{"id":9416,"date":"2026-07-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9416"},"modified":"2026-07-04T21:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T13:27:20","slug":"kidsbook_history_0709","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/09\/kidsbook_history_0709\/","title":{"rendered":"July 9th: 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=\"600\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NewberyPocketBook.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NewberyPocketBook.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NewberyPocketBook-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NewberyPocketBook-16x12.jpg 16w\" 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=\"633\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0351_01__John-Newbery-A-Little-Pretty-Pocket-Book-633x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0351_01__John-Newbery-A-Little-Pretty-Pocket-Book-633x1024.jpg 633w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0351_01__John-Newbery-A-Little-Pretty-Pocket-Book-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0351_01__John-Newbery-A-Little-Pretty-Pocket-Book-768x1242.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0351_01__John-Newbery-A-Little-Pretty-Pocket-Book-950x1536.jpg 950w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0351_01__John-Newbery-A-Little-Pretty-Pocket-Book-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0351_01__John-Newbery-A-Little-Pretty-Pocket-Book.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>John Newbery, born in 1713.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The immor\u00adtal British pub\u00adlish\u00ader and writer of the 18th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, and the revered \u201cFather of Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture\u201d (1713\u20131767) in the his\u00adto\u00adry of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. He was the core founder of the world\u2019s chil\u00addren\u2019s pub\u00adlish\u00ading his\u00adto\u00adry, pio\u00adneer\u00ading the mod\u00adern par\u00ada\u00addigm of \u201ctreat\u00ading chil\u00addren as inde\u00adpen\u00addent and autonomous read\u00ading sub\u00adjects\u201d and pub\u00adlish\u00ading them as pure\u00adly artis\u00adtic works in a com\u00admer\u00adcial way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>An epoch-mak\u00ading and immor\u00adtal his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal mon\u00adu\u00adment:<\/strong>&nbsp;Pub\u00adlish the first tru\u00adly mean\u00ading\u00adful pic\u00adture book in human his\u00adto\u00adry designed specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly for chil\u00addren\u2019s enter\u00adtain\u00adment and men\u00adtal devel\u00adop\u00adment.<strong>Beau\u00adti\u00adful Lit\u00adtle Pock\u00adet Book<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>A Lit\u00adtle Pret\u00adty Pock\u00adet-Book<\/em>Pub\u00adlished in 1744.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal achieve\u00adments and indus\u00adtry lega\u00adcy:<\/strong>&nbsp;New\u00adbery defin\u00adi\u00adtive\u00adly end\u00aded the dark age since the Mid\u00addle Ages when chil\u00addren\u2019s books were treat\u00aded as mere appendages to rigid reli\u00adgious preach\u00ading and adult instruc\u00adtion. With the ratio\u00adnal spir\u00adit of \u201ctrade and plumb,\u201d he includ\u00aded small balls and pin\u00adcush\u00adions with his books, trans\u00adform\u00ading read\u00ading into one of child\u00adhood\u2019s ear\u00adli\u00adest intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal inter\u00adac\u00adtions. In 1922, the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Library Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion (ALA) estab\u00adlished a pres\u00adti\u00adgious glob\u00adal hon\u00ador for chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, named after him\u2014<strong>\u201cThe New\u00adbery Medal\u201d<\/strong>In this way, we will for\u00adev\u00ader remem\u00adber the inde\u00adstruc\u00adtible mon\u00adu\u00adment he erect\u00aded to defend the spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal inde\u00adpen\u00addence and rights of child\u00adhood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | John New\u00adbery |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Newbery\">John New\u00adbery (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\/0356_01__Nancy-Farmer-The-House-of-the-Scorpion-683x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_01__Nancy-Farmer-The-House-of-the-Scorpion-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_01__Nancy-Farmer-The-House-of-the-Scorpion-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_01__Nancy-Farmer-The-House-of-the-Scorpion-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_01__Nancy-Farmer-The-House-of-the-Scorpion-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_01__Nancy-Farmer-The-House-of-the-Scorpion-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_01__Nancy-Farmer-The-House-of-the-Scorpion-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_01__Nancy-Farmer-The-House-of-the-Scorpion.