{"id":9419,"date":"2026-07-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9419"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:42:08","slug":"kidsbook_history_0712","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/12\/kidsbook_history_0712\/","title":{"rendered":"July 12: 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=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-Can-You-Whistle-Johanna-737x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-Can-You-Whistle-Johanna-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-Can-You-Whistle-Johanna-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-Can-You-Whistle-Johanna-768x1067.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-Can-You-Whistle-Johanna-1105x1536.jpg 1105w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-Can-You-Whistle-Johanna-1474x2048.jpg 1474w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-Can-You-Whistle-Johanna-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-Can-You-Whistle-Johanna.jpg 1842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-\u7238\u7238\u5e26\u6211\u770b\u5b87\u5b99-747x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-\u7238\u7238\u5e26\u6211\u770b\u5b87\u5b99-747x1024.jpg 747w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-\u7238\u7238\u5e26\u6211\u770b\u5b87\u5b99-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-\u7238\u7238\u5e26\u6211\u770b\u5b87\u5b99-768x1053.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-\u7238\u7238\u5e26\u6211\u770b\u5b87\u5b99-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark-\u7238\u7238\u5e26\u6211\u770b\u5b87\u5b99.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\"><\/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\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u74f6\u8d8a\u6a58\u9171-778x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u74f6\u8d8a\u6a58\u9171-778x1024.jpg 778w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u74f6\u8d8a\u6a58\u9171-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u74f6\u8d8a\u6a58\u9171-768x1010.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u74f6\u8d8a\u6a58\u9171-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0575_01__Ulf-Stark\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u74f6\u8d8a\u6a58\u9171.jpg 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1944 \u2013 Born: Ulf Stark<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swe\u00adden\u2019s immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure, a mas\u00adter of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, a screen\u00adwriter, and a voice for the mind of the times (1944\u20132017). He was a high\u00adly respect\u00aded mas\u00adter of psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism in the world of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, whose extreme\u00adly strong yet com\u00adpas\u00adsion\u00adate writ\u00ading, imbued with sil\u00advery moon\u00adlight, com\u00adplete\u00adly changed the spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal depth of mod\u00adern bridge books and chil\u00addren\u2019s nov\u00adels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;Suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly short\u00adlist\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>The final\u00adist for the Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Best Writer.<\/strong>She has won the Astrid Lind\u00adgren Prize from Swe\u00adden and the Nordic Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book Award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>An endur\u00ading and supreme mon\u00adu\u00adment:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The high\u00adest ide\u00adal is to cher\u00adish life and death and to be togeth\u00ader across gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions (Canon).<strong>Can You Whis\u00adtle, Johan\u00adna?<\/strong>&nbsp;(Alter\u00adna\u00adtive trans\u00adla\u00adtion: The Whistling Boy)<em>Kan du viss\u00adla Johan\u00adna?<\/em>The sto\u00adry tells of a boy with\u00adout a grand\u00adfa\u00adther who \u201cadopts\u201d a lone\u00adly old man in a nurs\u00ading home. Dur\u00ading their brief time togeth\u00ader, the boy learns to whis\u00adtle and ulti\u00admate\u00adly faces the old man\u2019s pass\u00ading, using unpar\u00adal\u00adleled sin\u00adcer\u00adi\u00adty to over\u00adcome the grief of los\u00ading a loved one\u2014a life epic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Core philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal clas\u00adsics:<strong>Dad Takes Me to See the Uni\u00adverse<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>N\u00e4r papap\u00adpa visade mej v\u00e4rld\u00adsall\u00adtet<\/em>It explores the ratio\u00adnal bal\u00adance between the vast uni\u00adverse and a piece of dog poop on the ground in an extreme\u00adly refined man\u00adner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Final Song:<strong>The Last Bot\u00adtle of Blue\u00adber\u00adry Jam<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Rym\u00adlin\u00adgar\u00adna<\/em>), and \u201cThe Unfor\u00adget\u00adtable Adven\u00adture of Two Best Friends\u201d (<em>M\u00e4rklin och turbin<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Ulf Stark |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulf_Stark\">Ulf Stark (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus02-1024x857.