\u00adall |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sophie_Blackall\">Sophie Black\u00adall (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=\"688\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_01__Jean-Craighead-George-Julie-of-the-Wolves-688x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_01__Jean-Craighead-George-Julie-of-the-Wolves-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_01__Jean-Craighead-George-Julie-of-the-Wolves-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_01__Jean-Craighead-George-Julie-of-the-Wolves-768x1142.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_01__Jean-Craighead-George-Julie-of-the-Wolves-1033x1536.jpg 1033w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_01__Jean-Craighead-George-Julie-of-the-Wolves-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_01__Jean-Craighead-George-Julie-of-the-Wolves.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\"><\/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\/07\/0064_02__Jean-Craighead-George-My-Side-of-the-Mountain-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_02__Jean-Craighead-George-My-Side-of-the-Mountain-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_02__Jean-Craighead-George-My-Side-of-the-Mountain-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_02__Jean-Craighead-George-My-Side-of-the-Mountain-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_02__Jean-Craighead-George-My-Side-of-the-Mountain-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_02__Jean-Craighead-George-My-Side-of-the-Mountain-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_02__Jean-Craighead-George-My-Side-of-the-Mountain-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0064_02__Jean-Craighead-George-My-Side-of-the-Mountain.jpg 1650w\" 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=\"371\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0257_02__Jean-Craighead-George-\u5c71\u5c45\u5c81\u6708.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0257_02__Jean-Craighead-George-\u5c71\u5c45\u5c81\u6708.jpg 371w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0257_02__Jean-Craighead-George-\u5c71\u5c45\u5c81\u6708-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0257_02__Jean-Craighead-George-\u5c71\u5c45\u5c81\u6708-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1919 \u2013 Born: Jean Craighead George<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adist lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture mas\u00adter and ecol\u00ado\u00adgist (1919\u20132012). She was a tow\u00ader\u00ading pio\u00adneer in the non-fic\u00adtion and nar\u00adra\u00adtive fic\u00adtion of nat\u00adur\u00adal sci\u00adences for all mankind, and spent her life exam\u00adin\u00ading ecol\u00ado\u00adgy with the most rig\u00ador\u00adous bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal research and com\u00adpas\u00adsion\u00adate under\u00adstand\u00ading of the equal\u00adi\u00adty of all things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Hon\u00adors and Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;Reach\u00ading the top with the clas\u00adsic nov\u00adel \u201cJulie in the Wolves\u201d&nbsp;<strong>1973 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work, \u201cMoun\u00adtain Dwelling Years,\u201d won an award.&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador<\/strong>&nbsp;And won the Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>An immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Julie of the Wolves<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Julie of the Wolves<\/em>), Wilder\u00adness Sur\u00advival Clas\u00adsic \u201cMoun\u00adtain Life\u201d (<em>My Side of the Moun\u00adtain<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;George\u2019s writ\u00ading is filled with steely calm\u00adness and pure lit\u00ader\u00adary restraint. In \u201cJulie in the Wolves,\u201d she com\u00adplete\u00adly aban\u00addons the vil\u00adlain\u00adous prej\u00adu\u00addice against wolves in West\u00adern tra\u00addi\u00adtion, and vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the epic sto\u00adry of an Eski\u00admo girl strand\u00aded in the Arc\u00adtic wilder\u00adness who ulti\u00admate\u00adly wins inde\u00adpen\u00addent sur\u00advival and dig\u00adni\u00adty by inte\u00adgrat\u00ading into the wolf pack\u00ad\u2019s order. She dig\u00adni\u00adfied\u00adly upholds the high\u00adest ratio\u00adnal edi\u00adfice of envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Jean Craig\u00adhead George |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Craighead_George\">Jean Craig\u00adhead George (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=\"666\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0054_01__Cynthia-Kadohata-Kira-Kira.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0054_01__Cynthia-Kadohata-Kira-Kira.jpg 666w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0054_01__Cynthia-Kadohata-Kira-Kira-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0054_01__Cynthia-Kadohata-Kira-Kira-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"869\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0054_01__Cynthia-Kadohata-\u660e\u5929\u4f1a\u6709\u597d\u8fd0\u6c14.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0054_01__Cynthia-Kadohata-\u660e\u5929\u4f1a\u6709\u597d\u8fd0\u6c14.