{"id":9421,"date":"2026-07-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9421"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:10:49","slug":"kidsbook_history_0714","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/14\/kidsbook_history_0714\/","title":{"rendered":"July 14: 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=\"673\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_01__Brian-Selznick-The-Invention-of-Hugo-Cabret-673x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_01__Brian-Selznick-The-Invention-of-Hugo-Cabret-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_01__Brian-Selznick-The-Invention-of-Hugo-Cabret-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_01__Brian-Selznick-The-Invention-of-Hugo-Cabret-768x1168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_01__Brian-Selznick-The-Invention-of-Hugo-Cabret-1010x1536.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_01__Brian-Selznick-The-Invention-of-Hugo-Cabret-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_01__Brian-Selznick-The-Invention-of-Hugo-Cabret.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\"><\/figure>\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\/0636_02__Brian-Selznick-Wonderstruck-678x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_02__Brian-Selznick-Wonderstruck-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_02__Brian-Selznick-Wonderstruck-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_02__Brian-Selznick-Wonderstruck-768x1161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_02__Brian-Selznick-Wonderstruck-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_02__Brian-Selznick-Wonderstruck.jpg 794w\" 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=\"439\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_01__Brian-Selznick-\u5947\u8ff9\u4e4b\u5c4b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_01__Brian-Selznick-\u5947\u8ff9\u4e4b\u5c4b.jpg 439w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_01__Brian-Selznick-\u5947\u8ff9\u4e4b\u5c4b-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0636_01__Brian-Selznick-\u5947\u8ff9\u4e4b\u5c4b-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1966 \u2013 Bri\u00adan Selznick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan graph\u00adic artist, book struc\u00adtur\u00adal engi\u00adneer, and giant of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1966). He is a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure of change in the glob\u00adal pic\u00adture book and cross-media nar\u00adra\u00adtive of the 21st cen\u00adtu\u00adry, renowned world\u00adwide for his ground\u00adbreak\u00ading cin\u00ade\u00admat\u00adic edit\u00ading and epic black-and-white pen\u00adcil line draw\u00adings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme hon\u00ador and an immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;With his epic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cHugo the Dream\u00ader\u201d, he suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly reached the top and won the award.&nbsp;<strong>2008 Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>Lat\u00ader, he won again with \u201cWon\u00adder in Silence\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>The Prix Sor\u00adci\u00e8res, the high\u00adest prize for nov\u00adels in France.<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Immor\u00adtal Visu\u00adal Tril\u00ado\u00adgy:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Hugo the Dream\u00ader<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Inven\u00adtion of Hugo Cabret<\/em>)\u3001<strong>A Won\u00adder in Silence<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Won\u00adder\u00adstruck<\/em>), and the spa\u00adtial art explo\u00adration mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cHouse of Mir\u00ada\u00adcles\u201d (<em>The Mar\u00advels<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to visu\u00adal arts:<\/strong>&nbsp;Selznick shat\u00adtered the rigid par\u00ada\u00addigm of sep\u00ada\u00adrat\u00ading text and illus\u00adtra\u00adtion. In *Hugo the Dream\u00ader*, he adhered to the most rig\u00ador\u00adous tech\u00adniques of hand-carved pen\u00adcil etch\u00ading and dense cross-hatch\u00ading, using large areas of deep char\u00adcoal black and white space to cre\u00adate a visu\u00adal sus\u00adpense rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent of ear\u00adly silent black-and-white films with\u00adin hun\u00addreds of pages of con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous word\u00adless illus\u00adtra\u00adtions. With extreme\u00adly ratio\u00adnal com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, he told the sto\u00adry of an orphaned boy\u2019s com\u00adpan\u00adion\u00adship and pur\u00adsuit of dreams with film pio\u00adneer M\u00e9li\u00e8s at a Paris train sta\u00adtion, endow\u00ading mod\u00adern graph\u00adic nov\u00adels with the high\u00adest dig\u00adni\u00adty of pure art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Bri\u00adan Selznick |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brian_Selznick\">Bri\u00adan Selznick (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=\"640\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u77e2\u7389\u56db\u90ce_\u6674\u5929\u4e0b\u732a\u65e5\u6587\u7248.