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus02-1024x857.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus02-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus02-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus02-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus02.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus-1024x857.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus-1024x857.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0581_01__Bruce-Degen-The-Magic-School-Bus.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0559_01__Joanna-Cole-The-Magic-School-Bus-series-1024x514.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0559_01__Joanna-Cole-The-Magic-School-Bus-series-1024x514.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0559_01__Joanna-Cole-The-Magic-School-Bus-series-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0559_01__Joanna-Cole-The-Magic-School-Bus-series-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0559_01__Joanna-Cole-The-Magic-School-Bus-series-1536x771.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0559_01__Joanna-Cole-The-Magic-School-Bus-series-18x9.jpg 18w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0559_01__Joanna-Cole-The-Magic-School-Bus-series.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2020 \u2014 Passed away: Joanna Cole<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female sci\u00adence writer for chil\u00addren and edi\u00adtor-in-chief of advanced chil\u00addren\u2019s sci\u00adence books (1944\u20132020). She was a revered \u201cgod\u00admoth\u00ader of sci\u00adence enlight\u00aden\u00adment\u201d in the his\u00adto\u00adry of non-fic\u00adtion inter\u00adac\u00adtive aes\u00adthet\u00adics for young chil\u00addren world\u00adwide, chang\u00ading the way chil\u00addren around the world learn about geol\u00ado\u00adgy, astron\u00ado\u00admy, and human anato\u00admy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A mas\u00adter\u00adpiece that will last for\u00adev\u00ader:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Mag\u00adic School Bus series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Mag\u00adic School Bus series<\/em>(Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion by Bruce Degen)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors and Con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions:<\/strong>&nbsp;Recip\u00adi\u00adent of the French Witch\u00ades\u2019 Prize Spe\u00adcial Hon\u00ador and the Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post Non\u00adfic\u00adtion Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Award, Cor\u00adnelia Cole inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly cre\u00adat\u00aded the eccen\u00adtric \u201cMs. Friz\u00adzle,\u201d dressed in bizarrely pat\u00adterned clothes, who leads chil\u00addren in a school bus that can trans\u00adform at will, soar\u00ading through the clouds, ven\u00adtur\u00ading into the earth\u00ad\u2019s core, or tra\u00advers\u00ading blood ves\u00adsels. With dry humor, rig\u00ador\u00adous math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal and sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic details, and hilar\u00adi\u00adous dia\u00adlogue, she rewrites the rigid text\u00adbook into a visu\u00adal feast, dig\u00adni\u00adfied\u00adly defend\u00ading child\u00adhood curios\u00adi\u00adty and mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adis\u00adtic log\u00adi\u00adcal think\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Died | Joan\u00adna Cole |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joanna_Cole_%28author%29\">Joan\u00adna Cole (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\/01\/Anne_Carroll_Moore_Nicholas_A_Manhattan_Christmas_Story-683x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Anne_Carroll_Moore_Nicholas_A_Manhattan_Christmas_Story-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Anne_Carroll_Moore_Nicholas_A_Manhattan_Christmas_Story-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Anne_Carroll_Moore_Nicholas_A_Manhattan_Christmas_Story-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Anne_Carroll_Moore_Nicholas_A_Manhattan_Christmas_Story-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Anne_Carroll_Moore_Nicholas_A_Manhattan_Christmas_Story.jpg 1000w\" 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=\"758\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u300a\u6469\u5c14\u5c0f\u59d0\u300b-758x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u300a\u6469\u5c14\u5c0f\u59d0\u300b-758x1024.jpg 758w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u300a\u6469\u5c14\u5c0f\u59d0\u300b-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u300a\u6469\u5c14\u5c0f\u59d0\u300b-768x1037.