{"id":9418,"date":"2026-07-11T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9418"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:48:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:48:50","slug":"kidsbook_history_0711","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/11\/kidsbook_history_0711\/","title":{"rendered":"July 11: Today in the His\u00adto\u00adry of Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-Charlottes-Web-694x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-Charlottes-Web-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-Charlottes-Web-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-Charlottes-Web-768x1133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-Charlottes-Web-1042x1536.jpg 1042w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-Charlottes-Web-1389x2048.jpg 1389w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-Charlottes-Web-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-Charlottes-Web.jpg 1736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\"><\/figure>\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\/0448_02__E.-B.-White-Stuart-Little-688x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_02__E.-B.-White-Stuart-Little-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_02__E.-B.-White-Stuart-Little-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_02__E.-B.-White-Stuart-Little-768x1142.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_02__E.-B.-White-Stuart-Little-1033x1536.jpg 1033w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_02__E.-B.-White-Stuart-Little-1377x2048.jpg 1377w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_02__E.-B.-White-Stuart-Little-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_02__E.-B.-White-Stuart-Little.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-\u5439\u5c0f\u53f7\u7684\u5929\u9e45-721x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-\u5439\u5c0f\u53f7\u7684\u5929\u9e45-721x1024.jpg 721w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-\u5439\u5c0f\u53f7\u7684\u5929\u9e45-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-\u5439\u5c0f\u53f7\u7684\u5929\u9e45-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-\u5439\u5c0f\u53f7\u7684\u5929\u9e45-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0448_01__E.-B.-White-\u5439\u5c0f\u53f7\u7684\u5929\u9e45.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1899 \u2013 EB. White<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erwin Brooks White (1899\u20131985), an immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan essay\u00adist, writer, and titan of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. He is an indis\u00adputable and revered icon in the his\u00adto\u00adry of world chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, who through\u00adout his life estab\u00adlished the high\u00adest philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00ada\u00addigm for human child\u00adhood with his extreme\u00adly refined, ratio\u00adnal, and restrained lit\u00ader\u00adary lan\u00adguage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The high\u00adest Grand Slam hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>1970 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Her\u00aditage Award (CLLA)<\/strong>&nbsp;Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment Award Recip\u00adi\u00adent;<strong>High\u00adly Com\u00admend\u00aded Award for Authors of the Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA)<\/strong>His mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Char\u00adlot\u00adte\u2019s Web*, won the award.&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador, 1953<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Tril\u00ado\u00adgy of Time\u00adless Immor\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty and Ever\u00adlast\u00ading Beau\u00adty:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canon, the pin\u00adna\u00adcle of world chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture:<strong>Char\u00adlot\u00adte\u2019s Web<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Char\u00adlot\u00adte\u2019s Web<\/em>Through the sto\u00adry of Char\u00adlotte, a gray spi\u00adder who saves Wilbur the pig from death by weav\u00ading a web in a barn, the film pro\u00adfound\u00adly and calm\u00adly explores the ulti\u00admate philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal ques\u00adtions of friend\u00adship, the order of life, and death.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glob\u00adal Ever\u00adlast\u00ading Clas\u00adsics:<strong>Stu\u00adart Lit\u00adtle<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Stu\u00adart Lit\u00adtle<\/em>)\u3001<strong>The Trum\u00adpet-Play\u00ading Swan<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Trum\u00adpet of the Swan<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | EB White |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._B._White\">EB White (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=\"686\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-Crockett-Johnson-and-Ruth-Krauss-686x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-Crockett-Johnson-and-Ruth-Krauss-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-Crockett-Johnson-and-Ruth-Krauss-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-Crockett-Johnson-and-Ruth-Krauss-768x1146.