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0054_01__Cynthia-Kadohata-\u660e\u5929\u4f1a\u6709\u597d\u8fd0\u6c14-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0054_01__Cynthia-Kadohata-\u660e\u5929\u4f1a\u6709\u597d\u8fd0\u6c14-8x12.jpg 8w\" 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=\"600\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0054_01__Cynthia-Kadohata-\u4eae\u6676\u6676.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0054_01__Cynthia-Kadohata-\u4eae\u6676\u6676.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0054_01__Cynthia-Kadohata-\u4eae\u6676\u6676-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0054_01__Cynthia-Kadohata-\u4eae\u6676\u6676-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1956: Cynthia Kadohata<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Japan\u00adese-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female chil\u00addren\u2019s author (1956). She is a lead\u00ading fig\u00adure in 21st-cen\u00adtu\u00adry psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism nar\u00adra\u00adtives, direct\u00adly address\u00ading inter\u00adgen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional con\u00adflict, the trau\u00adma of immi\u00adgrant his\u00adto\u00adry, and the com\u00adplex\u00adi\u00adties of sur\u00advival for minor\u00adi\u00adty Amer\u00adi\u00adcans in the field of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Reach\u00ading the top with her debut nov\u00adel \u201cSparkling Bright\u201d&nbsp;<strong>2005 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>It won the Nation\u00adal Book Award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Sparkling<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Kira-Kira<\/em>), Detec\u00adtive Dog Clark, which focus\u00ades on ani\u00admal guardian\u00adship dur\u00ading wartime (<em>Crack\u00ader! The Best Dog in Viet\u00adnam<\/em>), and the slice-of-life-like \u201cGood Luck Tomor\u00adrow\u201d (<em>The Thing About Luck<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary con\u00adno\u00adta\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kakuha\u00adta records the joys and sor\u00adrows of life in extreme\u00adly sim\u00adple and ele\u00adgant prose. His award-win\u00adning work, \u201cSparkling,\u201d tells the sto\u00adry of two Japan\u00adese-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan sis\u00adters in a Geor\u00adgia fac\u00adto\u00adry in the 1950s, and how they held on to their inner opti\u00admism and dig\u00adni\u00adty in the face of class sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion, death from seri\u00adous ill\u00adness, and the shad\u00adow of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal stereo\u00adtypes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Cyn\u00adthia Kado\u00adha\u00adta |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cynthia_Kadohata\">Cyn\u00adthia Kado\u00adha\u00adta (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\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-Dead-End-in-Norvelt-696x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-Dead-End-in-Norvelt-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-Dead-End-in-Norvelt-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-Dead-End-in-Norvelt-768x1130.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-Dead-End-in-Norvelt-1044x1536.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-Dead-End-in-Norvelt-1392x2048.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-Dead-End-in-Norvelt-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-Dead-End-in-Norvelt.jpg 1400w\" 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=\"729\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-\u8bfa\u798f\u9547\u7684\u5947\u5e7b\u590f\u5929-729x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-\u8bfa\u798f\u9547\u7684\u5947\u5e7b\u590f\u5929-729x1024.jpg 729w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-\u8bfa\u798f\u9547\u7684\u5947\u5e7b\u590f\u5929-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-\u8bfa\u798f\u9547\u7684\u5947\u5e7b\u590f\u5929-768x1079.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-\u8bfa\u798f\u9547\u7684\u5947\u5e7b\u590f\u5929-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-\u8bfa\u798f\u9547\u7684\u5947\u5e7b\u590f\u5929.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\"><\/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\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-\u4e54\u4f0a\u548c\u602a\u7238\u7238.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-\u4e54\u4f0a\u548c\u602a\u7238\u7238.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-\u4e54\u4f0a\u548c\u602a\u7238\u7238-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-\u4e54\u4f0a\u548c\u602a\u7238\u7238-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-\u4e54\u4f0a\u548c\u602a\u7238\u7238-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0059_01__Jack-Gantos-\u4e54\u4f0a\u548c\u602a\u7238\u7238-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1951 \u2013 Born: Jack Gantos<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan hard-boiled real\u00adist chil\u00addren\u2019s author and auto\u00adbi\u00adog\u00adra\u00adphy (1951). He was a land\u00admark pio\u00adneer in con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, mov\u00ading away from shel\u00adtered fan\u00adta\u00adsy and intro\u00adduc\u00ading \u201cblack humor, reflec\u00adtions on the real\u00adi\u00adties and grow\u00ading pains of ADHD in bor\u00adder\u00adline chil\u00addren.