{"id":9414,"date":"2026-07-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9414"},"modified":"2026-07-04T16:31:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T08:31:52","slug":"kidsbook_history_0707","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/07\/kidsbook_history_0707\/","title":{"rendered":"July 7th: 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=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0289_01__Johanna-Spyri-Heidis-Lehr-und-Wanderjahre.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0289_01__Johanna-Spyri-Heidis-Lehr-und-Wanderjahre.jpg 333w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0289_01__Johanna-Spyri-Heidis-Lehr-und-Wanderjahre-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0289_01__Johanna-Spyri-Heidis-Lehr-und-Wanderjahre-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0494_01__Joanna-Spyri-\u6d77\u8482-741x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0494_01__Joanna-Spyri-\u6d77\u8482-741x1024.jpg 741w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0494_01__Joanna-Spyri-\u6d77\u8482-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0494_01__Joanna-Spyri-\u6d77\u8482-768x1061.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0494_01__Joanna-Spyri-\u6d77\u8482-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0494_01__Joanna-Spyri-\u6d77\u8482.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1901 \u2013 Death: Johanna Spyri<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johan\u00adna Louise Hauser, an immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure of Swiss wom\u00aden\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1827\u20131901), whose real name was Johan\u00adna Louise Hauser, is an eter\u00adnal icon in the his\u00adto\u00adry of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. Through\u00adout her life, she used the most tran\u00adquil and gen\u00adtle prose to build a spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal utopia for all of human\u00adi\u00adty\u2019s child\u00adhood, a sym\u00adbol of a healthy soul, nature con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion, and an unyield\u00ading spir\u00adit against world\u00adly pres\u00adsures, amidst the wild winds of the Alps.<\/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;Wilder\u00adness Human\u00adi\u00adties Ever\u00adlast\u00ading Clas\u00adsics&nbsp;<strong>Hei\u00addi<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Hei\u00addi<\/em>&nbsp;\/ Orig\u00adi\u00adnal name&nbsp;<em>Hei\u00addis Lehr- und Wan\u00adder\u00adjahre<\/em>Pub\u00adlished in 1880, 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;Spiel\u00adberg\u2019s writ\u00ading is clear, pow\u00ader\u00adful, and filled with a noble com\u00adpas\u00adsion for the lives of the under\u00adpriv\u00adi\u00adleged. Her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Hei\u00addi*, tells the sto\u00adry of Hei\u00addi, an orphan sent to live with the reclu\u00adsive Uncle Arum. Through inte\u00adgrat\u00ading her\u00adself into the nat\u00adur\u00adal order of the moun\u00adtains, goats, and fields, she not only heals the psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal wounds of two gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions but also, in turn, heals Clara, a par\u00ada\u00adlyzed girl in the city, with her self\u00adless child\u00adlike heart. She com\u00adplete\u00adly over\u00adturned the rigid reli\u00adgious doc\u00adtrines of Europe at the time, estab\u00adlish\u00ading, with extreme ratio\u00adnal nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adism, the high\u00adest canon in West\u00adern chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture regard\u00ading \u201chuman beings gain\u00ading spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal inde\u00adpen\u00addence and dig\u00adni\u00adty through close\u00adness to the wilder\u00adness.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Johan\u00adna Spyri |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johanna_Spyri\">Johan\u00adna Spyri (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=\"296\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u963f\u59e8\u539f\u7248.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u963f\u59e8\u539f\u7248.jpg 296w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u963f\u59e8\u539f\u7248-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u5feb\u4e50\u7684\u963f\u59e8\u539f\u7248-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0294_01__Lothar-Meggendorfer-Die-Lustige-Tante.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0294_01__Lothar-Meggendorfer-Die-Lustige-Tante.jpg 352w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0294_01__Lothar-Meggendorfer-Die-Lustige-Tante-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0294_01__Lothar-Meggendorfer-Die-Lustige-Tante-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1925 \u2013 Death: Lothar Meggendorfer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was an immor\u00adtal 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Ger\u00adman graph\u00adic artist, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and book struc\u00adtur\u00adal engi\u00adneer (1847\u20131925). He is rec\u00adog\u00adnized world\u00adwide as the \u201cfound\u00ading father of mod\u00adern pop-up books,\u201d ele\u00advat\u00ading the mechan\u00adi\u00adcal tech\u00adniques of paper fold\u00ading to a rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adary artis\u00adtic height.