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u77e2\u7389\u56db\u90ce_\u6674\u5929\u4e0b\u732a\u65e5\u6587\u7248.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u77e2\u7389\u56db\u90ce_\u6674\u5929\u4e0b\u732a\u65e5\u6587\u7248-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u77e2\u7389\u56db\u90ce_\u6674\u5929\u4e0b\u732a\u65e5\u6587\u7248-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"899\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u6674\u5929\u4e0b\u732a\u5c01\u9762-899x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u6674\u5929\u4e0b\u732a\u5c01\u9762-899x1024.jpg 899w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u6674\u5929\u4e0b\u732a\u5c01\u9762-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u6674\u5929\u4e0b\u732a\u5c01\u9762-768x875.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u6674\u5929\u4e0b\u732a\u5c01\u9762-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u6674\u5929\u4e0b\u732a\u5c01\u9762.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u77e2\u7389\u56db\u90ce_\u68a6\u91cc\u6765\u7684\u68a6\u5b69\u513f.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u77e2\u7389\u56db\u90ce_\u68a6\u91cc\u6765\u7684\u68a6\u5b69\u513f.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u77e2\u7389\u56db\u90ce_\u68a6\u91cc\u6765\u7684\u68a6\u5b69\u513f-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u77e2\u7389\u56db\u90ce_\u68a6\u91cc\u6765\u7684\u68a6\u5b69\u513f-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u77e2\u7389\u56db\u90ce_\u68a6\u91cc\u6765\u7684\u68a6\u5b69\u513f-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u77e2\u7389\u56db\u90ce_\u68a6\u91cc\u6765\u7684\u68a6\u5b69\u513f-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2024 \u2013 Passed away: Shiro Yadama<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u2019s immor\u00adtal graph\u00adic artist, chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer, and lead\u00ading fig\u00adure of the anti-util\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan and absur\u00addist school of thought (1944\u20132024). He was a spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal icon of a gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of chil\u00addren in East Asia after the war, a fig\u00adure of great integri\u00adty, who ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded his life to using unpar\u00adal\u00adleled absurd rev\u00adel\u00adry to tear apart the dog\u00admas and dis\u00adci\u00adplines imposed on chil\u00addren by adult soci\u00adety.<\/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 \u201cSome\u00adtimes it rains pigs on sun\u00adny days\u201d series<\/strong>(Also trans\u00adlat\u00aded as \u201cTomor\u00adrow is Pig Day\u201d, orig\u00adi\u00adnal Japan\u00adese title)&nbsp;<em>\u6e05\u308c\u3068\u304d\u3069\u304d\u3076\u305f<\/em>(It was first pub\u00adlished in 1980).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary and his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcance:<\/strong>&nbsp;His ground\u00adbreak\u00ading work has cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00aded Asia for near\u00adly half a cen\u00adtu\u00adry and is list\u00aded as a must-read clas\u00adsic for chil\u00addren in Canon. Shi\u00adro Yaga\u00admi com\u00adplete\u00adly depart\u00aded from the cheesy and mediocre didac\u00adti\u00adcism of his time. The sto\u00adry tells of a boy named Ze\u2019an who, fed up with his moth\u00ader secret\u00adly read\u00ading his diary, writes down all sorts of absurd prophe\u00adcies in it. The next day, the entire city expe\u00adri\u00adences the aston\u00adish\u00ading spec\u00adta\u00adcle of thou\u00adsands upon thou\u00adsands of fat pigs rain\u00ading down from the sky. With seem\u00ading\u00adly ran\u00addom scrib\u00adbles, yet pos\u00adsess\u00ading a pow\u00ader\u00adful graph\u00adic design ten\u00adsion and dynam\u00adic free\u00adhand style, he pro\u00adfound\u00adly defends the high\u00adest auton\u00ado\u00admy of child\u00adhood mis\u00adchief, boast\u00ading, and psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal cathar\u00adsis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Shi\u00adro Yadama |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shiro_Yadama\">Shi\u00adro Yadama (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=\"913\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-If-You-Give-a-Mouse-a-Cookie-913x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-If-You-Give-a-Mouse-a-Cookie-913x1024.jpg 913w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-If-You-Give-a-Mouse-a-Cookie-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-If-You-Give-a-Mouse-a-Cookie-768x861.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-If-You-Give-a-Mouse-a-Cookie-1370x1536.jpg 1370w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-If-You-Give-a-Mouse-a-Cookie-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-If-You-Give-a-Mouse-a-Cookie.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"908\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-\u8981\u662f\u4f60\u5e26\u8001\u9f20\u53bb\u4e0a\u5b66-908x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-\u8981\u662f\u4f60\u5e26\u8001\u9f20\u53bb\u4e0a\u5b66-908x1024.jpg 908w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-\u8981\u662f\u4f60\u5e26\u8001\u9f20\u53bb\u4e0a\u5b66-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-\u8981\u662f\u4f60\u5e26\u8001\u9f20\u53bb\u4e0a\u5b66-768x866.