{"id":9413,"date":"2026-07-06T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9413"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:06:49","slug":"kidsbook_history_0706","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/06\/kidsbook_history_0706\/","title":{"rendered":"July 6th: Today in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book His\u00adto\u00adry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-The-Wind-in-the-Willows.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-The-Wind-in-the-Willows.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-The-Wind-in-the-Willows-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-The-Wind-in-the-Willows-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u82f1\u6f58.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u82f1\u6f58.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u82f1\u6f58-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u82f1\u6f58-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u8c22\u6cfc\u5fb7-732x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-7144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u8c22\u6cfc\u5fb7-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u8c22\u6cfc\u5fb7-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u8c22\u6cfc\u5fb7-768x1074.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u8c22\u6cfc\u5fb7-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0018_01__Kenneth-Grahame-\u67f3\u6797\u98ce\u58f0-\u8c22\u6cfc\u5fb7.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1932 \u2013 Death: Kenneth Grahame<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure of British chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and essay\u00adist (1859\u20131932). He is an eter\u00adnal totem revered through\u00adout the his\u00adto\u00adry of world lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. With his unpar\u00adal\u00adleled pure lit\u00ader\u00adary tran\u00adquil\u00adi\u00adty and wis\u00addom, he built a spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal haven on the banks of the Thames for human child\u00adhood, sym\u00adbol\u00adiz\u00ading rur\u00adal dig\u00adni\u00adty, seclud\u00aded free\u00addom, and eter\u00adnal com\u00adpan\u00adion\u00adship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>An endur\u00ading and supreme mon\u00adu\u00adment:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Wind in the Wil\u00adlows<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Wind in the Wil\u00adlows<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1908) It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gra\u00adham ini\u00adtial\u00adly con\u00adceived this sto\u00adry to accom\u00adpa\u00adny his blind only son, writ\u00ading it in bed\u00adtime mes\u00adsages and let\u00adters. He bril\u00adliant\u00adly infused chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture with the clas\u00adsi\u00adcal style of Victorian\/Edwardian Eng\u00adlish prose. The gen\u00adtle mole, the refined water rat, the wise and reclu\u00adsive bad\u00adger, and the ever-rule-break\u00ading, wild\u00adly arro\u00adgant yet inher\u00adent\u00adly inno\u00adcent toad became a shared spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal matrix for child\u00adhood across all human\u00adi\u00adty. His writ\u00ading is clear and tinged with a sub\u00adtle philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal melan\u00adcholy, com\u00adplete\u00adly depart\u00ading from rigid didac\u00adti\u00adcism and ele\u00advat\u00ading the chang\u00ading sea\u00adsons, nos\u00adtal\u00adgia, and the inclu\u00adsive\u00adness of human\u00adi\u00adty to a sacred lev\u00adel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Ken\u00adneth Gra\u00adhame |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenneth_Grahame\">Ken\u00adneth Gra\u00adhame (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=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-Gay-Neck-the-Story-of-a-Pigeon-683x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-Gay-Neck-the-Story-of-a-Pigeon-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-Gay-Neck-the-Story-of-a-Pigeon-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-Gay-Neck-the-Story-of-a-Pigeon-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-Gay-Neck-the-Story-of-a-Pigeon-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-Gay-Neck-the-Story-of-a-Pigeon.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-\u5f69\u8679\u9e3d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-\u5f69\u8679\u9e3d.jpg 346w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-\u5f69\u8679\u9e3d-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-\u5f69\u8679\u9e3d-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1890: Dhan Gopal Mukerji<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gand\u00adhi was an immor\u00adtal pio\u00adneer nov\u00adel\u00adist, folk\u00adlorist, and human\u00adist thinker of Indi\u00adan descent (1890\u20131936). He was an indis\u00adputable and revered mas\u00adter of cross-cul\u00adtur\u00adal nar\u00adra\u00adtive in the his\u00adto\u00adry of world chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, deeply influ\u00adenced by Gand\u00adhi\u2019s ideas of non\u00advi\u00ado\u00adlent resis\u00adtance and tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Indi\u00adan phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A ground\u00adbreak\u00ading his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;With the chil\u00addren\u2019s epic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cRain\u00adbow Dove\u201d, it won the top prize.