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_02__Nancy-Farmer-The-Ear-the-Eye-and-the-Arm-705x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_02__Nancy-Farmer-The-Ear-the-Eye-and-the-Arm-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_02__Nancy-Farmer-The-Ear-the-Eye-and-the-Arm-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_02__Nancy-Farmer-The-Ear-the-Eye-and-the-Arm-768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_02__Nancy-Farmer-The-Ear-the-Eye-and-the-Arm-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_02__Nancy-Farmer-The-Ear-the-Eye-and-the-Arm.jpg 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_03__Nancy-Farmer-A-Girl-Named-Disaster-705x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_03__Nancy-Farmer-A-Girl-Named-Disaster-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_03__Nancy-Farmer-A-Girl-Named-Disaster-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_03__Nancy-Farmer-A-Girl-Named-Disaster-768x1115.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_03__Nancy-Farmer-A-Girl-Named-Disaster-1058x1536.jpg 1058w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_03__Nancy-Farmer-A-Girl-Named-Disaster-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0356_03__Nancy-Farmer-A-Girl-Named-Disaster.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1941: Nancy Farmer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan mas\u00adter of fantasy\/science fic\u00adtion for chil\u00addren and teenagers (1941). She is the queen of psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism nar\u00adra\u00adtive, a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure in con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Eng\u00adlish lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture on the top\u00adics of \u201cthe eth\u00adi\u00adcal cri\u00adsis of cloning, the decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion of total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism and the Afro\u00adfu\u00adtur\u00adist view of life\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The high\u00adest Grand Slam hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Three-time New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador recip\u00adi\u00adent<\/strong>&nbsp;Award win\u00adner; two-time short\u00adlist\u00aded for the Nation\u00adal Book Award; win\u00adner of the Prinz Prize for Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Three time\u00adless sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scor\u00adpi\u00adon House<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The House of the Scor\u00adpi\u00adon<\/em>(Sil\u00adver Medal Win\u00adner, 2003): The mod\u00adern sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion nov\u00adel *Canon*. It tells the epic sto\u00adry of Matt, a boy born as a clone of a drug lord, who, fac\u00ading the cru\u00adel removal of his organs as a \u201cliv\u00ading organ con\u00adtain\u00ader,\u201d relies on his unyield\u00ading spir\u00adit, inde\u00adpen\u00addent think\u00ading, and unwa\u00adver\u00ading adher\u00adence to human\u00adi\u00adty to ulti\u00admate\u00adly break free from his cage and fight back against the total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan regime.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Core Award-Win\u00adning Clas\u00adsics:<strong>Ears, Eyes, and Arms<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm<\/em>(Sil\u00adver Medal Win\u00adner, 1995)<strong>Dis\u00adas\u00adter Girl<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>A Girl Named Dis\u00adas\u00adter<\/em>(Sil\u00adver Medal Win\u00adner, 1997)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Nan\u00adcy Farmer |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nancy_Farmer_(author)\">Nan\u00adcy Farmer (author) (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=\"678\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0346_01__Daniel-Nayeri-The-Many-Assassinations-of-Samir-678x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0346_01__Daniel-Nayeri-The-Many-Assassinations-of-Samir-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0346_01__Daniel-Nayeri-The-Many-Assassinations-of-Samir-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0346_01__Daniel-Nayeri-The-Many-Assassinations-of-Samir-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0346_01__Daniel-Nayeri-The-Many-Assassinations-of-Samir-1018x1536.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0346_01__Daniel-Nayeri-The-Many-Assassinations-of-Samir-1357x2048.jpg 1357w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0346_01__Daniel-Nayeri-The-Many-Assassinations-of-Samir-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0346_01__Daniel-Nayeri-The-Many-Assassinations-of-Samir.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0346_01__Daniel-Nayeri-\u4e0e\u9b54\u9b3c\u4ea4\u6613\u7684\u5b69\u5b50.