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;He topped the list and won an award with his auto\u00adbi\u00ado\u00adgraph\u00adi\u00adcal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, \u201cA Fan\u00adtas\u00adtic Sum\u00admer in Nor\u00adfolk\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>2012 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>He was award\u00aded the New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces that have stood the test of time:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>A Mag\u00adi\u00adcal Sum\u00admer in Nor\u00adfolk<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Dead End in Norvelt<\/em>), the ever\u00adgreen clas\u00adsic of cam\u00adpus psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy, \u201cJoey and the Strange Dad\u201d (<em>Joey Pigza Los\u00ades Con\u00adtrol<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gan\u00adtos\u2019s writ\u00ading is sea\u00adsoned and detached. In *A Fan\u00adtas\u00adtic Sum\u00admer in Nor\u00adfolk*, he trans\u00adforms the gran\u00adu\u00adlar tex\u00adture of the Great Depres\u00adsion\u2019s found\u00ading his\u00adto\u00adry into a his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal adven\u00adture of a young boy ground\u00aded at home dur\u00ading sum\u00admer vaca\u00adtion and forced to help a strange old woman write obit\u00adu\u00adar\u00adies. Through bril\u00adliant mod\u00adern satire and reflec\u00adtion, he ele\u00advates chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture to the high\u00adest lev\u00adel of polit\u00adi\u00adcal and moral decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Jack Gan\u00adtos |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_Gantos\">Jack Gan\u00adtos (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=\"702\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Kota-Taniuchi_Pim-and-the-fisherboy_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Kota-Taniuchi_Pim-and-the-fisherboy_a.jpg 702w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Kota-Taniuchi_Pim-and-the-fisherboy_a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Kota-Taniuchi_Pim-and-the-fisherboy_a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Kota-Taniuchi_Pim-and-the-fisherboy_a-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Kota-Taniuchi_\u548c\u6708\u4eae\u73a9\u513f_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Kota-Taniuchi_\u548c\u6708\u4eae\u73a9\u513f_a.jpg 561w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Kota-Taniuchi_\u548c\u6708\u4eae\u73a9\u513f_a-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Kota-Taniuchi_\u548c\u6708\u4eae\u73a9\u513f_a-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Kota-Taniuchi_\u590f\u5929\u7684\u65e9\u6668.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Kota-Taniuchi_\u590f\u5929\u7684\u65e9\u6668.jpg 552w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Kota-Taniuchi_\u590f\u5929\u7684\u65e9\u6668-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Kota-Taniuchi_\u590f\u5929\u7684\u65e9\u6668-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2019 \u2014 Passed away: Kota Taniuchi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Japan\u00adese nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure-lev\u00adel mod\u00adern oil painter, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and pic\u00adture book mas\u00adter (1947\u20132019). He was a visu\u00adal mas\u00adter of the \u201ccold free\u00adhand style and tran\u00adquil min\u00adi\u00admal\u00adism\u201d of the East, an indis\u00adpens\u00adable fig\u00adure in the aes\u00adthet\u00adics of Asian mod\u00adern pic\u00adture books in the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry on the Euro\u00adpean and inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal high\u00adest hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;He has won numer\u00adous acco\u00adlades for his out\u00adstand\u00ading works.&nbsp;<strong>Gold\u00aden Apple Award at the Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless visu\u00adal clas\u00adsics:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Pym and the Fish\u00ader Boy<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Pim and the fisher\u00adboy<\/em>(1979 Gold\u00aden Apple Award win\u00adner)<strong>Play\u00ading with the Moon<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Play with the moon<\/em>(1981 Gold\u00aden Apple Award win\u00adner), and his debut work in cin\u00ade\u00admat\u00adic aes\u00adthet\u00adics, *A Sum\u00admer Morn\u00ading* (\u2026).