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u300a\u6469\u5c14\u5c0f\u59d0\u300b-1137x1536.jpg 1137w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u300a\u6469\u5c14\u5c0f\u59d0\u300b-1516x2048.jpg 1516w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u300a\u6469\u5c14\u5c0f\u59d0\u300b-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u300a\u6469\u5c14\u5c0f\u59d0\u300b-scaled.jpg 1896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1871 \u2013 Born: Anne Carroll Moore<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal female librar\u00adi\u00adan, crit\u00adic, and pio\u00adneer of mod\u00adern chil\u00addren\u2019s read\u00ading ser\u00advices in the Unit\u00aded States in the ear\u00adly 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1871\u20131961). She was an indomitable woman in the his\u00adto\u00adry of chil\u00addren\u2019s book pub\u00adlish\u00ading and pub\u00adlic library ser\u00advices, and she head\u00aded the chil\u00addren\u2019s sec\u00adtion of the New York Pub\u00adlic Library (NYPL) for near\u00adly half a cen\u00adtu\u00adry, and was known as the chief \u201cgate\u00adkeep\u00ader\u201d of high-qual\u00adi\u00adty chil\u00addren\u2019s books in the Unit\u00aded States at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Indus\u00adtry mile\u00adstones and New\u00adbery Medal hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;The endur\u00ading illus\u00adtrat\u00aded biog\u00adra\u00adphy of Miss Moore (<em>Miss Moore Thought Oth\u00ader\u00adwise<\/em>This work pro\u00advides a pro\u00adfound account of her his\u00adtoric achieve\u00adment in break\u00ading down soci\u00adetal prej\u00adu\u00addices and bring\u00ading chil\u00addren into pub\u00adlic read\u00ading rooms. Her own rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work, *Nicholas: A Christ\u00admas Tale of Man\u00adhat\u00adtan*, won an award.&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador, 1925<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Nicholas: A Christ\u00admas Tale in Man\u00adhat\u00adtan<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Nicholas: A Man\u00adhat\u00adtan Christ\u00admas Sto\u00adry<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Anne Car\u00adroll Moore |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anne_Carroll_Moore\">Anne Car\u00adroll Moore (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=\"591\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1973_Lieselotte-Schwarz_Der-Traummacher_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1973_Lieselotte-Schwarz_Der-Traummacher_a.jpg 591w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1973_Lieselotte-Schwarz_Der-Traummacher_a-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1973_Lieselotte-Schwarz_Der-Traummacher_a-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1973_Lieselotte-Schwarz_Der-Traummacher_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1973_Lieselotte-Schwarz_Der-Traummacher_c.jpg 590w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1973_Lieselotte-Schwarz_Der-Traummacher_c-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1973_Lieselotte-Schwarz_Der-Traummacher_c-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"794\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1973_Lieselotte-Schwarz_Der-Traummacher_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1973_Lieselotte-Schwarz_Der-Traummacher_b.jpg 592w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1973_Lieselotte-Schwarz_Der-Traummacher_b-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1973_Lieselotte-Schwarz_Der-Traummacher_b-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2003 \u2013 Death: Lieselotte Schwarz<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Ger\u00adman female graph\u00adic artist, mas\u00adter of print\u00admak\u00ading, and queen of sur\u00adre\u00adal\u00adist pic\u00adture books (1930\u20132003). She was a leg\u00adendary fig\u00adure who brought the aes\u00adthet\u00adics of fine art pic\u00adture books in Cen\u00adtral Europe to the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal stage after the war, and a tow\u00ader\u00ading mas\u00adter in the fields of col\u00ador and psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal sub\u00adcon\u00adscious\u00adness.