{"id":9412,"date":"2026-07-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9412"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:01:52","slug":"kidsbook_history_0705","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/05\/kidsbook_history_0705\/","title":{"rendered":"July 5th: Today in the His\u00adto\u00adry of Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1973_Farshid-Mesghali_Arash-the-Bowman_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1973_Farshid-Mesghali_Arash-the-Bowman_a.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1973_Farshid-Mesghali_Arash-the-Bowman_a-150x300.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1973_Farshid-Mesghali_Arash-the-Bowman_a-6x12.jpg 6w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1973_Farshid-Mesghali_Arash-the-Bowman_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1973_Farshid-Mesghali_Arash-the-Bowman_c.jpg 775w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1973_Farshid-Mesghali_Arash-the-Bowman_c-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1973_Farshid-Mesghali_Arash-the-Bowman_c-768x793.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1973_Farshid-Mesghali_Arash-the-Bowman_c-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1969_Farshid-Mesghali_The-little-black-fish_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1969_Farshid-Mesghali_The-little-black-fish_a.jpg 547w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1969_Farshid-Mesghali_The-little-black-fish_a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1969_Farshid-Mesghali_The-little-black-fish_a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1969_Farshid-Mesghali_The-little-black-fish_a-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1969_Farshid-Mesghali_The-little-black-fish_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1969_Farshid-Mesghali_The-little-black-fish_c.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1969_Farshid-Mesghali_The-little-black-fish_c-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1969_Farshid-Mesghali_The-little-black-fish_c-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1969_Farshid-Mesghali_The-little-black-fish_c-18x9.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1943 \u2013 Born: Farshid Mesghali<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u2019s immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure-lev\u00adel graph\u00adic artist, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and avant-garde ani\u00adma\u00adtion direc\u00adtor (1943). He was a mon\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtal visu\u00adal mas\u00adter in the his\u00adto\u00adry of mod\u00adern pic\u00adture books in Asia, and a pio\u00adneer\u00ading giant who trans\u00adformed the noble clas\u00adsi\u00adcal graph\u00adic com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion con\u00adtext of the Mid\u00addle East into avant-garde mod\u00adernist visu\u00adals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00ador (World Pin\u00adna\u00adcle):<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>1974 Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion<\/strong>The win\u00adner,<strong>He is also the first Asian cre\u00adator in the entire his\u00adto\u00adry of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture to receive this hon\u00ador.<\/strong>With the epic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cArash the Archer\u201d, he won the award.&nbsp;<strong>Gold\u00aden Apple Award at the 1973 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (BIB)<\/strong>Her debut work even won an award.&nbsp;<strong>The inau\u00adgur\u00adal BIB Hon\u00adorary Men\u00adtion was award\u00aded in 1969.<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00adtle Black Fish<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Lit\u00adtle Black Fish<\/em>&nbsp;\/ Per\u00adsian&nbsp;<em>M\u0101h\u012b-ye S\u012b\u0101h\u2011e K\u016bch\u016bl\u016b<\/em>(by Samad Behran\u00adgi): Win\u00adner of the 1969 BIB Award. The book uses a rough wood\u00adcut print with a strong earthy and grav\u00adel\u00adly feel and a free\u00adhand rub\u00adbing tech\u00adnique to cre\u00adate the image of a lit\u00adtle black fish that stub\u00adborn\u00adly adheres to its own ratio\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adty and swims into the sea to find the truth of life. It is regard\u00aded as the high\u00adest Canon (mod\u00adel) of crit\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adist polit\u00adi\u00adcal alle\u00adgo\u00adry pic\u00adture books in the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Award-win\u00adning epic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<strong>Arash the Sharp\u00adshoot\u00ader<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Arash the Bow\u00adman<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Farshid Mes\u00adghali |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Farshid_Mesghali\">Farshid Mes\u00adghali (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=\"259\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_Dune.