<em>\u306a\u3064\u306e\u3042\u3055<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kota Tani com\u00adplete\u00adly over\u00adturned the tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal, over\u00adly flat\u00adter\u00ading col\u00ador fill\u00ading in ear\u00adly child\u00adhood illus\u00adtra\u00adtions. He is extreme\u00adly skilled at using large areas of wet and serene oil paint and a lot of blank space, trans\u00adform\u00ading the light and shad\u00adow charm of the Mediter\u00adranean and the Old World of Europe into a rare, lone\u00adly and ethe\u00adre\u00adal beau\u00adty with a strong Euro\u00adpean avant-garde fine art feel. He uses the ulti\u00admate line draw\u00ading and col\u00ador to sup\u00adport the intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal height of ear\u00adly cog\u00adni\u00adtive pic\u00adture books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed away | Kota Tani\u00aduchi |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E8%B0%B7%E5%86%85%E3%81%93%E3%81%86%E3%81%9F\">Kota Tani\u00aduchi (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=\"694\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-A-Faraway-Island-694x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-A-Faraway-Island-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-A-Faraway-Island-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-A-Faraway-Island-768x1133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-A-Faraway-Island-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-A-Faraway-Island.jpg 1017w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_02__Annika-Thor-The-Lily-Pond.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_02__Annika-Thor-The-Lily-Pond.jpg 336w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_02__Annika-Thor-The-Lily-Pond-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_02__Annika-Thor-The-Lily-Pond-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-Deep-Sea-675x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-Deep-Sea-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-Deep-Sea-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-Deep-Sea-768x1166.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-Deep-Sea-1012x1536.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-Deep-Sea-1349x2048.jpg 1349w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-Deep-Sea-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0044_03__Annika-Thor-Deep-Sea.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1950: Annika Thor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The immor\u00adtal Swedish female chil\u00addren\u2019s and young adult writer and screen\u00adwriter (1950). She is the queen of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism nar\u00adra\u00adtive, revered through\u00adout Scan\u00addi\u00adnavia in con\u00adfronting the shad\u00adow of Nazi his\u00adto\u00adry dur\u00ading World War II, refugee iden\u00adti\u00adty, and issues of prej\u00adu\u00addice and bias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;Nom\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>The final\u00adist for the 2022 Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Best Writer.<\/strong>He won the Swedish August Prize for Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>An Immor\u00adtal Epic:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Jew\u00adish sis\u00adters\u2019 escape to a \u201cdis\u00adtant island\u201d in four parts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Key rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Dis\u00adtant Island<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>A Far\u00adaway Island<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Lily Pond<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Lily Pond<\/em>), and Deep Sea (<em>Deep Sea<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Tolle\u2019s writ\u00ading is extreme\u00adly strong and restrained. The sto\u00adry tells of the psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal and emo\u00adtion\u00adal ordeal of two Jew\u00adish sis\u00adters who, dur\u00ading World War II, were forced to flee Vien\u00adna to a fos\u00adter fam\u00adi\u00adly on a remote Swedish island to escape the Holo\u00adcaust. With the detached decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion of pure lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, she records the aston\u00adish\u00ading resilience of chil\u00addren fac\u00ading the dis\u00adin\u00adte\u00adgra\u00adtion of their lives and the upheaval of their social class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Anni\u00adka Thor |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAnnika_Thor\">Anni\u00adka Thor (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=\"734\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0084_01__Kay-Thompson-Eloise-734x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0084_01__Kay-Thompson-Eloise-734x1024.jpg 734w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0084_01__Kay-Thompson-Eloise-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0084_01__Kay-Thompson-Eloise-768x1071.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0084_01__Kay-Thompson-Eloise-1101x1536.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0084_01__Kay-Thompson-Eloise-1468x2048.jpg 1468w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0084_01__Kay-Thompson-Eloise-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0084_01__Kay-Thompson-Eloise.jpg 1835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u827e\u6d1b\u4f0a\u4e1d\u8fc7\u5723\u8bde\u5c01\u9762.