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-\u8981\u662f\u4f60\u5e26\u8001\u9f20\u53bb\u4e0a\u5b66-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-\u8981\u662f\u4f60\u5e26\u8001\u9f20\u53bb\u4e0a\u5b66.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"873\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-\u8981\u662f\u4f60\u7ed9\u8001\u9f20\u5403\u997c\u5e72.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-\u8981\u662f\u4f60\u7ed9\u8001\u9f20\u5403\u997c\u5e72.jpg 873w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-\u8981\u662f\u4f60\u7ed9\u8001\u9f20\u5403\u997c\u5e72-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-\u8981\u662f\u4f60\u7ed9\u8001\u9f20\u5403\u997c\u5e72-768x880.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0646_01__Laura-Joffe-Numeroff-\u8981\u662f\u4f60\u7ed9\u8001\u9f20\u5403\u997c\u5e72-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1953: Laura Joffe Numeroff<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author and a lead\u00ading fig\u00adure in the prag\u00admat\u00adic humor school (1953). She was a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure in the late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry Eng\u00adlish chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture world, a fig\u00adure revered by all for explor\u00ading the extreme field of \u201ccausal log\u00adic chains and behav\u00adioral psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy cycles\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless clas\u00adsics for chil\u00addren:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The \u201cIf You Give a Mouse a Cook\u00adie\u201d series<\/strong>His sem\u00adi\u00adnal work was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d and is high\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by the Library of Con\u00adgress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Key rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>If You Give a Mouse a Cook\u00adie<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>If you give a mouse a cook\u00adie<\/em>)\u3001<strong>If you feed moose mini rice cakes<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>If you give a moose a muf\u00adfin<\/em>), and \u201cIf You Bring a Mouse to School\u201d (<em>If you take a mouse to school<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Numerov\u2019s writ\u00ading is filled with remark\u00adably refined, gen\u00adtle, and pro\u00adgres\u00adsive\u00adly lay\u00adered poly\u00adphon\u00adic phras\u00ading. She mas\u00adter\u00adful\u00adly por\u00adtrays the bound\u00adless nature of a tod\u00addler\u2019s dai\u00adly explo\u00adration of the world through an end\u00adless cycle of cause and effect: \u201cGive me a cook\u00adie, I want milk; I want milk, I want a straw; and final\u00adly, I go back to want\u00adi\u00adng cook\u00adies.\u201d Using a ground\u00aded, col\u00adlo\u00adqui\u00adal style that main\u00adtains a sense of ratio\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adty, she estab\u00adlish\u00ades the high\u00adest stan\u00addard for pic\u00adture books in ear\u00adly child\u00adhood cog\u00adni\u00adtive and log\u00adi\u00adcal devel\u00adop\u00adment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Lau\u00adra Joffe Numeroff |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laura_Numeroff\">Lau\u00adra Numeroff (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=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0656_01__Peggy-Parish-Amelia-Bedelia-series-1024x733.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0656_01__Peggy-Parish-Amelia-Bedelia-series-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0656_01__Peggy-Parish-Amelia-Bedelia-series-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0656_01__Peggy-Parish-Amelia-Bedelia-series-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0656_01__Peggy-Parish-Amelia-Bedelia-series-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0656_01__Peggy-Parish-Amelia-Bedelia-series.jpg 1521w\" 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=\"1011\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0656_01__Peggy-Parish-\u7cca\u6d82\u5973\u4f63-1024x1011.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0656_01__Peggy-Parish-\u7cca\u6d82\u5973\u4f63-1024x1011.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0656_01__Peggy-Parish-\u7cca\u6d82\u5973\u4f63-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0656_01__Peggy-Parish-\u7cca\u6d82\u5973\u4f63-768x758.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0656_01__Peggy-Parish-\u7cca\u6d82\u5973\u4f63-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0656_01__Peggy-Parish-\u7cca\u6d82\u5973\u4f63.