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_Dune.jpg 259w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_Dune-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_Dune-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"785\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_Owl_Moon-785x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_Owl_Moon-785x1024.jpg 785w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_Owl_Moon-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_Owl_Moon-768x1002.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_Owl_Moon-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_Owl_Moon.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_\u6708\u4e0b\u770b\u732b\u5934\u9e70-801x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_\u6708\u4e0b\u770b\u732b\u5934\u9e70-801x1024.jpg 801w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_\u6708\u4e0b\u770b\u732b\u5934\u9e70-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_\u6708\u4e0b\u770b\u732b\u5934\u9e70-768x981.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_\u6708\u4e0b\u770b\u732b\u5934\u9e70-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/John_Schoenherr_\u6708\u4e0b\u770b\u732b\u5934\u9e70.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>John Schoenherr, born 1935.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan real\u00adist graph\u00adic artist, mas\u00adter of fine art, and wildlife ecol\u00ado\u00adgist (1935\u20132010). He was one of the most out\u00adstand\u00ading and mas\u00adcu\u00adline mas\u00adters in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s visu\u00adal arts in the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, estab\u00adlish\u00ading insur\u00admount\u00adable icons in both the extreme fields of long-form sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion and lyri\u00adcal pic\u00adture books for young chil\u00addren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme hon\u00ador and an immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;Suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly topped the list and won the award with the ever\u00adgreen clas\u00adsic \u201cWatch\u00ading Owls Under the Moon\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>1988 Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal cul\u00adture influ\u00adence:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Watch\u00ading Owls Under the Moon<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Owl Moon<\/em>(By Jane Yolen): Schoen\u00adberg\u00ader per\u00adfect\u00adly cap\u00adtured the silence and cold\u00adness of a win\u00adter for\u00adest night, and the warmth of a father and daugh\u00adter\u2019s com\u00adpan\u00adion\u00adship, with his extreme\u00adly noble, moist, and trans\u00adpar\u00adent water\u00adcol\u00adors. The deep and breath\u00adable blue-black light and shad\u00adow in his paint\u00adings, along with the large areas of ori\u00aden\u00adtal free\u00adhand blank space in the snow, have become one of the most stun\u00adning and unfor\u00adget\u00adtable visu\u00adal moments in the his\u00adto\u00adry of pic\u00adture books.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sci-fi epic pio\u00adneer\u00ading:<strong>He is Frank Her\u00adbert\u2019s mas\u00adter\u00adpiece of sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion, Dune.<em>Dune<\/em>The orig\u00adi\u00adnal and most author\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtive first edi\u00adtion illus\u00adtra\u00adtor<\/strong>His hard-edged land\u00adscape draw\u00adings of the dune plan\u00adet and sand\u00adworms have pro\u00adfound\u00adly influ\u00adenced all sub\u00adse\u00adquent sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion aes\u00adthet\u00adics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | John Schoen\u00adherr |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJohn_Schoenherr\">John Schoen\u00adherr (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\/0192_02__Jill-Murphy-Worst-Witch-series-768x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_02__Jill-Murphy-Worst-Witch-series-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_02__Jill-Murphy-Worst-Witch-series-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_02__Jill-Murphy-Worst-Witch-series-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_02__Jill-Murphy-Worst-Witch-series-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_02__Jill-Murphy-Worst-Witch-series-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_02__Jill-Murphy-Worst-Witch-series.jpg 1764w\" 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=\"483\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_01__Jill-Murphy-\u603b\u7b97\u5b89\u9759\u4e86.