<\/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 clas\u00adsic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece that sub\u00adverts the visu\u00adal decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion of human dreams, it rose to the top and won the award.&nbsp;<strong>Grand Prix at the 1973 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Award\u00aded an immor\u00adtal mon\u00adu\u00adment:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Dream Builders<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Der Traum\u00admach\u00ader<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Schwartz com\u00adplete\u00adly reject\u00aded the syco\u00adphan\u00adtic and mediocre designs of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s books. Through\u00adout her life, she adhered to the ancient hand-screen print\u00ading, the rough tex\u00adture of the prints, and the expres\u00adsion\u00adist light and shad\u00adow, trans\u00adform\u00ading medieval clas\u00adsi\u00adcal mythol\u00ado\u00adgy into a tran\u00adquil con\u00adtem\u00adpla\u00adtion of the inde\u00adpen\u00addent dig\u00adni\u00adty of life, earn\u00ading her the deep respect of the glob\u00adal book col\u00adlect\u00ading com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Lieselotte Schwarz |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lieselotte_Schwarz\">Lieselotte Schwarz (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=\"613\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1993_Anne-Brouillard_Le-sourire-du-loup_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1993_Anne-Brouillard_Le-sourire-du-loup_a.jpg 613w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1993_Anne-Brouillard_Le-sourire-du-loup_a-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1993_Anne-Brouillard_Le-sourire-du-loup_a-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0539_01__Anne-Brouillard-\u5c0f\u718a\u5c3c\u8bfa.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0539_01__Anne-Brouillard-\u5c0f\u718a\u5c3c\u8bfa.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0539_01__Anne-Brouillard-\u5c0f\u718a\u5c3c\u8bfa-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0539_01__Anne-Brouillard-\u5c0f\u718a\u5c3c\u8bfa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0539_01__Anne-Brouillard-\u5c0f\u718a\u5c3c\u8bfa-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0539_01__Anne-Brouillard-\u5c0f\u718a\u5c3c\u8bfa-12x12.jpg 12w\" 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=\"755\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0539_01__Anne-Brouillard-\u4fe1\u63d0\u4e9a\u56fd\u5ea6-\u5bfb\u627e\u7ea2\u8863\u9b54\u6cd5\u5e08-755x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0539_01__Anne-Brouillard-\u4fe1\u63d0\u4e9a\u56fd\u5ea6-\u5bfb\u627e\u7ea2\u8863\u9b54\u6cd5\u5e08-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0539_01__Anne-Brouillard-\u4fe1\u63d0\u4e9a\u56fd\u5ea6-\u5bfb\u627e\u7ea2\u8863\u9b54\u6cd5\u5e08-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0539_01__Anne-Brouillard-\u4fe1\u63d0\u4e9a\u56fd\u5ea6-\u5bfb\u627e\u7ea2\u8863\u9b54\u6cd5\u5e08-768x1042.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0539_01__Anne-Brouillard-\u4fe1\u63d0\u4e9a\u56fd\u5ea6-\u5bfb\u627e\u7ea2\u8863\u9b54\u6cd5\u5e08-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0539_01__Anne-Brouillard-\u4fe1\u63d0\u4e9a\u56fd\u5ea6-\u5bfb\u627e\u7ea2\u8863\u9b54\u6cd5\u5e08.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1967 \u2013 Born: Anne Brouillard<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Bel\u00adgian nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure-lev\u00adel female graph\u00adic artist and a mas\u00adter of real\u00adis\u00adtic land\u00adscape and spa\u00adtial lyri\u00adcal pic\u00adture books (1967). She is a visu\u00adal queen with an extreme\u00adly high rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion in the con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Euro\u00adpean chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture scene in the extreme fields of black and white sin\u00adgle-line hatch\u00ading and soft water\u00adcol\u00ador thin appli\u00adca\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal high\u00adest hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;With his clas\u00adsic real\u00adis\u00adtic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cThe Wolf\u2019s Smile,\u201d he won the pres\u00adti\u00adgious award.&nbsp;<strong>Gold\u00aden Apple Award at the 1993 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Wolf\u2019s Smile<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Le sourire du loup<\/em>), the grand fan\u00adta\u00adsy epic \u201cThe King\u00addom of Xin\u00adtia: Search\u00ading for the Red-Clad Wiz\u00adard\u201c<em>Le pays des Chin\u00adtiens: La Grande For\u00eat<\/em>(and the heart\u00adwarm\u00ading ever\u00adgreen clas\u00adsic \u201cNino the Lit\u00adtle Bear,\u201d which already has a Chi\u00adnese ver\u00adsion)<strong>Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded for Zola\u2019s chil\u00addren\u2019s sto\u00adry col\u00adlec\u00adtion<\/strong>Cat Par\u00adadise.