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0346_01__Daniel-Nayeri-\u4e0e\u9b54\u9b3c\u4ea4\u6613\u7684\u5b69\u5b50.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0346_01__Daniel-Nayeri-\u4e0e\u9b54\u9b3c\u4ea4\u6613\u7684\u5b69\u5b50-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0346_01__Daniel-Nayeri-\u4e0e\u9b54\u9b3c\u4ea4\u6613\u7684\u5b69\u5b50-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1982: Daniel Nayeri<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u00adian-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author and pub\u00adlish\u00ader of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary young adult lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1982). He is a ris\u00ading star of col\u00ador nar\u00adra\u00adtive in the gold\u00aden age of West\u00adern chil\u00addren\u2019s real\u00adism in the 21st cen\u00adtu\u00adry, ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded to dis\u00adman\u00adtling prej\u00adu\u00addices and class seg\u00adre\u00adga\u00adtion in adult soci\u00adety using the purest oral tra\u00addi\u00adtions of the Silk Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;With its epic his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal adven\u00adture mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, \u201cThe Mul\u00adti\u00adple Assas\u00adsi\u00adna\u00adtions of Samir the Dream Mer\u00adchant,\u201d it soared to the top, win\u00adning the crown in a stun\u00adning fash\u00adion.&nbsp;<strong>2024 New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Mul\u00adti\u00adple Assas\u00adsi\u00adna\u00adtion Attempts Against Samir, the Dream Ven\u00addor<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Many Assas\u00adsi\u00adna\u00adtions of Samir, the Sell\u00ader of Dreams<\/em>), and the high\u00adly mag\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adist nov\u00adel *The Child Who Made a Deal with the Dev\u00adil* (<em>Anoth\u00ader Faust<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Nayeli\u2019s writ\u00ading is filled with an extreme\u00adly rugged sense of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal tex\u00adture and a dry, Mid\u00addle East\u00adern folk humor. In \u201cSamir the Dream Trad\u00ader,\u201d he vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays a strange mer\u00adchant who trav\u00adels in 11th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Silk Road car\u00ada\u00advans, mak\u00ading a liv\u00ading by sell\u00ading \u201cday\u00addreams and hopes,\u201d and the mutu\u00adal sup\u00adport and com\u00adpan\u00adion\u00adship between him and a ser\u00advant boy who des\u00adper\u00adate\u00adly pro\u00adtects him. With a high degree of lit\u00ader\u00adary and artis\u00adtic seri\u00adous\u00adness, he upholds the intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal height of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary mul\u00adti\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Daniel Nay\u00aderi |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daniel_Nayeri\">Daniel Nay\u00aderi (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=\"609\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Oleg-Zotov_Skazki_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Oleg-Zotov_Skazki_a.jpg 609w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Oleg-Zotov_Skazki_a-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Oleg-Zotov_Skazki_a-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Oleg-Zotov_Skazki_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Oleg-Zotov_Skazki_b.jpg 530w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Oleg-Zotov_Skazki_b-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Oleg-Zotov_Skazki_b-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Oleg-Zotov_Skazki_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Oleg-Zotov_Skazki_d.jpg 556w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Oleg-Zotov_Skazki_d-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1981_Oleg-Zotov_Skazki_d-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born in 1928: Oleg Zotov<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oleg Kon\u00adstan\u00adti\u00adnovich Zotov (1928\u20131984), an immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure of the Sovi\u00adet Union, was one of the lead\u00ading visu\u00adal pio\u00adneers who spear\u00adhead\u00aded the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adiza\u00adtion of East\u00adern Euro\u00adpean fine art pic\u00adture book aes\u00adthet\u00adics in the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal high\u00adest hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;With its epic illus\u00adtra\u00adtions that reimag\u00adined a clas\u00adsic his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal dra\u00adma, brim\u00adming with the dynam\u00adic, expres\u00adsive style of clas\u00adsi\u00adcal Slav\u00adic art and the metic\u00adu\u00adlous line work of Cen\u00adtral Euro\u00adpean art, it rose to the top and won [award name\/title].