&nbsp;<strong>The 1928 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>.<strong>He is the first non-white (col\u00ador\u00adful) author to receive the New\u00adbery Medal in his\u00adto\u00adry.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Rain\u00adbow Dove<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Gay Neck, the Sto\u00adry of a Pigeon<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary con\u00adno\u00adta\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Mukher\u00adjee\u2019s writ\u00ading is pow\u00ader\u00adful and imbued with a ratio\u00adnal spir\u00adit. In *The Rain\u00adbow Dove*, he tells the epic tale of a hom\u00ading pigeon soar\u00ading in the Indi\u00adan Himalayas, con\u00adscript\u00aded dur\u00ading World War I, and sent on a per\u00adilous recon\u00adnais\u00adsance mis\u00adsion to the Euro\u00adpean front. He metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly records the bird\u2019s anatom\u00adi\u00adcal move\u00adments with almost obses\u00adsive pre\u00adci\u00adsion, and guides young read\u00aders through the harsh real\u00adi\u00adties of war amidst its dev\u00adas\u00adta\u00adtion. With the noblest of words, he shat\u00adtered the stereo\u00adtyp\u00adi\u00adcal prej\u00adu\u00addices of the West\u00adern world, bestow\u00ading upon peo\u00adple of col\u00ador and exot\u00adic land\u00adscapes the high\u00adest lit\u00ader\u00adary seri\u00adous\u00adness and dig\u00adni\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Dhan Gopal Muk\u00ader\u00adji |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dhan_Gopal_Mukerji\">Dhan Gopal Muk\u00ader\u00adji (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=\"790\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-The-Underneath-790x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-The-Underneath-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-The-Underneath-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-The-Underneath-768x995.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-The-Underneath-1185x1536.jpg 1185w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-The-Underneath-1581x2048.jpg 1581w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-The-Underneath-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-The-Underneath.jpg 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"916\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-\u6211\u7238\u7238\u5965\u5229-1024x916.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-\u6211\u7238\u7238\u5965\u5229-1024x916.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-\u6211\u7238\u7238\u5965\u5229-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-\u6211\u7238\u7238\u5965\u5229-768x687.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-\u6211\u7238\u7238\u5965\u5229-13x12.jpg 13w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-\u6211\u7238\u7238\u5965\u5229.jpg 1080w\" 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=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-\u4ef0\u671b\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u9a86\u9a7c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-\u4ef0\u671b\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u9a86\u9a7c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-\u4ef0\u671b\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u9a86\u9a7c-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-\u4ef0\u671b\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u9a86\u9a7c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-\u4ef0\u671b\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u9a86\u9a7c-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0233_01__Kathi-Appelt-\u4ef0\u671b\u661f\u7a7a\u7684\u9a86\u9a7c-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1954: Kathi Appelt<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan mod\u00adern female chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer and poet (1954). She is a high\u00adly pres\u00adti\u00adgious queen of the 21st-cen\u00adtu\u00adry chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture world, known for her long nar\u00adra\u00adtives that com\u00adbine \u201cani\u00admal psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal anthro\u00adpo\u00admor\u00adphism with a grand, impres\u00adsion\u00adis\u00adtic South\u00adern style.