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-Crockett-Johnson-and-Ruth-Krauss-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-Crockett-Johnson-and-Ruth-Krauss.jpg 1005w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-The-Carrot-Seed-769x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-The-Carrot-Seed-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-The-Carrot-Seed-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-The-Carrot-Seed-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-The-Carrot-Seed-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-The-Carrot-Seed.jpg 1126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-Harold-and-the-Purple-Crayon-820x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-Harold-and-the-Purple-Crayon-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-Harold-and-the-Purple-Crayon-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-Harold-and-the-Purple-Crayon-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-Harold-and-the-Purple-Crayon-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-Harold-and-the-Purple-Crayon-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0498_01__Crockett-Johnson-Harold-and-the-Purple-Crayon-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1975 \u2013 Death: Crockett Johnson<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David John\u00adson Rees (1906\u20131975), an immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan graph\u00adic artist, car\u00adtoon\u00adist, and pio\u00adneer of book struc\u00adture, was a land\u00admark fig\u00adure in the his\u00adto\u00adry of mod\u00adern pic\u00adture book devel\u00adop\u00adment world\u00adwide. His life and that of his wife, the renowned author Ruth Krause, are doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded in the biog\u00adra\u00adphy \u201cKrogert John\u00adson &amp; Ruth Krause: How an Incred\u00adi\u00adble Cou\u00adple Found Love, Evad\u00aded the FBI, and Changed Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>An endur\u00ading and supreme mon\u00adu\u00adment:<\/strong>&nbsp;A mas\u00adter\u00adpiece of visu\u00adal decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion&nbsp;<strong>The Harold\u2019s Col\u00adored Pen\u00adcil Series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Harold and the Pur\u00adple Cray\u00adon<\/em>), Col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive Real\u00adis\u00adtic Clas\u00adsics&nbsp;<strong>Car\u00adrot Seeds<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Car\u00adrot Seed<\/em>Both were 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;John\u00adson com\u00adplete\u00adly shat\u00adtered the rigid per\u00adspec\u00adtive and com\u00adplex depic\u00adtions of pre\u00advi\u00adous chil\u00addren\u2019s books. In *Arrow*, he inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly used the clean\u00adest sin\u00adgle-line hatch\u00ading tech\u00adnique in the entire book, drawn with only a pur\u00adple cray\u00adon, allow\u00ading the lit\u00adtle boy Arrow to cre\u00adate his own world, moon, ocean, and way home by con\u00adstant\u00adly draw\u00ading lines in a pure white space. With supreme ratio\u00adnal beau\u00adty, he dig\u00adni\u00adfied\u00adly defend\u00aded the high\u00adest spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal author\u00adi\u00adty of chil\u00addren\u2019s sub\u00adjec\u00adtive imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion and inde\u00adpen\u00addent rea\u00adson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Crock\u00adett John\u00adson |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Creekett_Johnson\">Crock\u00adett John\u00adson (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-The-Keeping-Quilt.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-The-Keeping-Quilt.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-The-Keeping-Quilt-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-The-Keeping-Quilt-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-The-Keeping-Quilt-15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-\u8c22\u8c22\u60a8\u798f\u67ef\u8001\u5e08-799x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-\u8c22\u8c22\u60a8\u798f\u67ef\u8001\u5e08-799x1024.jpg 799w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-\u8c22\u8c22\u60a8\u798f\u67ef\u8001\u5e08-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-\u8c22\u8c22\u60a8\u798f\u67ef\u8001\u5e08-768x984.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-\u8c22\u8c22\u60a8\u798f\u67ef\u8001\u5e08-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-\u8c22\u8c22\u60a8\u798f\u67ef\u8001\u5e08.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\"><\/figure>\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\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-\u5e73\u514b\u548c\u8d5b\u4f0a-768x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-\u5e73\u514b\u548c\u8d5b\u4f0a-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-\u5e73\u514b\u548c\u8d5b\u4f0a-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-\u5e73\u514b\u548c\u8d5b\u4f0a-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0473_01__Patricia-Polacco-\u5e73\u514b\u548c\u8d5b\u4f0a.jpg 977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1944: Patricia Polacco<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female real\u00adist chil\u00addren\u2019s book author, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgist (1944). She was a high\u00adly pres\u00adti\u00adgious queen of psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adist nar\u00adra\u00adtives in the world of chil\u00addren\u2019s visu\u00adal lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00ading mul\u00adti-eth\u00adnic immi\u00adgrant her\u00aditage (Russ\u00adian, Jew\u00adish, Irish) with the order of fam\u00adi\u00adly life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless clas\u00adsic of real\u00adism:<\/strong>&nbsp;Auto\u00adbi\u00ado\u00adgraph\u00adi\u00adcal Fam\u00adi\u00adly Epic&nbsp;<strong>Fam\u00adi\u00adly Heir\u00adloom Quilt<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Keep\u00ading Quilt<\/em>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Key rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;Pink Floyd, a film that direct\u00adly con\u00adfronts the strug\u00adgles between peo\u00adple of col\u00ador dur\u00ading World War II.