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1927 \u2013 Born: Peggy Parish<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mar\u00adgaret Cecil Parish (1927\u20131988), an immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer and pio\u00adneer of ear\u00adly read\u00ading grad\u00aded bridge books, was a nar\u00adra\u00adtive mas\u00adter of a gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion in the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry who per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00aded \u201chard\u00adcore Eng\u00adlish word puns, grass\u00adroots life gran\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adty, and decon\u00adstruc\u00adtive bias\u201d in the Unit\u00aded States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A mile\u00adstone in his\u00adto\u00adry:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Sil\u00adly Maid series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Amelia Bedelia series<\/em>It was first pub\u00adlished in 1963.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Her endur\u00ading mas\u00adter\u00adpiece series is includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books.\u201d Par\u00adrish, a long\u00adtime pri\u00adma\u00adry school teacher, empha\u00adsizes the devel\u00adop\u00adment of inde\u00adpen\u00addent intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal think\u00ading in chil\u00addren dur\u00ading their lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adcy years. The bum\u00adbling maid Amelia is an extreme\u00adly kind and metic\u00adu\u00adlous but eccen\u00adtric ser\u00advant who rigid\u00adly adheres to lit\u00ader\u00adal meaning\u2014when her mas\u00adters ask her to \u201cdust the dress\u00ader,\u201d she actu\u00adal\u00adly sprin\u00adkles tal\u00adcum pow\u00adder all over it. Through this inge\u00adnious word\u00adplay, she not only helps chil\u00addren devel\u00adop an under\u00adstand\u00ading of advanced metaphor\u00adi\u00adcal lan\u00adguage amidst laugh\u00adter but also dig\u00adni\u00adfied\u00adly upholds the sin\u00adcere order of labor among work\u00ading-class arti\u00adsans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Peg\u00adgy Parish |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peggy_Parish\">Peg\u00adgy Parish (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=\"715\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-Little-Old-Mrs.-Pepperpot-715x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-Little-Old-Mrs.-Pepperpot-715x1024.jpg 715w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-Little-Old-Mrs.-Pepperpot-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-Little-Old-Mrs.-Pepperpot-768x1100.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-Little-Old-Mrs.-Pepperpot-1073x1536.jpg 1073w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-Little-Old-Mrs.-Pepperpot-1430x2048.jpg 1430w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-Little-Old-Mrs.-Pepperpot-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-Little-Old-Mrs.-Pepperpot.jpg 1528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5305\u57c3\u7c73\u5c14.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5305\u57c3\u7c73\u5c14.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5305\u57c3\u7c73\u5c14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5305\u57c3\u7c73\u5c14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5305\u57c3\u7c73\u5c14-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5305\u57c3\u7c73\u5c14-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5305\u57c3\u7c73\u5c14\u8d62\u6765\u4e00\u5339\u9a6c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5305\u57c3\u7c73\u5c14\u8d62\u6765\u4e00\u5339\u9a6c.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5305\u57c3\u7c73\u5c14\u8d62\u6765\u4e00\u5339\u9a6c-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5305\u57c3\u7c73\u5c14\u8d62\u6765\u4e00\u5339\u9a6c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5305\u57c3\u7c73\u5c14\u8d62\u6765\u4e00\u5339\u9a6c-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2008 \u2013 Death: Bj\u00f6rn Berg<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Swedish nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure-lev\u00adel graph\u00adic visu\u00adal artist, mas\u00adter of fine art illus\u00adtra\u00adtion, and mas\u00adter of sketch\u00ading (1923\u20132008). He was one of the most indis\u00adpens\u00adable visu\u00adal pil\u00adlars of the gold\u00aden age of Euro\u00adpean pic\u00adture books in the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, and his life\u2019s achieve\u00adments are high\u00adly respect\u00aded by the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal book indus\u00adtry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;Amaz\u00ading\u00adly won&nbsp;<strong>High\u00adly Com\u00admend\u00aded Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded Award by the Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA)<\/strong>It was once regard\u00aded as Astrid Lind\u00adgren\u2019s go-to part\u00adner for many years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Immor\u00adtal Ever\u00adgreen Tree:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Emil the Mis\u00adchie\u00advous Boys series<\/strong>First edi\u00adtion com\u00adplete set of illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (<em>Emil i L\u00f6n\u00adneber\u00adga<\/em>(by Astrid Lind\u00adgren), and the Lit\u00adtle Tea\u00adspoon Old Lady series (by Alf Pr\u00f8y\u00adsen).