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Art Fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bruyal\u2019s paint\u00ading style is both pow\u00ader\u00adful and ethe\u00adre\u00adal. She is extreme\u00adly skilled at cap\u00adtur\u00ading the move\u00adment of the wind, the breath of the trees, and the dap\u00adpled light and shad\u00adow on the old floor with her brush, using the ulti\u00admate in pure art visu\u00adals to sup\u00adport the intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal height of her ear\u00adly psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal and nature non-fic\u00adtion works.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Anne Brouil\u00adlard |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anne_Brouillard\">Anne Brouil\u00adlard (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=\"549\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0564_01__Tonke-Dragt-De-brief-voor-de-koning.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0564_01__Tonke-Dragt-De-brief-voor-de-koning.jpg 549w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0564_01__Tonke-Dragt-De-brief-voor-de-koning-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0564_01__Tonke-Dragt-De-brief-voor-de-koning-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2024 \u2014 Passed away: Tonke Dragt<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anto\u00adnia Johan\u00adna Draket (1930\u20132024), an immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure of Dutch wom\u00aden\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and graph\u00adic illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, was a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure in the sec\u00adond half of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry Dutch-lan\u00adguage lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, revered for her \u201cclas\u00adsi\u00adcal chival\u00adric nar\u00adra\u00adtive and anti-total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan alle\u00adgo\u00adry.\u201d She was a recip\u00adi\u00adent of the Dutch Nation\u00adal Chil\u00addren\u2019s and Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>An epic mon\u00adu\u00adment that will last for\u00adev\u00ader:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>A Let\u00adter to the King<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>De brief voor de kon\u00ading<\/em>Pub\u00adlished in 1962, it was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d and is con\u00adsid\u00adered the great\u00adest chil\u00addren\u2019s nov\u00adel in Dutch his\u00adto\u00adry, win\u00adning the \u201cGold\u00aden Brush Award\u201d half-cen\u00adtu\u00adry supreme prize.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Drack\u00adett spent her ado\u00adles\u00adcence in a Japan\u00adese con\u00adcen\u00adtra\u00adtion camp, a peri\u00adod of depri\u00adva\u00adtion and impris\u00adon\u00adment that forged the steely calm\u00adness, lit\u00ader\u00adary restraint, and pride in her writ\u00ading. In *Let\u00adters to the King*, she recounts the panoram\u00adic his\u00adto\u00adry of Tirio, a young aspir\u00ading knight who aban\u00addons his knight\u00adhood cer\u00ade\u00admo\u00adny to escort a secret let\u00adter con\u00adcern\u00ading the life and death of a neigh\u00adbor\u00ading coun\u00adtry, brav\u00ading the blood and tears of war. With the noblest clas\u00adsi\u00adcal prose, she vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the moral reflec\u00adtions, inde\u00adpen\u00addence, respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, and dig\u00adni\u00adty of a group of young peo\u00adple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Tonke Dragt |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tonke_Dragt\">Tonke Dragt (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=\"786\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0544_01__Fred-Marcellino-Puss-in-Boots-786x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0544_01__Fred-Marcellino-Puss-in-Boots-786x1024.jpg 786w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0544_01__Fred-Marcellino-Puss-in-Boots-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0544_01__Fred-Marcellino-Puss-in-Boots-768x1001.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0544_01__Fred-Marcellino-Puss-in-Boots-1178x1536.jpg 1178w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0544_01__Fred-Marcellino-Puss-in-Boots-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0544_01__Fred-Marcellino-Puss-in-Boots.