{"id":9422,"date":"2026-07-15T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9422"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:53:19","slug":"kidsbook_history_0715","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/15\/kidsbook_history_0715\/","title":{"rendered":"July 15: 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=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_02__Nahoko-Uehashi-\u7cbe\u970a\u306e\u5b88\u308a\u4eba-A-717x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_02__Nahoko-Uehashi-\u7cbe\u970a\u306e\u5b88\u308a\u4eba-A-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_02__Nahoko-Uehashi-\u7cbe\u970a\u306e\u5b88\u308a\u4eba-A-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_02__Nahoko-Uehashi-\u7cbe\u970a\u306e\u5b88\u308a\u4eba-A-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_02__Nahoko-Uehashi-\u7cbe\u970a\u306e\u5b88\u308a\u4eba-A-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_02__Nahoko-Uehashi-\u7cbe\u970a\u306e\u5b88\u308a\u4eba-A.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_02__Nahoko-Uehashi-\u5929\u5730\u5b88\u62a4\u8005.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_02__Nahoko-Uehashi-\u5929\u5730\u5b88\u62a4\u8005.jpg 381w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_02__Nahoko-Uehashi-\u5929\u5730\u5b88\u62a4\u8005-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_02__Nahoko-Uehashi-\u5929\u5730\u5b88\u62a4\u8005-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\"><\/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\/0687_03__Nahoko-Uehashi-The-Beast-Player-678x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_03__Nahoko-Uehashi-The-Beast-Player-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_03__Nahoko-Uehashi-The-Beast-Player-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_03__Nahoko-Uehashi-The-Beast-Player-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_03__Nahoko-Uehashi-The-Beast-Player-1018x1536.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_03__Nahoko-Uehashi-The-Beast-Player-1357x2048.jpg 1357w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_03__Nahoko-Uehashi-The-Beast-Player-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0687_03__Nahoko-Uehashi-The-Beast-Player.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1962: Nahoko Uehashi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u2019s immor\u00adtal female cul\u00adtur\u00adal anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgist, a giant of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, and a mas\u00adter of fan\u00adta\u00adsy lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1962). She is a poly\u00adphon\u00adic nar\u00adra\u00adtive queen who is revered by chil\u00addren\u2019s and YA lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture cir\u00adcles around the world in the 21st cen\u00adtu\u00adry. Through\u00adout her life, she per\u00adfect\u00adly fused the com\u00adplex geopol\u00adi\u00adtics of indige\u00adnous peo\u00adples, eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion, and human choic\u00ades with extreme\u00adly rig\u00ador\u00adous aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic rig\u00ador and com\u00adpas\u00adsion for all things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal hon\u00ador (Grand Slam):<\/strong>&nbsp;Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2014 Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Best Writer<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>An epic fan\u00adta\u00adsy sto\u00adry that will last for\u00adev\u00ader:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canon: Asi\u00ada\u2019s ulti\u00admate fan\u00adta\u00adsy:<strong>\u201c\u201cGuardians\u201d series<\/strong>(Jing Li \u306e Shou \u308a\u4eba \/&nbsp;<em>Moribito series<\/em>It vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the life of Bal\u00adsa, a 30-year-old female body\u00adguard who wield\u00aded a pis\u00adtol and stood guard over the orphans of a minor\u00adi\u00adty group and their inde\u00adpen\u00addent spir\u00adit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anthro\u00adpo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal mas\u00adter\u00adpieces of grand nar\u00adra\u00adtives:<strong>The Deer King<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Deer King<\/em>)\u3001<strong>The Beast Play\u00ader<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The play\u00ader of the beast<\/em>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<em>The Beast Play\u00ader<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Naoko Uehashi\u2019s writ\u00ading is filled with an iron-like calm\u00adness and restraint. She com\u00adplete\u00adly shat\u00adters the mediocre Hol\u00adly\u00adwood-style black-and-white bina\u00adry oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion, nev\u00ader brew\u00ading false, green\u00adhouse sweet\u00adness for chil\u00addren. The world she depicts is noble in com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion and order\u00adly in order, using extreme ratio\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adty to decon\u00adstruct cul\u00adtur\u00adal prej\u00adu\u00addices, endow\u00ading teenagers caught between lone\u00adli\u00adness and war with the strongest spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal pow\u00ader and the high\u00adest dig\u00adni\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Nahoko Uehashi |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nahoko_Uehashi\">Nahoko Uehashi (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=\"796\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_The_Hundred_Dresses-796x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_The_Hundred_Dresses-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_The_Hundred_Dresses-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_The_Hundred_Dresses-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_The_Hundred_Dresses-1195x1536.