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;He won the award for his debut nov\u00adel, \u201cThe Guardian Under the Wood\u00aden House\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>2009 New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador<\/strong>And it was short\u00adlist\u00aded for the Nation\u00adal Book Award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Guardians Under the Wood\u00aden House<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Under\u00adneath<\/em>), the core psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adist clas\u00adsic \u201cThe Camel Look\u00ading Up at the Stars\u201d (<em>Once Upon a Camel<\/em>), and the endur\u00ading clas\u00adsic \u201cMy Dad Ollie\u201d (<em>When Otis Court\u00aded Mama<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Abete\u2019s essays pos\u00adsess a rare, ethe\u00adre\u00adal yet robust musi\u00adcal syn\u00adco\u00adpa\u00adtion, rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent of poly\u00adphon\u00adic epic poems. In *The Guardians Under the Cab\u00adin*, she stun\u00adning\u00adly weaves togeth\u00ader the ancient nat\u00adur\u00adal myths of the Texas and Louisiana swamps with the unwa\u00adver\u00ading sup\u00adport and pro\u00adtec\u00adtion between a cal\u00adi\u00adco cat and a hunt\u00ading dog, tran\u00adscend\u00ading species prej\u00adu\u00addice, into an epic tale of a mil\u00adlen\u00adnia-old strug\u00adgle. With the cool restraint of pure lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, she dig\u00adni\u00adfied\u00adly helps chil\u00addren devel\u00adop a crit\u00adi\u00adcal mind\u00adset capa\u00adble of con\u00adfronting harm and seek\u00ading redemp\u00adtion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Kathi Appelt |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kathi_Appelt\">Kathi Appelt (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=\"932\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0223_01__Ekua-Holmes-Voice-of-Freedom-1024x932.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0223_01__Ekua-Holmes-Voice-of-Freedom-1024x932.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0223_01__Ekua-Holmes-Voice-of-Freedom-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0223_01__Ekua-Holmes-Voice-of-Freedom-768x699.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0223_01__Ekua-Holmes-Voice-of-Freedom-1536x1399.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0223_01__Ekua-Holmes-Voice-of-Freedom-2048x1865.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0223_01__Ekua-Holmes-Voice-of-Freedom-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1955: Ekua Holmes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An out\u00adstand\u00ading African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female graph\u00adic artist, col\u00adlage mas\u00adter, and pio\u00adneer of com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty art edu\u00adca\u00adtion (1955).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Award Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;The visu\u00adal illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for the first edi\u00adtion of the bio\u00adgraph\u00adi\u00adcal pic\u00adture book \u201cThe Voice of Free\u00addom\u201d won an award.&nbsp;<strong>2016 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>And it has con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly won the Coret\u00adta Scott King Award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Award-win\u00adning rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Voice of Free\u00addom: Fan\u00adny Lou Ham\u00admer<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Voice of Free\u00addom: Fan\u00adnie Lou Hamer<\/em>(Writ\u00adten by Car\u00adole Boston Weath\u00ader\u00adford).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Holmes com\u00adplete\u00adly shat\u00adtered the kitsch design of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal biogra\u00adphies of peo\u00adple of col\u00ador. She inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly used rough hand\u00admade paper with a strong indus\u00adtri\u00adal his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal tex\u00adture, extreme\u00adly bright and bold pop col\u00adlage col\u00ador blocks, and strong wood\u00adcut lines to vivid\u00adly depict the indomitable life of the leader of the African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan civ\u00adil rights move\u00adment. She used high\u00adly artis\u00adtic and seri\u00adous fine art line draw\u00ading to sup\u00adport the intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal height of chil\u00addren\u2019s his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal non-fic\u00adtion books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Ekua Holmes |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ekua_Holmes\">Ekua Holmes (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=\"364\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0228_01__George-Percy-Jacomb-Hood-The-Happy-Prince.