<em>Pink and Say<\/em>Thank you, Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Fou\u00adcault, is an ever\u00adgreen book that heals the trau\u00adma of chil\u00addren\u2019s dyslex\u00adia.<em>Thank you, Mr. Falk\u00ader<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal and lit\u00ader\u00adary fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;Polak\u2019s writ\u00ading is imbued with the del\u00adi\u00adcate, gran\u00adu\u00adlar qual\u00adi\u00adty of every\u00adday life. She inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly uses warm brown pen\u00adcil lines with a dynam\u00adic, free\u00adhand style, con\u00adtrast\u00ading them with high\u00adly sat\u00adu\u00adrat\u00aded blocks of oil paint. Through\u00adout her life, she reject\u00aded false sweet\u00adness, using the most authen\u00adtic, ver\u00adnac\u00adu\u00adlar lan\u00adguage of the land to record the joys and sor\u00adrows of life and the bridg\u00ading of gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional gaps, earn\u00ading her a place on the endur\u00ading rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtion lists of major libraries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Patri\u00adcia Polac\u00adco |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patricia_Polacco\">Patri\u00adcia Polac\u00adco (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=\"999\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_a.jpg 999w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_a-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_a-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_a-18x12.jpg 18w\" 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=\"1000\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_b.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_b-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_b-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_b-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_d.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_d-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_d-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2007_Einar-Turkowski_Es-war-finster-und-merkwurdig-still_-eine-Kustengeschichte_d-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1972: Einar Turkowski<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Ger\u00adman graph\u00adic artist and a mas\u00adter of sur\u00adre\u00adal\u00adist fine art illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (1972). He is an aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic giant of black and white line draw\u00ading, revered by the entire world of pic\u00adture books in the 21st cen\u00adtu\u00adry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal high\u00adest hon\u00ador (high\u00adest lau\u00adrel wreath):<\/strong>&nbsp;With its word\u00adless epic poem on paper that defies the lim\u00adits of human vision, it reached the top and won\u2026&nbsp;<strong>Grand Prix at the 2007 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Award-win\u00adning immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>That was a dark and won\u00addrous silence.<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Es war fin\u00adster und merk\u00adw\u00fcrdig still<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Arts:<\/strong>&nbsp;Turkovsky com\u00adplete\u00adly aban\u00addoned mod\u00adern dig\u00adi\u00adtal col\u00ador\u00ading. Through\u00adout his life, he used only extreme\u00adly hard\u00adcore and intri\u00adcate hand-drawn pen\u00adcil lines and cross-etch\u00ading tech\u00adniques to weave large areas of black-and-white M\u00f6bius dream\u00adscapes on the pages, filled with sub\u00adcon\u00adscious decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion and blank space. Every\u00adthing in his paint\u00adings is filled with a mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous ratio\u00adnal order and spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal dig\u00adni\u00adty, ele\u00advat\u00ading ear\u00adly art pic\u00adture books to the lev\u00adel of fine art col\u00adlec\u00adtions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Einar Turkows\u00adki |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Einar_Turkowski\">Einar Turkows\u00adki (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=\"1017\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0432_01__Ahmadreza-Ahmadi-When-I-Colored-in-the-World-1017x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0432_01__Ahmadreza-Ahmadi-When-I-Colored-in-the-World-1017x1024.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0432_01__Ahmadreza-Ahmadi-When-I-Colored-in-the-World-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0432_01__Ahmadreza-Ahmadi-When-I-Colored-in-the-World-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0432_01__Ahmadreza-Ahmadi-When-I-Colored-in-the-World-768x773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0432_01__Ahmadreza-Ahmadi-When-I-Colored-in-the-World-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0432_01__Ahmadreza-Ahmadi-When-I-Colored-in-the-World.jpg 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"978\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0432_03__Ahmadreza-Ahmadi-Alive-Again-978x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0432_03__Ahmadreza-Ahmadi-Alive-Again-978x1024.jpg 978w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0432_03__Ahmadreza-Ahmadi-Alive-Again-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0432_03__Ahmadreza-Ahmadi-Alive-Again-768x804.