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_01__Jill-Murphy-\u603b\u7b97\u5b89\u9759\u4e86.jpg 483w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_01__Jill-Murphy-\u603b\u7b97\u5b89\u9759\u4e86-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_01__Jill-Murphy-\u603b\u7b97\u5b89\u9759\u4e86-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_02__Jill-Murphy-\u9b54\u6cd5\u5c0f\u5973\u5deb.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_02__Jill-Murphy-\u9b54\u6cd5\u5c0f\u5973\u5deb.jpg 390w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_02__Jill-Murphy-\u9b54\u6cd5\u5c0f\u5973\u5deb-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0192_02__Jill-Murphy-\u9b54\u6cd5\u5c0f\u5973\u5deb-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1949: Jill Murphy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal British female chil\u00addren\u2019s author and graph\u00adic illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1949\u20132021). She was a high\u00adly respect\u00aded female mas\u00adter of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture in post-World War II Britain, a ver\u00adsa\u00adtile woman who bal\u00adanced chil\u00addren\u2019s inner anx\u00adi\u00adeties with the pow\u00ader of every\u00adday play with an extreme\u00adly refined writ\u00ading style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Lit\u00adtle Witch series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Worst Witch series<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1974): A pop\u00adu\u00adlar school anthol\u00ado\u00adgy that has swept across Europe for half a cen\u00adtu\u00adry, more than twen\u00adty years before Har\u00adry Pot\u00adter, it estab\u00adlished the visu\u00adal and plot frame\u00adwork of the mod\u00adern \u201cmag\u00adi\u00adcal board\u00ading school nar\u00adra\u00adtive\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ear\u00adly Cog\u00adni\u00adtion and Warmth Bible:<strong>Final\u00adly, it\u2019s qui\u00adet.<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Peace at Last<\/em>)\u3001<strong>The Ele\u00adphant Emera Series<\/strong>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Mur\u00adphy is excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at using del\u00adi\u00adcate pen lines with a strong sense of every\u00adday life and dry humor in his writ\u00ading. His \u201cFinal\u00adly Qui\u00adet\u201d ten\u00adder\u00adly address\u00ades the sense of depen\u00addence and secu\u00adri\u00adty that chil\u00addren devel\u00adop with\u00adin the ordi\u00adnary order of fam\u00adi\u00adly life through the hilar\u00adi\u00adous process of an ele\u00adphant father strug\u00adgling to fall asleep at night amidst var\u00adi\u00adous sub\u00adtle nois\u00ades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Jill Mur\u00adphy |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJill_Murphy\">Jill Mur\u00adphy (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=\"757\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1971_Binette-Schroeder_Lupinchen_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1971_Binette-Schroeder_Lupinchen_a.jpg 757w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1971_Binette-Schroeder_Lupinchen_a-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1971_Binette-Schroeder_Lupinchen_a-15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1989_Binette-Schroeder_Der-Froschkonig_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1989_Binette-Schroeder_Der-Froschkonig_a.jpg 598w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1989_Binette-Schroeder_Der-Froschkonig_a-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1989_Binette-Schroeder_Der-Froschkonig_a-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u7a9f\u5693\u5693\u00b7\u5c0f\u706b\u8f66\u7684\u5947\u5f02\u6545\u4e8b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u7a9f\u5693\u5693\u00b7\u5c0f\u706b\u8f66\u7684\u5947\u5f02\u6545\u4e8b.jpg 382w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u7a9f\u5693\u5693\u00b7\u5c0f\u706b\u8f66\u7684\u5947\u5f02\u6545\u4e8b-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u7a9f\u5693\u5693\u00b7\u5c0f\u706b\u8f66\u7684\u5947\u5f02\u6545\u4e8b-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2022 \u2014 Passed away: Binette Schroeder<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Ger\u00adman female graph\u00adic artist, queen of sur\u00adre\u00adal\u00adist pic\u00adture books, and book design\u00ader (1939\u20132022). She is a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure who brought the aes\u00adthet\u00adics of pic\u00adture books in the Ger\u00adman-speak\u00ading world to the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal avant-garde fine art stage after the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The final\u00adist for the Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion Award.