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0228_01__George-Percy-Jacomb-Hood-The-Happy-Prince.jpg 364w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0228_01__George-Percy-Jacomb-Hood-The-Happy-Prince-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0228_01__George-Percy-Jacomb-Hood-The-Happy-Prince-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1857 \u2013 Born: George Percy Jacomb-Hood<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal British Victorian\/Edwardian clas\u00adsi\u00adcal sculp\u00adtor, painter, and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1857\u20131929).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A visu\u00adal mon\u00adu\u00adment for pos\u00adter\u00adi\u00adty:<\/strong>&nbsp;Oscar Wilde\u2019s mas\u00adter\u00adpiece of aes\u00adtheti\u00adcism&nbsp;<strong>The com\u00adplete first edi\u00adtion illus\u00adtra\u00adtions of \u201cThe Hap\u00adpy Prince\u201d<\/strong>\uff08<em>The Hap\u00adpy Prince<\/em>Pub\u00adlished in 1888.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal Visu\u00adal Achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>&nbsp;His clas\u00adsic work has been per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books.\u201d Through\u00adout his life, Hood adhered to the tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal British tech\u00adniques of clas\u00adsi\u00adcal pen-and-ink etch\u00ading and metic\u00adu\u00adlous com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion. He cre\u00adat\u00aded the ear\u00adli\u00adest and most ratio\u00adnal\u00adly dig\u00adni\u00adfied, clas\u00adsi\u00adcal\u00adly ele\u00adgant black-and-white illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for the Hap\u00adpy Prince\u2019s skele\u00adton and soul\u2014a skele\u00adton stripped of gold leaf and jew\u00adels, yet ulti\u00admate\u00adly sacred and immor\u00adtal amidst ruins. His calm, strong clas\u00adsi\u00adcal line draw\u00ading com\u00adplete\u00adly depart\u00aded from sac\u00adcha\u00adrine didac\u00adti\u00adcism, pro\u00adfound\u00adly inspir\u00ading count\u00adless sub\u00adse\u00adquent Euro\u00adpean pic\u00adture book mas\u00adters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | George Per\u00adcy Jacomb-Hood |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Percy_Jacomb-Hood\">George Per\u00adcy Jacomb-Hood (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=\"453\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jim-Haskins-Get-on-Board.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jim-Haskins-Get-on-Board.jpg 453w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jim-Haskins-Get-on-Board-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jim-Haskins-Get-on-Board-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\"><\/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>event<\/th><th>fig\u00adure<\/th><th>Details\/Awards<\/th><th>Wikipedia link<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Jim Hask\u00adins<\/strong><\/td><td>James S. Hask\u00adins, an immor\u00adtal African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal non\u00adfic\u00adtion writer and uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, born in 1941\u20132005, ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded his life to writ\u00ading the mon\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtal his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal work *Get\u00adting on the Ship: The Sto\u00adry of the Under\u00adground Rail\u00adroad*, a hard\u00adcore his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary that chron\u00adi\u00adcles the escape of Black slaves through a secret net\u00adwork in their strug\u00adgle to uphold their dig\u00adni\u00adty and inde\u00adpen\u00addence. With an almost obses\u00adsive aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic rig\u00ador and a com\u00admit\u00adment to equal access to infor\u00adma\u00adtion, he wrote this land\u00admark work.<em>Get on Board<\/em>It is high\u00adly regard\u00aded by Amer\u00adi\u00adcan libraries.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Haskins\">James Hask\u00adins<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Mary Q. Steele<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female author of chil\u00addren\u2019s nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adis\u00adtic and fan\u00adta\u00adsy real\u00adist nov\u00adels (1922\u20131992). (Note: Her hus\u00adband, William O. Steele, was a New\u00adbery Hon\u00adorary win\u00adner who passed away on June 25th; the cou\u00adple formed a famous hard-boiled lit\u00ader\u00adary duo in the Unit\u00aded States.) Her endur\u00ading epic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *The Out\u00adside World*, explores how young peo\u00adple break free from soci\u00adetal con\u00adstraints and ven\u00adture into the dark under\u00adworld to find ratio\u00adnal order in the out\u00adside world.<em>Jour\u00adney Out\u00adside<\/em>), won&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Q._Steele\">Mary Q. 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