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0432_03__Ahmadreza-Ahmadi-Alive-Again-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0432_03__Ahmadreza-Ahmadi-Alive-Again.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2023 \u2013 Passed away: Ahmadreza Ahmadi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u2019s immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal treasure\u2014a mod\u00adern poet, play\u00adwright, and avant-garde chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer (1940\u20132023). He was a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure in the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal stage of mod\u00adern chil\u00addren\u2019s poet\u00adics and crit\u00adi\u00adcal nar\u00adra\u00adtive 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;Suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly short\u00adlist\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2010 Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) Final\u00adist<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece of lyric poet\u00adry:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>When I Paint the World<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>When I Col\u00adored in the World<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Come Back to Life<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Alive Again<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Ahmadi\u2019s writ\u00ading is pow\u00ader\u00adful, ethe\u00adre\u00adal, and pos\u00adsess\u00ades the aus\u00adtere restraint of a poly\u00adphon\u00adic epic poem. He is excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly adept at using the inno\u00adcent eyes of a child to decon\u00adstruct polit\u00adi\u00adcal prej\u00adu\u00addice and the nihilis\u00adtic greed of the adult world, endow\u00ading minor\u00adi\u00adty youths liv\u00ading under the shad\u00adow of lone\u00adli\u00adness and war with the most resilient psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal pow\u00ader and dig\u00adni\u00adty through the ulti\u00admate seri\u00adous\u00adness of his lit\u00ader\u00adary art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Ahmadreza Ahma\u00addi |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ahmadreza_Ahmadi\">Ahmadreza Ahma\u00addi (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2021 \u2014 Passed away: Barbara Bader<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female art his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan, top pic\u00adture book crit\u00adic, and schol\u00adar of lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1927\u20132021). She is a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure in the his\u00adto\u00adry of pic\u00adture book crit\u00adi\u00adcism and research, a skele\u00adtal giant who has built a high wall of ratio\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adty in the indus\u00adtry.<\/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>2013 The Car\u00adle Hon\u00adors Bridge Hon\u00adoree<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless and immor\u00adtal aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>From Noah\u2019s Ark to the Inner Beast: A His\u00adto\u00adry of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Pic\u00adture Books<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Pic\u00adture\u00adbooks from Noah\u2019s Ark to the Beast With\u00adin<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bede served as edi\u00adtor-in-chief of Kirkus Reviews for many years. Her near\u00adly 1,000-page his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal schol\u00adar\u00adly work is the undis\u00adput\u00aded pin\u00adna\u00adcle of pic\u00adture book stud\u00adies world\u00adwide. With a cool, rig\u00ador\u00adous, and soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly crit\u00adi\u00adcal aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic pen, she metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly elu\u00adci\u00addates the evo\u00adlu\u00adtion of mod\u00adern pic\u00adture books in terms of fine art, typog\u00adra\u00adphy, and chil\u00addren\u2019s psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal cog\u00adni\u00adtion, intro\u00adduc\u00ading the art of pic\u00adture books with great dig\u00adni\u00adty into the high\u00adest halls of seri\u00adous acad\u00ade\u00admia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Bar\u00adbara Bad\u00ader |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbook.com\/search?query=Barbara%20Bader&amp;tag=Barbara%20Bader\">Bar\u00adbara Bad\u00ader <\/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=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0468_01__Joan-Bauer-Hope-Was-Here-663x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0468_01__Joan-Bauer-Hope-Was-Here-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0468_01__Joan-Bauer-Hope-Was-Here-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0468_01__Joan-Bauer-Hope-Was-Here-768x1186.