<\/strong>; won the award for his debut work \u201cLupin Fairy\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Gold\u00aden Apple Award at the 1971 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>Lat\u00ader, he won again with the famous nov\u00adel \u201cThe Frog Prince\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>1989 BIB Plaque<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Lupine Fairy<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Lupinchen<\/em>)\u3001<strong>The Frog Prince<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Der Froschk\u00f6nig<\/em>), and the high\u00adly indus\u00adtri\u00adal fan\u00adta\u00adsy-inspired \u201cKuchachach: The Strange Sto\u00adry of the Lit\u00adtle Train\u201d (<em>Ra ta ta tam, the Strange Sto\u00adry of a Lit\u00adtle Engine<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Schroed\u00ader\u2019s style is both clas\u00adsi\u00adcal and mag\u00adi\u00adcal. Deeply influ\u00adenced by Dal\u00adi\u2019s sur\u00adre\u00adal\u00adism and the light and shad\u00adow of the clas\u00adsi\u00adcal Nether\u00adlan\u00addish school, she is excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at using intri\u00adcate and del\u00adi\u00adcate\u00adly applied opaque water\u00adcol\u00adors to cre\u00adate a dream\u00adlike, dark, noble, and order\u00adly M\u00f6bius space. Every\u00adthing in her paint\u00adings is imbued with a mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous ratio\u00adnal dig\u00adni\u00adty, com\u00adplete\u00adly shat\u00adter\u00ading the mediocre green\u00adhouse atmos\u00adphere of chil\u00addren\u2019s books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Binette Schroed\u00ader |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBinette_Schroeder\">Binette Schroed\u00ader (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=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0202_01__Lynley-Dodd-Hairy-Maclary-from-Donaldsons-Dairy-1024x791.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0202_01__Lynley-Dodd-Hairy-Maclary-from-Donaldsons-Dairy-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0202_01__Lynley-Dodd-Hairy-Maclary-from-Donaldsons-Dairy-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0202_01__Lynley-Dodd-Hairy-Maclary-from-Donaldsons-Dairy-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0202_01__Lynley-Dodd-Hairy-Maclary-from-Donaldsons-Dairy-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0202_01__Lynley-Dodd-Hairy-Maclary-from-Donaldsons-Dairy-2048x1582.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0202_01__Lynley-Dodd-Hairy-Maclary-from-Donaldsons-Dairy-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=\"829\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0202_01__Lynley-Dodd-\u6bdb\u6bdb\u72d7\u9ea6\u514b\u62c9\u745e\u548c\u670b\u53cb\u4eec-1024x829.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0202_01__Lynley-Dodd-\u6bdb\u6bdb\u72d7\u9ea6\u514b\u62c9\u745e\u548c\u670b\u53cb\u4eec-1024x829.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0202_01__Lynley-Dodd-\u6bdb\u6bdb\u72d7\u9ea6\u514b\u62c9\u745e\u548c\u670b\u53cb\u4eec-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0202_01__Lynley-Dodd-\u6bdb\u6bdb\u72d7\u9ea6\u514b\u62c9\u745e\u548c\u670b\u53cb\u4eec-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0202_01__Lynley-Dodd-\u6bdb\u6bdb\u72d7\u9ea6\u514b\u62c9\u745e\u548c\u670b\u53cb\u4eec-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0202_01__Lynley-Dodd-\u6bdb\u6bdb\u72d7\u9ea6\u514b\u62c9\u745e\u548c\u670b\u53cb\u4eec.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1941: Lynley Dodd<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dame Lynn Lee Stu\u00adart Dade (1941), an immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure of New Zealand, is a leg\u00adendary female chil\u00addren\u2019s book author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor. She is a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure in the his\u00adto\u00adry of chil\u00addren\u2019s pop\u00adu\u00adlar cul\u00adture and humor\u00adous sto\u00adry\u00adtelling through\u00adout Ocea\u00adnia and was award\u00aded the Order of the British Empire (DCNZ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless clas\u00adsics:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u201c\u201cMcLary and Friends\u201d series<\/strong>(Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works)&nbsp;<em>Hairy Maclary from Don\u00adald\u00adson\u2019s Dairy<\/em>(It was first intro\u00adduced in 1983).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Her sem\u00adi\u00adnal work is includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books.