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Hap\u00adpy Aunt<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Die Lustige Tante<\/em>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal Visu\u00adal Achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>&nbsp;Megan\u00addor\u00adfer com\u00adplete\u00adly shat\u00adtered the rigid par\u00ada\u00addigm of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal pic\u00adture books, which could only be read sta\u00adt\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly. He inge\u00adnious\u00adly invent\u00aded a high\u00adly pre\u00adcise \u201ccom\u00adpos\u00adite lever paper art project,\u201d using tiny riv\u00adets and mul\u00adti\u00adple paper pull strips. With a gen\u00adtle pull, the char\u00adac\u00adters in the book would blink, laugh, and wave, under\u00adgo\u00ading a phys\u00adi\u00adcal reor\u00adga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion with a dry humor and the\u00adatri\u00adcal ten\u00adsion. With his exquis\u00adite crafts\u00adman\u00adship and ratio\u00adnal spa\u00adtial decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion, he trans\u00adformed read\u00ading into a pri\u00admal visu\u00adal and intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal fren\u00adzy for young chil\u00addren. The \u201cMeggen\u00addor\u00adfer Prize,\u201d named after him, was lat\u00ader estab\u00adlished to rec\u00adog\u00adnize the pin\u00adna\u00adcle of achieve\u00adment in the field of pop-up book engi\u00adneer\u00ading world\u00adwide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Lothar Meggen\u00addor\u00adfer |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lothar_Meggendorfer\">Lothar Meggen\u00addor\u00adfer (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=\"404\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0011_01__Arthur-Conan-Doyle-\u798f\u5c14\u6469\u65af\u63a2\u6848\u5168\u96c6.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0011_01__Arthur-Conan-Doyle-\u798f\u5c14\u6469\u65af\u63a2\u6848\u5168\u96c6.jpg 404w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0011_01__Arthur-Conan-Doyle-\u798f\u5c14\u6469\u65af\u63a2\u6848\u5168\u96c6-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0011_01__Arthur-Conan-Doyle-\u798f\u5c14\u6469\u65af\u63a2\u6848\u5168\u96c6-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0011_01__Arthur-Conan-Doyle-The-Hound-of-the-Baskervilles-674x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0011_01__Arthur-Conan-Doyle-The-Hound-of-the-Baskervilles-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0011_01__Arthur-Conan-Doyle-The-Hound-of-the-Baskervilles-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0011_01__Arthur-Conan-Doyle-The-Hound-of-the-Baskervilles-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0011_01__Arthur-Conan-Doyle-The-Hound-of-the-Baskervilles-1011x1536.jpg 1011w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0011_01__Arthur-Conan-Doyle-The-Hound-of-the-Baskervilles-1348x2048.jpg 1348w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0011_01__Arthur-Conan-Doyle-The-Hound-of-the-Baskervilles-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0011_01__Arthur-Conan-Doyle-The-Hound-of-the-Baskervilles.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1930 \u2013 Death: Arthur Conan Doyle<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The immor\u00adtal British nov\u00adel\u00adist, screen\u00adwriter, and cor\u00adner\u00adstone of mod\u00adern detec\u00adtive fic\u00adtion (1859\u20131930). He is a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure in the his\u00adto\u00adry of pop\u00adu\u00adlar lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal enlight\u00aden\u00adment, and was award\u00aded the Order of the British Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A Mon\u00adu\u00adment to World Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture:<\/strong>&nbsp;A time\u00adless epic poem&nbsp;<strong>The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/em>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d;<strong>\u201cThe Com\u00adplete Sher\u00adlock Holmes Series<\/strong>It has long been a top choice for intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal read\u00ading for young peo\u00adple rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by libraries world\u00adwide.