&nbsp;<strong>Gold\u00aden Apple Award at the 1981 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Award-win\u00adning mon\u00adu\u00adment:<\/strong>&nbsp;Pushk\u00adin\u2019s Immor\u00adtal Fairy Tale Poems&nbsp;<strong>\u201cfairy tale\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Skaz\u00adki<\/em>First edi\u00adtion of the com\u00adplete set of illus\u00adtra\u00adtions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Zotoff com\u00adplete\u00adly shat\u00adtered the mediocre edu\u00adca\u00adtion of the Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan era. Through\u00adout his life, he adhered to the ancient dry screen print\u00ading and the rough lines of col\u00adlage, which have the feel of heavy indus\u00adtry, trans\u00adform\u00ading the spa\u00adtial charm of stage dra\u00adma into an indomitable gaze at the dig\u00adni\u00adty of life and folk wis\u00addom, which is high\u00adly regard\u00aded by the book indus\u00adtry around the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Oleg Zotov |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87\">\u041e\u043b\u0435\u0433 \u0417\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432 (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=\"392\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/James_Flora_The_Fabulous_Firework_Family.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/James_Flora_The_Fabulous_Firework_Family.jpg 392w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/James_Flora_The_Fabulous_Firework_Family-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/James_Flora_The_Fabulous_Firework_Family-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/James-Flora_the-Day-the-cow-sneezed-778x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/James-Flora_the-Day-the-cow-sneezed-778x1024.jpg 778w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/James-Flora_the-Day-the-cow-sneezed-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/James-Flora_the-Day-the-cow-sneezed-768x1011.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/James-Flora_the-Day-the-cow-sneezed-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/James-Flora_the-Day-the-cow-sneezed.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\"><\/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\/01\/James_Flora_\u4e2d\u6587\u7248.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/James_Flora_\u4e2d\u6587\u7248.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/James_Flora_\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/James_Flora_\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/James_Flora_\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/James_Flora_\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1998 \u2013 Died: James Flora<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jim Flo\u00adra (1914\u20131998), an immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan graph\u00adic artist, pio\u00adneer of jazz record cov\u00ader illus\u00adtra\u00adtion, and author of absur\u00addist pic\u00adture books for young chil\u00addren, was a visu\u00adal pio\u00adneer in the mid-20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry who seam\u00adless\u00adly blend\u00aded \u201cCubism, mod\u00adern pop jazz rhythms, and hilar\u00adi\u00adous child\u00adlike fun\u201d across Amer\u00adi\u00adca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless clas\u00adsics:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A mas\u00adter\u00adpiece of free\u00adhand col\u00ador paint\u00ading and lyri\u00adcal expres\u00adsion:<strong>The Amaz\u00ading Fire\u00adworks Fam\u00adi\u00adly<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Fab\u00adu\u00adlous Fire\u00adwork Fam\u00adi\u00adly<\/em>Pub\u00adlished in 1955, the book uses extreme\u00adly bright col\u00adors full of Mex\u00adi\u00adcan local fla\u00advor and strong heavy indus\u00adtri\u00adal lines to record the process of a fam\u00adi\u00adly stick\u00ading to tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal crafts and main\u00adtain\u00ading order.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crazy Cubism Mile\u00adstone:<strong>The Cow Sneezed<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Day the Cow Sneezed<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Flo\u00adra com\u00adplete\u00adly depart\u00aded from the kitsch and rigid depic\u00adtions found in chil\u00addren\u2019s books. The cows, trains, and humans in his writ\u00ading fea\u00adture exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00aded geo\u00admet\u00adric decon\u00adstruc\u00adtions and freely flow\u00ading, dynam\u00adic lines, trans\u00adform\u00ading read\u00ading into a visu\u00adal feast and dig\u00adni\u00adfied\u00adly defend\u00ading the high\u00adest spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal author\u00adi\u00adty of child\u00adhood mis\u00adchief and wild imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | James Flo\u00adra |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Flora\">James Flo\u00adra (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\/0366_01__Barbara-Robinson-The-Best-Christmas-Pageant-Ever-688x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0366_01__Barbara-Robinson-The-Best-Christmas-Pageant-Ever-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0366_01__Barbara-Robinson-The-Best-Christmas-Pageant-Ever-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0366_01__Barbara-Robinson-The-Best-Christmas-Pageant-Ever-768x1142.