\u201d Dade is excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at using high\u00adly dynam\u00adic and rhyth\u00admic poly\u00adphon\u00adic rhymes, per\u00adfect\u00adly com\u00adbin\u00ading them with exquis\u00adite\u00adly expres\u00adsive and metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly detailed ani\u00admal depic\u00adtions. She brought to life the char\u00adac\u00adter of this uncon\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal, rule-break\u00ading, yet fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly right\u00adeous lit\u00adtle black dog, becom\u00ading a time\u00adless Canon of child\u00adhood explo\u00adration and the dis\u00adman\u00adtling of prej\u00adu\u00addices sur\u00adround\u00ading the ani\u00admal food chain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Lyn\u00adley Dodd |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLynley_Dodd\">Lyn\u00adley Dodd (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=\"600\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0212_01__James-Ramsey-Ullman-Banner-in-the-Sky-600x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0212_01__James-Ramsey-Ullman-Banner-in-the-Sky-600x1024.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0212_01__James-Ramsey-Ullman-Banner-in-the-Sky-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0212_01__James-Ramsey-Ullman-Banner-in-the-Sky-768x1311.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0212_01__James-Ramsey-Ullman-Banner-in-the-Sky-900x1536.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0212_01__James-Ramsey-Ullman-Banner-in-the-Sky-1200x2048.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0212_01__James-Ramsey-Ullman-Banner-in-the-Sky-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0212_01__James-Ramsey-Ullman-Banner-in-the-Sky.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1971 \u2013 Died: James Ramsey Ullman<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author, hard\u00adcore moun\u00adtaineer, and war cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00addent (1907\u20131971). He was a mas\u00adter of hard-boiled sto\u00adry\u00adtelling in the mid-20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00ading \u201cextreme nature non\u00adfic\u00adtion, high-alti\u00adtude climb\u00ading archae\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy, and the spir\u00adit of young heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;He reached the sum\u00admit and won the award thanks to his time\u00adless moun\u00adtaineer\u00ading epic, \u201cThe Flag in the Sky\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador, 1955<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Flags in the Sky<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Ban\u00adner in the Sky<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary con\u00adno\u00adta\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Ull\u00adman per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00aded in one of the ear\u00adli\u00adest human expe\u00addi\u00adtions to Mount Ever\u00adest. His award-win\u00adning mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, set against the back\u00addrop of the Alps, tells the mag\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcent sto\u00adry of 16-year-old Rudy, who defies tra\u00addi\u00adtion and his moth\u00ader\u2019s objec\u00adtions, deter\u00admined to plant a flag on the precipice of Cas\u00adtle Peak, where his father per\u00adished. His writ\u00ading is pow\u00ader\u00adful and restrained, devoid of sen\u00adti\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty, using steely objec\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty to record avalanch\u00ades and crevass\u00ades. Rudy\u2019s deci\u00adsion to for\u00adgo the first ascent to save his rival at the last moment, with utmost dig\u00adni\u00adty, estab\u00adlish\u00ades for the world the high\u00adest moral stan\u00addard in chil\u00addren\u2019s wilder\u00adness adven\u00adture lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Died | James Ram\u00adsey Ull\u00adman |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJames_Ramsey_Ullman\">James Ram\u00adsey Ull\u00adman (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1943\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u6cd5\u5c14\u5e0c\u5fb7\u00b7\u6885\u601d\u76d6\u7406 Farshid Mesghali \u4f0a\u6717\u4e0d\u673d\u7684\u56fd\u5b9d\u7ea7\u5e73\u9762 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9515,"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-9412","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\/1971_Binette-Schroeder_Lupinchen_a.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9412","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=9412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9521,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9412\/revisions\/9521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}