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-9448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u827e\u6d1b\u4f0a\u4e1d\u8fc7\u5723\u8bde\u5c01\u9762.png 676w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u827e\u6d1b\u4f0a\u4e1d\u8fc7\u5723\u8bde\u5c01\u9762-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u827e\u6d1b\u4f0a\u4e1d\u8fc7\u5723\u8bde\u5c01\u9762-8x12.png 8w\" 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=\"449\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u827e\u6d1b\u4f0a\u4e1d\u5728\u83ab\u65af\u79d1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u827e\u6d1b\u4f0a\u4e1d\u5728\u83ab\u65af\u79d1.jpg 449w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u827e\u6d1b\u4f0a\u4e1d\u5728\u83ab\u65af\u79d1-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u827e\u6d1b\u4f0a\u4e1d\u5728\u83ab\u65af\u79d1-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1998 \u2013 Death: Kay Thompson<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A famous and pro\u00adlif\u00adic Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female vocal\u00adist, leg\u00adendary actress, and chil\u00addren\u2019s author in the first half of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1909\u20131998).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless clas\u00adsics:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Eloise series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Eloise<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Hilary Knight) is includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cul\u00adtur\u00adal his\u00adto\u00adry impact:<\/strong>&nbsp;Born in 1955, *Elois* has cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00aded Amer\u00adi\u00adca for over half a cen\u00adtu\u00adry. Thomp\u00adson, with her rebel\u00adlious, rapid-fire, and child\u00adlike mono\u00adlogues, vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the mis\u00adchie\u00advous six-year-old girl who lives in the Plaza Hotel in New York, keeps a tor\u00adtoise, and con\u00adstant\u00adly turns the hotel\u2019s dai\u00adly rou\u00adtine upside down. She com\u00adplete\u00adly shat\u00adtered the rigid, shel\u00adtered envi\u00adron\u00adment of Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan edu\u00adca\u00adtion, dig\u00adni\u00adfied\u00adly defend\u00ading the supreme right of child\u00adhood mis\u00adchief and flights of fan\u00adcy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Kay Thomp\u00adson |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FKay_Thompson\">Kay Thomp\u00adson (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-The-Marrow-Thieves-691x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-The-Marrow-Thieves-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-The-Marrow-Thieves-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-The-Marrow-Thieves-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-The-Marrow-Thieves-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-The-Marrow-Thieves.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-Hunting-by-Stars-684x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-Hunting-by-Stars-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-Hunting-by-Stars-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-Hunting-by-Stars-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-Hunting-by-Stars-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-Hunting-by-Stars.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-VenCo-A-Novel-683x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-VenCo-A-Novel-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-VenCo-A-Novel-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-VenCo-A-Novel-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-VenCo-A-Novel-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cherie-Dimaline-VenCo-A-Novel.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1975: Cherie Dimaline<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal M\u00e9tis woman, an inde\u00adpen\u00addent Indige\u00adnous writer and ecol\u00ado\u00adgist (1975).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2025 NSK Neustadt Prize for Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Win\u00adner (Cana\u00adda)<\/strong>He is wide\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnized as a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure\u00adhead of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Indi\u00adan and Native Amer\u00adi\u00adcan cul\u00adture in the world of chil\u00addren\u2019s and YA fan\u00adta\u00adsy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Post-Apoc\u00ada\u00adlyp\u00adtic Epic:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Bone Mar\u00adrow Thief<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Mar\u00adrow Thieves<\/em>), sequel \u201cStar Hunt\u00ading\u201d (<em>Hunt\u00ading by Stars<\/em>), and mod\u00adern fan\u00adta\u00adsy clas\u00adsics&nbsp;<em>Ven\u00adCo: A Nov\u00adel<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;DiMa\u00adl\u00adin\u2019s nar\u00adra\u00adtives decon\u00adstruct and stitch togeth\u00ader the ancient Indige\u00adnous ani\u00admistic eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal aes\u00adthet\u00adics with an extreme\u00adly hard\u00adcore dystopi\u00adan world. In *The Bone Thief*, she uses stark, gran\u00adu\u00adlar lan\u00adguage to tell a shock\u00ading alle\u00adgo\u00adry of a future world where human\u00adi\u00adty has lost the abil\u00adi\u00adty to dream due to eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal col\u00adlapse, and the only way to sur\u00advive is to hunt down Indige\u00adnous peo\u00adple and extract their bone mar\u00adrow con\u00adtain\u00ading the gene for