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0366_01__Barbara-Robinson-The-Best-Christmas-Pageant-Ever-1033x1536.jpg 1033w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0366_01__Barbara-Robinson-The-Best-Christmas-Pageant-Ever-1377x2048.jpg 1377w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0366_01__Barbara-Robinson-The-Best-Christmas-Pageant-Ever-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0366_01__Barbara-Robinson-The-Best-Christmas-Pageant-Ever.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f Parallel briefings from other award-winning authors<\/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>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Bar\u00adbara Robin\u00adson<\/strong><\/td><td>A promi\u00adnent Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female writer of psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism about chil\u00addren in the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1927\u20132013). Her time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *The Best Christ\u00admas Parade*, com\u00adplete\u00adly over\u00adturns the rigid didac\u00adti\u00adcism of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal West\u00adern Christ\u00admas, telling the sto\u00adry of six \u201cbad kids\u201d from the slums who con\u00adstant\u00adly fight and steal, how they storm into a church to steal com\u00admu\u00adnion, yet ulti\u00admate\u00adly achieve true human\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan redemp\u00adtion through their unbi\u00adased, grass\u00adroots inno\u00adcence in a Christ\u00admas parade.<em>The Best Christ\u00admas Pageant Ever<\/em>It has con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly ranked high on the list of best-sell\u00ading books in major pub\u00adlic libraries for many years.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbara_Robinson_%28author%29\">Bar\u00adbara Robin\u00adson (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Patri\u00adcia Beat\u00adty<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adist nov\u00adel\u00adist (1922\u20131991). Through\u00adout her life, she wrote with a detached, soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly nuanced approach to his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal research, exem\u00adpli\u00adfied by her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Run Char\u00adlie*.<em>Charley Skedad\u00addle<\/em>Through the poignant sto\u00adry of a 12-year-old New York boy\u2019s trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion into a drum\u00admer on the bat\u00adtle\u00adfield of the Civ\u00adil War, the book, with the restraint of pure lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, helps teenagers devel\u00adop a crit\u00adi\u00adcal mind\u00adset that reflects on total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism and the rigid adher\u00adence to moral order.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patricia_Beatty_%28writer%29\">Patri\u00adcia Beat\u00adty (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"781\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0376_01__Patricia-Beatty-Charley-Skedaddle-781x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0376_01__Patricia-Beatty-Charley-Skedaddle-781x1024.jpg 781w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0376_01__Patricia-Beatty-Charley-Skedaddle-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0376_01__Patricia-Beatty-Charley-Skedaddle-768x1006.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0376_01__Patricia-Beatty-Charley-Skedaddle-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0376_01__Patricia-Beatty-Charley-Skedaddle.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1713\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u7ea6\u7ff0\u00b7\u7ebd\u4f2f\u745e John Newbery \u82f1\u56fd 18 \u4e16\u7eaa\u4e0d\u673d\u7684\u51fa\u7248\u5bb6\u3001\u4f5c\u5bb6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9571,"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-9416","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\/1981_Oleg-Zotov_Skazki_b.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9416","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=9416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9576,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9416\/revisions\/9576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}