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bj\u00f6rn Berry com\u00adplete\u00adly aban\u00addoned rigid, mechan\u00adi\u00adcal line draw\u00ading. To cre\u00adate the image of Emil, the mis\u00adchie\u00advous boy who con\u00adstant\u00adly got his head stuck in a soup pot but pos\u00adsessed an innate, unyield\u00ading spir\u00adit and a strong sense of jus\u00adtice from the coun\u00adtry\u00adside, Berry per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly immersed him\u00adself in sketch\u00ading in the Swedish coun\u00adtry\u00adside. He was excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at using con\u00adcise, flu\u00adid, and expres\u00adsive pen-and-ink sketch\u00ades, com\u00adbined with the clas\u00adsi\u00adcal Eng\u00adlish intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal water\u00adcol\u00adors rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent of Art Nou\u00adveau, to bring to life that vibrant, breath\u00ading world of the coun\u00adtry\u00adside. With his ulti\u00admate fine art visu\u00adal style, he estab\u00adlished a new Canon for Scan\u00addi\u00adna\u00advian chil\u00addren\u2019s vision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Bj\u00f6rn Berg |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bj%C3%B6rn_Berg\">Bj\u00f6rn Berg (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=\"725\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0651_01__Leon-Garfield-The-God-Beneath-the-Sea-725x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0651_01__Leon-Garfield-The-God-Beneath-the-Sea-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0651_01__Leon-Garfield-The-God-Beneath-the-Sea-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0651_01__Leon-Garfield-The-God-Beneath-the-Sea-768x1084.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0651_01__Leon-Garfield-The-God-Beneath-the-Sea-1088x1536.jpg 1088w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0651_01__Leon-Garfield-The-God-Beneath-the-Sea-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0651_01__Leon-Garfield-The-God-Beneath-the-Sea.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1921 \u2013 Born: Leon Garfield<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A leg\u00adendary fig\u00adure in British clas\u00adsi\u00adcal chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and a mas\u00adter of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal fan\u00adta\u00adsy nov\u00adels (1921\u20131996). He was a high\u00adly respect\u00aded leader of the \u201cNeo-Goth\u00adic\u201d school of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture in Great Britain after World War II, and was hailed by the lit\u00ader\u00adary world as \u201cthe only skele\u00adtal giant in the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry in the field of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture who could per\u00adfect\u00adly con\u00adtin\u00adue Dick\u00adens\u2019 dark and grainy style.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme hon\u00ador and immor\u00adtal clas\u00adsic:<\/strong>&nbsp;With its epic mytho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal work \u201cThe God of the Sea,\u201d it reached the top and won\u2026&nbsp;<strong>1970 Carnegie Medal<\/strong>He was a recip\u00adi\u00adent of the Whit\u00adbraid Prize for Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Award-win\u00adning rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>God of the Sea<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The God Beneath the Sea<\/em>(co-authored with Edward Blishen), and Dick\u00adens\u2019 clas\u00adsic sus\u00adpense nov\u00adel *The Appren\u00adtice* (<em>The Appren\u00adtices<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Garfield\u00ad\u2019s writ\u00ading is vig\u00ador\u00adous and restrained, filled with an extreme\u00adly noble and crisp rhythm. In *The Gods of the Sea*, he uses a strik\u00ading poly\u00adphon\u00adic prose poem style to reshape the trag\u00adic myths of the Olympian gods about war, betray\u00adal, class divi\u00adsion, and Hep\u00adhaes\u00adtus\u2019s fall into the deep sea. With the cold decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion of pure lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, he thor\u00adough\u00adly elim\u00adi\u00adnates the syco\u00adphan\u00adtic sweet\u00adness of chil\u00addren\u2019s books, and with great dig\u00adni\u00adty, he upholds the high\u00adest polit\u00adi\u00adcal and philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal heights in the rewrit\u00ading of chil\u00addren\u2019s myths.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Leon Garfield |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leon_Garfield\">Leon Garfield (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=\"346\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-\u5f69\u8679\u9e3d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-\u5f69\u8679\u9e3d.jpg 346w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-\u5f69\u8679\u9e3d-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-\u5f69\u8679\u9e3d-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-Gay-Neck-the-Story-of-a-Pigeon-683x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-Gay-Neck-the-Story-of-a-Pigeon-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-Gay-Neck-the-Story-of-a-Pigeon-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-Gay-Neck-the-Story-of-a-Pigeon-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-Gay-Neck-the-Story-of-a-Pigeon-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0218_01__Dhan-Gopal-Mukerji-Gay-Neck-the-Story-of-a-Pigeon.