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enlight\u00aden\u00adment of chil\u00addren\u2019s minds and spir\u00adit:<\/strong>&nbsp;With his steely com\u00adpo\u00adsure, log\u00adi\u00adcal deduc\u00adtion, and clas\u00adsi\u00adcal prose imbued with the grit\u00adty real\u00adism of his time, Arthur Conan Doyle cre\u00adat\u00aded the endur\u00ading icons of Sher\u00adlock Holmes and Wat\u00adson. His nar\u00adra\u00adtives per\u00adfect\u00adly eschewed hyp\u00ado\u00adcrit\u00adi\u00adcal preach\u00ading, employ\u00ading rig\u00ador\u00adous foren\u00adsic exam\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, metic\u00adu\u00adlous atten\u00adtion to detail, and a human\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan con\u00adcern that tran\u00adscends class prej\u00adu\u00addice. They became the ulti\u00admate spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal shield for gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions of teenagers world\u00adwide, help\u00ading them shed blind obe\u00addi\u00adence and estab\u00adlish mod\u00adern, inde\u00adpen\u00addent rea\u00adson and mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adis\u00adtic log\u00adic dur\u00ading ado\u00adles\u00adcence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Died | Arthur Conan Doyle |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_Conan_Doyle\">Arthur Conan Doyle (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=\"690\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u6d77\u8c5a\u4e4b\u661f.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u6d77\u8c5a\u4e4b\u661f.jpg 690w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u6d77\u8c5a\u4e4b\u661f-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u6d77\u8c5a\u4e4b\u661f-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"995\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u5922\u307f\u308b\u30b8\u30a7\u30a4\u30af-\u223cJAKES-DREAM-995x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u5922\u307f\u308b\u30b8\u30a7\u30a4\u30af-\u223cJAKES-DREAM-995x1024.jpg 995w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u5922\u307f\u308b\u30b8\u30a7\u30a4\u30af-\u223cJAKES-DREAM-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u5922\u307f\u308b\u30b8\u30a7\u30a4\u30af-\u223cJAKES-DREAM-768x790.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u5922\u307f\u308b\u30b8\u30a7\u30a4\u30af-\u223cJAKES-DREAM-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u5922\u307f\u308b\u30b8\u30a7\u30a4\u30af-\u223cJAKES-DREAM.jpg 1458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u5c0f\u72d7\u6770\u514b-\u661f\u7a7a\u65c5\u884c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u5c0f\u72d7\u6770\u514b-\u661f\u7a7a\u65c5\u884c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u5c0f\u72d7\u6770\u514b-\u661f\u7a7a\u65c5\u884c-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u5c0f\u72d7\u6770\u514b-\u661f\u7a7a\u65c5\u884c-768x918.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shomei-Yo\u5c0f\u72d7\u6770\u514b-\u661f\u7a7a\u65c5\u884c-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born in 1946: Sh\u014dmei Y\u014d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Japan\u00adese oil painter, graph\u00adic artist, and philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal pic\u00adture book author (1946), whose real name is Yoshi\u00ada\u00adki Haya\u00adma. He is a high\u00adly respect\u00aded fig\u00adure in the Asian mod\u00adern pic\u00adture book world, known for his \u201ccold, impres\u00adsion\u00adis\u00adtic, ethe\u00adre\u00adal min\u00adi\u00admal\u00adism\u201d and his life\u00adlong ded\u00adi\u00adca\u00adtion to core nar\u00adra\u00adtives of envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion, anti-war, and anti-greed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless clas\u00adsic of real\u00adism:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Dol\u00adphin Star<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>\u30a4\u30eb\u30ab\u306e\u661f<\/em>), as well as the \u201cJack the Dog\u201d series, which is pop\u00adu\u00adlar in East Asia and is extreme\u00adly com\u00adfort\u00ading with empa\u00adthy (rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works include \u201cJack the Dog: Dream Adven\u00adture\u201d, \u201cJack the Dog: Walk on the Beach\u201d, and \u201cJack the Dog: Star\u00adry Night Trav\u00adel\u201d).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to visu\u00adal aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Ye Xiang\u00adming has com\u00adplete\u00adly over\u00adturned the mediocre, dense, and obse\u00adquious pat\u00adtern-fill\u00ading of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s illus\u00adtra\u00adtions. He is extreme\u00adly skilled at using large areas of moist and serene pure col\u00ador blocks and extreme\u00adly del\u00adi\u00adcate water\u00adcol\u00ador light and shad\u00adow to bring to life the bound\u00adless sky, fields, and ocean of nature, full of breath. Every pic\u00adture he draws has a noble com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, full of Freudi\u00adan sub\u00adcon\u00adscious white space and a dig\u00adni\u00adfied gaze at each inde\u00adpen\u00addent life, using the ulti\u00admate line draw\u00ading to sup\u00adport the visu\u00adal spir\u00adit of mod\u00adern clas\u00adsi\u00adcal pic\u00adture books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Sh\u014dmei Y\u014d |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E8%91%89%E7%A5%A5%E6%98%8E\">Ye Xiang\u00adming (Wikipedia)<\/a>|<\/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=\"693\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0274_01__Allan-W.-Eckert-Incident-at-Hawks-Hill-693x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0274_01__Allan-W.-Eckert-Incident-at-Hawks-Hill-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0274_01__Allan-W.-Eckert-Incident-at-Hawks-Hill-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0274_01__Allan-W.