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Jiri-Behounek_Jewish-tales_-the-eight-lights-of-the-Hanukkiya_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Jiri-Behounek_Jewish-tales_-the-eight-lights-of-the-Hanukkiya_a.jpg 595w, 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https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1987_Jiri-Behounek_Jewish-tales_-the-eight-lights-of-the-Hanukkiya_c-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"991\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0519_01__Claire-dHarcourt-Du-coq-lne-991x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0519_01__Claire-dHarcourt-Du-coq-lne-991x1024.jpg 991w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0519_01__Claire-dHarcourt-Du-coq-lne-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0519_01__Claire-dHarcourt-Du-coq-lne-768x794.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0519_01__Claire-dHarcourt-Du-coq-lne-12x12.jpg 12w, 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https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0524_01__Isabelle-Bournier-Des-hommes-dans-la-guerre-dAlgrie-1536x1199.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0524_01__Isabelle-Bournier-Des-hommes-dans-la-guerre-dAlgrie-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0524_01__Isabelle-Bournier-Des-hommes-dans-la-guerre-dAlgrie.jpg 1725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/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>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Fred Mar\u00adcelli\u00adno<\/strong><\/td><td>An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan graph\u00adic artist and mas\u00adter of book lay\u00adout aes\u00adthet\u00adics in the late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1939\u20132001). He is known for his style, which per\u00adfect\u00adly blends Nether\u00adlan\u00addish clas\u00adsi\u00adcal pas\u00adtel col\u00adors with Ital\u00adian free\u00adhand com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, as exem\u00adpli\u00adfied by his time\u00adless clas\u00adsic, *Puss in Boots*.<em>Puss in Boots<\/em>The bor\u00adder\u00adless, dou\u00adble-page visu\u00adal graph\u00adics cre\u00adat\u00aded by [the artist] won [a prize].&nbsp;<strong>1991 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>He was also the most ratio\u00adnal illus\u00adtra\u00adtor in the first edi\u00adtion of E.B. White\u2019s famous nov\u00adel \u201cThe Trum\u00adpet of the Swan\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Marcellino\">Fred Mar\u00adcelli\u00adno (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Ji\u0159\u00ed B\u011bhounek<\/strong><\/td><td>A Czecho\u00adslo\u00adva\u00adkian mas\u00adter of graph\u00adic art and print\u00admak\u00ading (1929\u20132005). Through\u00adout his life, he adhered to the core Cen\u00adtral Euro\u00adpean tra\u00addi\u00adtion of hard-edged pen-and-ink hatch\u00ading and rough oil print\u00ading tech\u00adniques. His mon\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtal non-fic\u00adtion work, *The Jew\u00adish Sto\u00adry*, a his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal work pre\u00adserv\u00ading the cul\u00adtur\u00adal roots of eth\u00adnic minori\u00adties, is a tes\u00adta\u00adment to this.<em>Jew\u00adish tales<\/em>The ini\u00adtial illus\u00adtra\u00adtion, filled with the blank spaces of stage the\u00adater and metic\u00adu\u00adlous com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, won the top prize.&nbsp;<strong>Gold\u00aden Apple Award at the 1987 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_B%C4%9Bhounek\">Ji\u0159\u00ed B\u011bhounek (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Claire d\u2019Har\u00adcourt<\/strong><\/td><td>A promi\u00adnent con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary French female graph\u00adic artist and the queen of non-fic\u00adtion art edu\u00adca\u00adtion for chil\u00addren (1960). She com\u00adplete\u00adly shat\u00adtered the mediocre, didac\u00adtic design of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s art edu\u00adca\u00adtion, cre\u00adat\u00ading a ground\u00adbreak\u00ading mas\u00adter\u00adpiece of mod\u00adern art edu\u00adca\u00adtion: *From Roost\u00ader to Don\u00adkey: Ani\u00admals Telling the Sto\u00adry of Art*, a work of inter\u00adac\u00adtive visu\u00adal dis\u00adcov\u00adery and mon\u00adtage-style cross-dis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary col\u00adlage.<em>Du coq \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ne<\/em>), and won the cham\u00adpi\u00adonship.&nbsp;<strong>2003 Prix Sor\u00adci\u00e8res, the high\u00adest non-fic\u00adtion award in France.