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0468_01__Joan-Bauer-Hope-Was-Here-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0468_01__Joan-Bauer-Hope-Was-Here-1326x2048.jpg 1326w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0468_01__Joan-Bauer-Hope-Was-Here-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0468_01__Joan-Bauer-Hope-Was-Here.jpg 1505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0453_01__Helen-Cresswell-The-Bagthorpe-Saga-668x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0453_01__Helen-Cresswell-The-Bagthorpe-Saga-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0453_01__Helen-Cresswell-The-Bagthorpe-Saga-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0453_01__Helen-Cresswell-The-Bagthorpe-Saga-768x1178.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0453_01__Helen-Cresswell-The-Bagthorpe-Saga-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0453_01__Helen-Cresswell-The-Bagthorpe-Saga.jpg 978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0463_01__Jane-Gardam-A-Long-Way-from-Verona-659x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0463_01__Jane-Gardam-A-Long-Way-from-Verona-659x1024.jpg 659w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0463_01__Jane-Gardam-A-Long-Way-from-Verona-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0463_01__Jane-Gardam-A-Long-Way-from-Verona-768x1193.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0463_01__Jane-Gardam-A-Long-Way-from-Verona-989x1536.jpg 989w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0463_01__Jane-Gardam-A-Long-Way-from-Verona-1318x2048.jpg 1318w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0463_01__Jane-Gardam-A-Long-Way-from-Verona-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0463_01__Jane-Gardam-A-Long-Way-from-Verona.jpg 1648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\"><\/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>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Joan Bauer<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female real\u00adist nov\u00adel\u00adist for chil\u00addren and young adults (1951). She excels at using authen\u00adtic, con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary, and satir\u00adi\u00adcal lan\u00adguage, writ\u00adten in the lan\u00adguage of young girls, to por\u00adtray the resilience and self-reliance of mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adized youths fac\u00ading social strat\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion. Her rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive nov\u00adel is *Hope Is Here* (1951).<em>Hope Was Here<\/em>) won&nbsp;<strong>2001 New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joan_Bauer_(novelist)\">Joan Bauer<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Helen Cress\u00adwell<\/strong><\/td><td>A pro\u00adlif\u00adic British female writer of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal and humor\u00adous nov\u00adels about chil\u00addren from the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1934\u20132005). She was a renowned author who per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00aded British dry humor, a sharply crit\u00adi\u00adcal soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal reflec\u00adtion on class, and the inner empow\u00ader\u00adment of chil\u00addren. Her ever\u00adgreen mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Ordi\u00adnary Jack*, explor\u00ading the dai\u00adly life of an eccen\u00adtric fam\u00adi\u00adly, is a tes\u00adta\u00adment to this.<em>Ordi\u00adnary Jack<\/em>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helen_Cresswell\">Helen Cress\u00adwell<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Jane Gar\u00addam<\/strong><\/td><td>An immor\u00adtal British female nov\u00adel\u00adist and Fel\u00adlow of the Roy\u00adal Soci\u00adety of Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1928). She is a high\u00adly acclaimed nar\u00adra\u00adtive mas\u00adter in the con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Eng\u00adlish lit\u00ader\u00adary world, and a two-time Whit\u00adbread Prize win\u00adner. Her immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Verona Far Away*, which cross\u00ades over into the children\u2019s\/YA (adult fic\u00adtion) genre, vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal trau\u00adma of World War I, the gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional gap, and the dig\u00adni\u00adty of young wom\u00aden\u2019s sub\u00adjec\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty.<em>A Long Way from Verona<\/em>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jane_Gram\">Jane Gar\u00addam<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>James Steven\u00adson<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan graph\u00adic artist and top polit\u00adi\u00adcal satir\u00adi\u00adcal car\u00adtoon\u00adist (1929\u20132017). He served for many years as a promi\u00adnent colum\u00adnist for *The New York\u00ader*, and his for\u00aday into chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, using the clean\u00adest and most refined pen-and-ink wash\u00ades through\u00adout the time\u00adless chil\u00addren\u2019s his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal poet\u00adry col\u00adlec\u00adtion *The New Boy in the Neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood*, is a tes\u00adta\u00adment to his tal\u00adent.