-Eckert-Incident-at-Hawks-Hill-768x1135.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0274_01__Allan-W.-Eckert-Incident-at-Hawks-Hill-1039x1536.jpg 1039w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0274_01__Allan-W.-Eckert-Incident-at-Hawks-Hill-1386x2048.jpg 1386w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0274_01__Allan-W.-Eckert-Incident-at-Hawks-Hill-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0274_01__Allan-W.-Eckert-Incident-at-Hawks-Hill.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2011 \u2014 Died: Allan W. Eckert<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alan Wes\u00adley Eck\u00adert (1931\u20132011), an immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan, wildlife non\u00adfic\u00adtion writer, and ecol\u00ado\u00adgist. He was a mas\u00adter of hard-boiled nar\u00adra\u00adtive in the mid-20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00ading \u201cextreme\u00adly hard\u00adcore ani\u00admal anato\u00admy, Native Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pio\u00adneer\u00ading his\u00adto\u00adry, 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;With the chil\u00addren\u2019s eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal epic clas\u00adsic \u201cThe Mir\u00ada\u00adcle of the Great Grass\u00adland,\u201d they reached the top and won the award.&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador, 1972<\/strong>It has con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly ranked among the top required read\u00ading lists for human\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan care in schools at all lev\u00adels across the Unit\u00aded States for many years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces that have stood the test of time:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Mir\u00ada\u00adcle of the Great Steppe<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Inci\u00addent at Hawk\u2019s Hill<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Eck\u00adert\u2019s writ\u00ading is sea\u00adsoned, detached, and devoid of any arti\u00adfi\u00adcial embell\u00adish\u00adment. His award-win\u00adning nov\u00adel, based on true his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal events, tells the poignant sto\u00adry of Ben McDon\u00adald, a reclu\u00adsive six-year-old boy with an innate abil\u00adi\u00adty to com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcate with ani\u00admals, who becomes lost in the ear\u00adly 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Cana\u00addi\u00adan prairie. Trapped in dire straits, he is ulti\u00admate\u00adly pro\u00adtect\u00aded by a female bad\u00adger who has lost her cubs. Togeth\u00ader they sur\u00advive for months in a cave, over\u00adcom\u00ading attacks from wolves in a pow\u00ader\u00adful and unfor\u00adget\u00adtable ordeal. With his iron-fist\u00aded real\u00adism, he shat\u00adters the arro\u00adgant prej\u00adu\u00addice of human suprema\u00adcy, estab\u00adlish\u00ading the equal right to life and supreme dig\u00adni\u00adty of ani\u00admals and humans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Allan W. Eck\u00adert |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allan_W._Eckert\">Allan W. Eck\u00adert (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1950 \u2013 Born: Steven Heller<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan of graph\u00adic design, top writer, and art direc\u00adtor (1950). He is a high\u00adly respect\u00aded fig\u00adure in the glob\u00adal field of chil\u00addren\u2019s visu\u00adal and graph\u00adic aes\u00adthet\u00adics crit\u00adi\u00adcism, and has long been in charge of art design for the New York Times Book Review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Indus\u00adtry Mon\u00adu\u00adment Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;Amaz\u00ading\u00adly won&nbsp;<strong>2016 Eric Car\u00adle Hon\u00adors Bridge Hon\u00adoree<\/strong>This hon\u00ador is specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly award\u00aded to those who, through rig\u00ador\u00adous inter\u00addis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary the\u00ado\u00adret\u00adi\u00adcal crit\u00adi\u00adcism and lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture review, have made out\u00adstand\u00ading his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to the world, per\u00adfect\u00adly intro\u00adduc\u00ading the noble and inde\u00adpen\u00addent dig\u00adni\u00adty of pic\u00adture book art to the entire main\u00adstream mod\u00adern art world. Heller, with his decades of cool and sharp design the\u00ado\u00adry, has built a high wall of rea\u00adson in the field of non-fic\u00adtion pic\u00adture books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Steven Heller |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steven_Heller_(design_writer)\">Steven Heller (design writer) (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=\"391\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Denise-Fraifeld_O-fantastico-misterio-de-Feiurinha_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Denise-Fraifeld_O-fantastico-misterio-de-Feiurinha_a.jpg 