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_The_Hundred_Dresses-1593x2048.jpg 1593w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_The_Hundred_Dresses-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_The_Hundred_Dresses.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye-685x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye.jpg 1003w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\"><\/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\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye_b.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye_b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye_b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye_b-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eleanor_Estes_Ginger_Pye_b-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1988 \u2013 Death: Eleanor Estes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female chil\u00addren\u2019s author and pub\u00adlic librar\u00adi\u00adan (1906\u20131988). She was a mas\u00adter of neo-real\u00adist nar\u00adra\u00adtive in the mid-20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00ading \u201cextreme\u00adly cold and real\u00adis\u00adtic social psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy of chil\u00addren, gran\u00adu\u00adlar sense of life, and decon\u00adstruc\u00adtive bias\u201d in the Unit\u00aded States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme hon\u00ador and an immor\u00adtal mon\u00adu\u00adment:<\/strong>&nbsp;He suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly reached the top and won the award with his mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cGin\u00adger of the Pai Fam\u00adi\u00adly\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>The 1952 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>His three New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador awards include a book list\u00aded as essen\u00adtial read\u00ading for all chil\u00addren, a tes\u00adta\u00adment to the endur\u00ading spir\u00adit of anti-bul\u00adly\u00ading in schools.&nbsp;<strong>One Hun\u00addred Dress\u00ades<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Hun\u00addred Dress\u00ades<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Core Real\u00adist Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Gin\u00adger of the Pai fam\u00adi\u00adly<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Gin\u00adger Pye<\/em>)\u3001<strong>One Hun\u00addred Dress\u00ades<\/strong>And the Mof\u00adfat fam\u00adi\u00adly series.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Estes\u2019s essays are imbued with the raw, authen\u00adtic feel of life. In *One Hun\u00addred Dress\u00ades*, she por\u00adtrays Wan\u00adda, a Pol\u00adish immi\u00adgrant girl who wears tat\u00adtered clothes every day yet proud\u00adly pro\u00adclaims that she owns one hun\u00addred dress\u00ades, with remark\u00adable lit\u00ader\u00adary restraint. She decon\u00adstructs class seg\u00adre\u00adga\u00adtion, herd men\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty, and xeno\u00adpho\u00adbic prej\u00adu\u00addice with the most objec\u00adtive and unadorned lan\u00adguage, uphold\u00ading the intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal height of chil\u00addren\u2019s psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism with remark\u00adable dig\u00adni\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Deceased | Eleanor Estes |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eleanor_Estes\">Eleanor Estes (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=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0697_01__Michael-Dudok-de-Wit-Vader-en-dochter-1024x780.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0697_01__Michael-Dudok-de-Wit-Vader-en-dochter-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0697_01__Michael-Dudok-de-Wit-Vader-en-dochter-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0697_01__Michael-Dudok-de-Wit-Vader-en-dochter-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0697_01__Michael-Dudok-de-Wit-Vader-en-dochter-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0697_01__Michael-Dudok-de-Wit-Vader-en-dochter.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2003_Michael-Dudok-de-Wit_Vader-en-dochter_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2003_Michael-Dudok-de-Wit_Vader-en-dochter_b.