<em>The New Kid on the Block<\/em>The first edi\u00adtion illus\u00adtra\u00adtions drawn by him were includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Stevenson_(illustrator)\">James Steven\u00adson<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Pinin Carpi<\/strong><\/td><td>A promi\u00adnent and immor\u00adtal Ital\u00adian chil\u00addren\u2019s nov\u00adel\u00adist, poet, and crit\u00adic of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1920\u20132004). He ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded his life to cre\u00adat\u00ading works using the most tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal South\u00adern Euro\u00adpean folk oral rhythms and texts imbued with roman\u00adti\u00adcism and anti-author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion. His mas\u00adter\u00adpiece is *Blue Wheat*.<em>Cion Cion Blu<\/em>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d due to its extreme\u00adly high aes\u00adthet\u00adic charm.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pinin_Carpi\">Pinin Carpi<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Ana\u00adtoli Pristawkin<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Russian\/Soviet real\u00adist writer and mar\u00adtyr of the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal human rights move\u00adment (1931\u20132008). His time\u00adless epic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *We, the Cuck\u00adoo Chil\u00addren*, con\u00adfronts the blood and tears of World War II his\u00adto\u00adry in the Cau\u00adca\u00adsus, vivid\u00adly depict\u00ading the strug\u00adgles of orphaned chil\u00addren from the low\u00ader class\u00ades in an orphan\u00adage as they des\u00adper\u00adate\u00adly uphold moral order amidst class seg\u00adre\u00adga\u00adtion and extreme sur\u00advival pains.<em>Wir Kuck\u00aduck\u00adskinder<\/em>), and won the cham\u00adpi\u00adonship.&nbsp;<strong>The high\u00adest prize of the 1991 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP)<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q487754\">Ana\u00adtoli Pristawkin (Wiki\u00adda\u00adta)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Kl\u00e1ra Jarunk\u00adov\u00e1<\/strong><\/td><td>A leg\u00adendary fig\u00adure in Slo\u00adva\u00adkian social real\u00adism lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture for young adults (1922\u20132005). Through\u00adout her life, she penned *The Silent Wolf\u2019s Broth\u00aders*, a land\u00admark mas\u00adter\u00adpiece doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00ading the unwa\u00adver\u00ading spir\u00adit of minor\u00adi\u00adty youth amidst inter\u00adgen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional con\u00adflict in Europe, writ\u00adten with a detached and unvar\u00adnished soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal per\u00adspec\u00adtive.<em>Der Brud\u00ader des schweigen\u00adden Wolfes<\/em>Amaz\u00ading achieve\u00adments&nbsp;<strong>The high\u00adest prize of the 1970 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP)<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q3504173\">Kl\u00e1ra Jarunk\u00adov\u00e1 (Wiki\u00adda\u00adta)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0458_01__James-Stevenson-The-New-Kid-on-the-Block-826x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0458_01__James-Stevenson-The-New-Kid-on-the-Block-826x1024.jpg 826w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0458_01__James-Stevenson-The-New-Kid-on-the-Block-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0458_01__James-Stevenson-The-New-Kid-on-the-Block-768x952.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0458_01__James-Stevenson-The-New-Kid-on-the-Block-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0458_01__James-Stevenson-The-New-Kid-on-the-Block.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0478_01__Pinin-Carpi-Cion-Cion-Blu-691x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0478_01__Pinin-Carpi-Cion-Cion-Blu-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0478_01__Pinin-Carpi-Cion-Cion-Blu-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0478_01__Pinin-Carpi-Cion-Cion-Blu-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0478_01__Pinin-Carpi-Cion-Cion-Blu-1036x1536.jpg 1036w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0478_01__Pinin-Carpi-Cion-Cion-Blu-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0478_01__Pinin-Carpi-Cion-Cion-Blu-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0478_01__Pinin-Carpi-Cion-Cion-Blu.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0493_01__Anatoli-Pristawkin-Wir-Kuckuckskinder-636x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0493_01__Anatoli-Pristawkin-Wir-Kuckuckskinder-636x1024.jpg 636w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0493_01__Anatoli-Pristawkin-Wir-Kuckuckskinder-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0493_01__Anatoli-Pristawkin-Wir-Kuckuckskinder-768x1237.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0493_01__Anatoli-Pristawkin-Wir-Kuckuckskinder-954x1536.jpg 954w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0493_01__Anatoli-Pristawkin-Wir-Kuckuckskinder-1271x2048.jpg 1271w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0493_01__Anatoli-Pristawkin-Wir-Kuckuckskinder-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0493_01__Anatoli-Pristawkin-Wir-Kuckuckskinder.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0503_01__Klra-Jarunkov-Der-Bruder-des-schweigenden-Wolfes.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0503_01__Klra-Jarunkov-Der-Bruder-des-schweigenden-Wolfes.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0503_01__Klra-Jarunkov-Der-Bruder-des-schweigenden-Wolfes-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0503_01__Klra-Jarunkov-Der-Bruder-des-schweigenden-Wolfes-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1899\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1aE. 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