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<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>Dhan Gopal Muk\u00ader\u00adji<\/strong><\/td><td>An immor\u00adtal pio\u00adneer\u00ading nov\u00adel\u00adist and human\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan thinker of Indi\u00adan Amer\u00adi\u00adcan descent (1890\u20131936). (Note: July 6th record\u00aded his birth date; today is the offi\u00adcial anniver\u00adsary of the death of this icon of col\u00ador.) He is best known for his chil\u00addren\u2019s epic nov\u00adel, *The Rain\u00adbow Dove*.<em>Gay Neck, the Sto\u00adry of a Pigeon<\/em>Win\u00adning the cham\u00adpi\u00adonship in one fell swoop&nbsp;<strong>The 1928 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>He became the first non-white author to receive the New\u00adbery Medal, using his steely, real\u00adis\u00adtic war prose to proud\u00adly earn the high\u00adest lit\u00ader\u00adary dig\u00adni\u00adty for minori\u00adties.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dhan_Gopal_Mukerji\">Dhan Gopal Muk\u00ader\u00adji (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Inger Edelfeldt<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Swedish female graph\u00adic artist and social real\u00adist author of chil\u00addren\u2019s and young adult lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1956). For many years, she focused on the awak\u00aden\u00ading of the men\u00adtal empow\u00ader\u00adment of mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adized girls with her extreme\u00adly sharp, soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly nuanced, and psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly com\u00adplex writ\u00ading. Her immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Let\u00adters to the Queen of the Night*, which direct\u00adly con\u00adfronts the his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal trau\u00adma and iden\u00adti\u00adty dis\u00adin\u00adte\u00adgra\u00adtion of the Cold War, is a tes\u00adta\u00adment to this.<em>Briefe an die K\u00f6ni\u00adgin der Nacht<\/em>), and won the cham\u00adpi\u00adonship.&nbsp;<strong>1987 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP) \u2014 High\u00adest Award for Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/sv.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inger_Edelfeldt\">Inger Edelfeldt (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Janikovszky \u00c9va<\/strong><\/td><td>Hun\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adan nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure-lev\u00adel female nov\u00adel\u00adist and essay\u00adist spe\u00adcial\u00adiz\u00ading in child psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy (1926\u20132003). She ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded her life to using tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal East\u00adern Euro\u00adpean folk humor to dis\u00adman\u00adtle the absolute patri\u00adarchy and hyp\u00ado\u00adcrit\u00adi\u00adcal dis\u00adci\u00adpline of adult soci\u00adety. Her endur\u00ading mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Who Does This Child Resem\u00adble?*, which vivid\u00adly bridges the gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion gap and pro\u00adfound\u00adly pro\u00advokes reflec\u00adtion in chil\u00addren\u2019s minds, is a tes\u00adta\u00adment to this.<em>Kire \u00fct\u00f6tt ez a gyerek?<\/em>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89va_Janikovszky\">\u00c9va Janikovszky (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Inger-Edelfeldt_Briefe-an-die-Konigin-der-Nacht.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Inger-Edelfeldt_Briefe-an-die-Konigin-der-Nacht.jpg 270w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Inger-Edelfeldt_Briefe-an-die-Konigin-der-Nacht-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Inger-Edelfeldt_Briefe-an-die-Konigin-der-Nacht-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Janikovszky-Eva_Kire-utott-ez-a-gyerek.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Janikovszky-Eva_Kire-utott-ez-a-gyerek.jpg 365w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Janikovszky-Eva_Kire-utott-ez-a-gyerek-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Janikovszky-Eva_Kire-utott-ez-a-gyerek-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1966\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u5e03\u83b1\u6069\u00b7\u585e\u5179\u5c3c\u514b Brian Selznick \u7f8e\u56fd\u4e0d\u673d\u7684\u5e73\u9762\u827a\u672f\u5bb6\u3001\u4e66\u7c4d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9676,"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-9421","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\/0661_01__Bjrn-Berg-\u6dd8\u6c14\u5305\u57c3\u7c73\u5c14.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9421","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=9421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9679,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9421\/revisions\/9679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}