391w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Denise-Fraifeld_O-fantastico-misterio-de-Feiurinha_a-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Denise-Fraifeld_O-fantastico-misterio-de-Feiurinha_a-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Denise-Fraifeld_O-fantastico-misterio-de-Feiurinha_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Denise-Fraifeld_O-fantastico-misterio-de-Feiurinha_c.jpg 375w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Denise-Fraifeld_O-fantastico-misterio-de-Feiurinha_c-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Denise-Fraifeld_O-fantastico-misterio-de-Feiurinha_c-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Denise-Fraifeld_O-fantastico-misterio-de-Feiurinha_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Denise-Fraifeld_O-fantastico-misterio-de-Feiurinha_d.jpg 360w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Denise-Fraifeld_O-fantastico-misterio-de-Feiurinha_d-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Denise-Fraifeld_O-fantastico-misterio-de-Feiurinha_d-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f Parallel briefings from other award-winning creators<\/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\/Data Links<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Denise Fraifeld<\/strong><\/td><td>A promi\u00adnent Brazil\u00adian female graph\u00adic artist and mas\u00adter of real\u00adis\u00adtic illus\u00adtra\u00adtion in the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1958). She ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded her life to com\u00adbin\u00ading tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal South Amer\u00adi\u00adcan folk art with rough hatch\u00ading tech\u00adniques and mod\u00adern cross-dis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary pho\u00adto\u00adgraph\u00adic mon\u00adtage to decon\u00adstruct clas\u00adsic fairy tales, cul\u00admi\u00adnat\u00ading in the clas\u00adsic psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *The Won\u00adder\u00adful Secret of Fio\u00adr\u00adi\u00adna*.<em>O fan\u00adt\u00e1s\u00adti\u00adco mis\u00adt\u00e9rio de Feiur\u00adin\u00adha<\/em>The illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, drawn by [author\u2019s name], pos\u00adsess a strong the\u00adatri\u00adcal dynamism and have won [awards\/recognition].&nbsp;<strong>Plaque Award, 1987 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q110415392\">Denise Fraifeld (Wiki\u00adda\u00adta)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Renate Wack\u00ader<\/strong><\/td><td>A con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Ger\u00adman female graph\u00adic artist and mas\u00adter of fine art (1977). She com\u00adplete\u00adly aban\u00addoned the syco\u00adphan\u00adtic and mediocre designs of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal cog\u00adni\u00adtive pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions, pio\u00adneer\u00ading the use of high\u00adly tex\u00adtured lith\u00ado\u00adgraphs with a heavy indus\u00adtri\u00adal his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal feel, and cool, opaque water\u00adcol\u00ador wash\u00ades. Her work on the Russ\u00adian folk myth \u201cMasha and the Bear\u201d (\u2026)<em>Mascha und der B\u00e4r<\/em>The reimag\u00adined visu\u00adals, filled with pro\u00adfound philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal metaphors and spa\u00adtial decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion, reached the top and won [award\/title].&nbsp;<strong>2015 BIB Plaque<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q100438161\">Renate Wack\u00ader (Wiki\u00adda\u00adta)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2015_Renate-Wacker_Mascha-und-der-Bar_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2015_Renate-Wacker_Mascha-und-der-Bar_b.jpg 999w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2015_Renate-Wacker_Mascha-und-der-Bar_b-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2015_Renate-Wacker_Mascha-und-der-Bar_b-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2015_Renate-Wacker_Mascha-und-der-Bar_b-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2015_Renate-Wacker_Mascha-und-der-Bar_f.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2015_Renate-Wacker_Mascha-und-der-Bar_f.jpg 999w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2015_Renate-Wacker_Mascha-und-der-Bar_f-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2015_Renate-Wacker_Mascha-und-der-Bar_f-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2015_Renate-Wacker_Mascha-und-der-Bar_f-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;1901\u5e74 \u2014 \u901d\u4e16\uff1a\u7ea6\u7ff0\u5a1c\u00b7\u65bd\u76ae\u91cc Johanna Spyri \u745e\u58eb\u4e0d\u673d\u7684\u56fd\u5b9d\u7ea7\u5973\u6027\u513f\u7ae5\u6587\u5b66 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9542,"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-9414","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\/Shomei-Yo\u5922\u307f\u308b\u30b8\u30a7\u30a4\u30af-\u223cJAKES-DREAM.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9414","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=9414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9550,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9414\/revisions\/9550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}