<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claire_d'Harcourt\">Claire d\u2019Har\u00adcourt (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Isabelle Bournier<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned French female his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan and chil\u00addren\u2019s non\u00adfic\u00adtion writer (1963). Through\u00adout her life, she approached her writ\u00ading with an almost obses\u00adsive aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic rig\u00ador, a com\u00admit\u00adment to doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary equal\u00adi\u00adty, and an anthro\u00adpo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal per\u00adspec\u00adtive. Her award-win\u00adning epic nov\u00adel, *Peo\u00adple in the Alger\u00adian War*, a work that unvar\u00adnish\u00ades the raw real\u00adi\u00adties of life and focus\u00ades on the strug\u00adgles of ordi\u00adnary peo\u00adple amidst geopo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal clash\u00ades, is a tes\u00adta\u00adment to this.<em>Des hommes dans la guerre d\u2019Al\u00adg\u00e9rie<\/em>), suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly reached the sum\u00admit and won&nbsp;<strong>2011 Prix Sor\u00adci\u00e8res, the high\u00adest prize for fiction\/nonfiction in France.<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isabelle_Bournier\">Isabelle Bournier (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Lucy Fitch Perkins<\/strong><\/td><td>An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female geo\u00adg\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader of the ear\u00adly 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry and a pio\u00adneer of cross-cul\u00adtur\u00adal real\u00adism for chil\u00addren\u2019s fic\u00adtion (1865\u20131937). Through\u00adout her life, she ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded her\u00adself to break\u00ading down the iso\u00adla\u00adtion and racial prej\u00adu\u00addices of main\u00adstream Amer\u00adi\u00adca on the eve of World War I, using the clean\u00adest char\u00adcoal sketch\u00ades and del\u00adi\u00adcate, ver\u00adnac\u00adu\u00adlar lan\u00adguage to cre\u00adate the world-renowned \u201cTwins\u201d series. Her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece is *The Dutch Twins*.<em>The Dutch Twins<\/em>With its most con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adate and lev\u00adel gaze at the ecol\u00ado\u00adgy and scenery of for\u00adeign lands, it was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucy_Fitch_Perkins\">Lucy Fitch Perkins (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Joan Lin\u00adgard<\/strong><\/td><td>A titan of British female-cen\u00adtric real\u00adist youth lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and recip\u00adi\u00adent of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (1932\u20132022), she pow\u00ader\u00adful\u00adly doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded the inter\u00adgen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional con\u00adflict and reli\u00adgious divi\u00adsions in North\u00adern Ire\u00adland with her sweep\u00ading soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism. Her immor\u00adtal epic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Cross\u00ading the Bar\u00adri\u00ader*, tells the sto\u00adry of a Catholic boy and a Protes\u00adtant girl cross\u00ading the Pales\u00adtin\u00adian bar\u00adri\u00adcades to uphold their shared order.<em>Across the Bar\u00adri\u00adcades<\/em>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joan_Lingard\">Joan Lin\u00adgard (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Jim Kjel\u00adgaard<\/strong><\/td><td>James Arthur C. Gergel\u00adgo\u00adld (1910\u20131959), a renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author of mod\u00adern his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal wildlife adven\u00adture nov\u00adels, was a mas\u00adter of hard\u00adcore nar\u00adra\u00adtives that blend\u00aded canine ecol\u00ado\u00adgy, wilder\u00adness sur\u00advival, and youth\u00adful resilience. His time\u00adless clas\u00adsic, *Big Red*, tells the sto\u00adry of a boy and his Irish Set\u00adter uphold\u00ading order and bat\u00adtling the harsh\u00adness of the Rocky Moun\u00adtains.<em>Big Red<\/em>It has con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly ranked high on the must-read lists for ratio\u00adnal read\u00aders in major libraries.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Kjelgaard\">Jim Kjel\u00adgaard (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\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\/0529_01__Lucy-Fitch-Perkins-The-Dutch-Twins-683x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0529_01__Lucy-Fitch-Perkins-The-Dutch-Twins-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0529_01__Lucy-Fitch-Perkins-The-Dutch-Twins-200x300.jpg 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