dream\u00ading. Through her writ\u00ading, she has built an inde\u00adstruc\u00adtible shield of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal reflec\u00adtion and unwa\u00adver\u00ading dig\u00adni\u00adty for peo\u00adple of col\u00ador and minor\u00adi\u00adty groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Cherie Dima\u00adline |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCherie_Dimaline\">Cherie Dima\u00adline (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\/06\/0438_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag-768x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0438_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0438_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0438_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0438_01__Gnther-Stiller-Was-denkt-die-Maus-am-Donnerstag.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0049_01__Arup-Kumar-Dutta-The-Kaziranga-Trail.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0049_01__Arup-Kumar-Dutta-The-Kaziranga-Trail.jpg 725w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0049_01__Arup-Kumar-Dutta-The-Kaziranga-Trail-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0049_01__Arup-Kumar-Dutta-The-Kaziranga-Trail-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f Other Important Creator Briefings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">event<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">fig\u00adure<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Details\/Awards<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Wikipedia link<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Josef Guggen\u00admos<\/strong><\/td><td>A Ger\u00adman nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure and immor\u00adtal chil\u00addren\u2019s poet and essay\u00adist of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1922\u20132003). He was a tow\u00ader\u00ading mas\u00adter of poly\u00adphon\u00adic meter in the his\u00adto\u00adry of mod\u00adern Ger\u00adman chil\u00addren\u2019s poet\u00adry, and his rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work is \u201cWhat Does a Mouse Think on Thurs\u00adday?\u201c<em>Was denkt die Maus am Don\u00adner\u00adstag?<\/em>With its extreme\u00adly sophis\u00adti\u00adcat\u00aded philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal insights and pure lit\u00ader\u00adary restraint, it has been includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJosef_Guggenmos\">Josef Guggen\u00admos<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Arup Kumar Dut\u00adta<\/strong><\/td><td>An immor\u00adtal Indi\u00adan his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal non\u00adfic\u00adtion and wildlife doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary writer (1946). He was a pio\u00adneer\u00ading fig\u00adure in intro\u00adduc\u00ading native ani\u00admal con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion human\u00adism to the world from across the South Asian sub\u00adcon\u00adti\u00adnent, best known for his work *The Kazran\u00adga Trail*.<em>The Kazi\u00adran\u00adga Trail<\/em>It is list\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d for its extreme\u00adly rig\u00ador\u00adous record of the law of the jun\u00adgle and rhi\u00adno anti-poach\u00ading.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FArup_Kumar_Dutta\">Arup Kumar Dut\u00adta<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Louise Rankin<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female cross-cul\u00adtur\u00adal real\u00adist nov\u00adel\u00adist of the ear\u00adly 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1897\u20131951). Her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *The Girl from the Moun\u00adtains*, is char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by its high\u00adly detailed anthro\u00adpo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal research and its poignant por\u00adtray\u00adal of a Tibetan girl\u2019s ardu\u00adous jour\u00adney across the Himalayas in search of her beloved dog, show\u00adcas\u00ading her remark\u00adable resilience and deter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion.<em>Daugh\u00adter of the Moun\u00adtains<\/em>), won&nbsp;<strong>1949 New\u00adbery Sil\u00adver Medal<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLouise_Rankin\">Louise Rankin<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Lisa Tet\u00adzn\u00ader<\/strong><\/td><td>A Ger\u00adman-born Swiss woman and an immor\u00adtal giant of social real\u00adism in chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1894\u20131963). As a pio\u00adneer\u00ading anti-fas\u00adcist woman in exile dur\u00ading the war, her mon\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtal work, *The Child from Cell 67* (\u2026).<em>Die Kinder aus Num\u00admer 67<\/em>The nine-part series, with its pow\u00ader\u00adful and gran\u00adu\u00adlar depic\u00adtion, records the painful sur\u00advival of grass\u00adroots teenagers under the shad\u00adow of Nazism and has been includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLisa_Tetzner\">Lisa Tet\u00adzn\u00ader<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0074_01__Louise-Rankin-Daughter-of-the-Mountains-664x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9442\" 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