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2003_Michael-Dudok-de-Wit_Vader-en-dochter_b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2003_Michael-Dudok-de-Wit_Vader-en-dochter_b-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2003_Michael-Dudok-de-Wit_Vader-en-dochter_b-16x12.jpg 16w\" 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=\"800\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2003_Michael-Dudok-de-Wit_Vader-en-dochter_c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2003_Michael-Dudok-de-Wit_Vader-en-dochter_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2003_Michael-Dudok-de-Wit_Vader-en-dochter_c-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2003_Michael-Dudok-de-Wit_Vader-en-dochter_c-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2003_Michael-Dudok-de-Wit_Vader-en-dochter_c-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1953 \u2013 Born: Michael Dudok de Wit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nether\u00adlands\u201c immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure, graph\u00adic artist, ani\u00adma\u00adtion direc\u00adtor, and mas\u00adter of fine art pic\u00adture books (1953). He is the \u201dPope of Poet\u00adics of Space and Time\u201d, who has a very high rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion in the glob\u00adal cross-media visu\u00adal sto\u00adry\u00adtelling field and per\u00adfect\u00adly col\u00adlides the blank space of East\u00adern free\u00adhand ink paint\u00ading with the clas\u00adsi\u00adcal Euro\u00adpean hatch\u00ading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal high\u00adest hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Win\u00adning the award with the epic pic\u00adture book of the same name&nbsp;<strong>2003 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (BIB) Gold\u00aden Apple Award<\/strong>The ani\u00admat\u00aded film of the same name swept the British Acad\u00ade\u00admy Film Awards and the Acad\u00ade\u00admy Award for Best Ani\u00admat\u00aded Short Film.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless visu\u00adal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Father and Daugh\u00adter<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Vad\u00ader en dochter<\/em>&nbsp;\/ Eng\u00adlish name&nbsp;<em>Father and Daugh\u00adter<\/em>), and the crossover ani\u00admat\u00aded epic \u201cThe Red Tur\u00adtle\u201d (<em>The Red Tur\u00adtle<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Art Fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;DeWitt com\u00adplete\u00adly reject\u00aded the kitsch of mod\u00adern dig\u00adi\u00adtal col\u00ador\u00ading. In *Father and Daugh\u00adter*, he adhered to min\u00adi\u00admal\u00adist char\u00adcoal sketch\u00ades and misty, wet mono\u00adchrome water\u00adcol\u00ador wash\u00ades through\u00adout his life, using flow\u00ading, pow\u00ader\u00adful lines to record the daugh\u00adter\u2019s life rit\u00adu\u00adal of watch\u00ading her depart\u00ading father from the shore until she her\u00adself entered her twi\u00adlight years and encoun\u00adtered death. He endowed pic\u00adture books with the high\u00adest dig\u00adni\u00adty of pure art through extreme\u00adly ratio\u00adnal com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion and silent blank space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Michael Dudok de Wit |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Dudok_de_Wit\">Michael Dudok de Wit (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=\"661\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Walter_D._Edmonds_The_Matchlock_Gun-661x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Walter_D._Edmonds_The_Matchlock_Gun-661x1024.jpg 661w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Walter_D._Edmonds_The_Matchlock_Gun-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Walter_D._Edmonds_The_Matchlock_Gun-768x1190.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Walter_D._Edmonds_The_Matchlock_Gun-991x1536.jpg 991w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Walter_D._Edmonds_The_Matchlock_Gun-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Walter_D._Edmonds_The_Matchlock_Gun.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1903 \u2013 Born: Walter D. Edmonds<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adist nov\u00adel\u00adist and Pulitzer Prize win\u00adner (1903\u20131998). He was a pio\u00adneer\u00ading fig\u00adure in 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal nonfiction\/fiction lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, bid\u00adding farewell to false main\u00adstream nar\u00adra\u00adtives and intro\u00adduc\u00ading the \u201cgran\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adty and grow\u00ading pains of Cold War\/founding his\u00adto\u00adry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High\u00adest Hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;Suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly reached the top and won the award with the time\u00adless chil\u00addren\u2019s epic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cThe Matchlock Gun\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>The 1942 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces that have stood the test of time:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Matchlock Gun<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Matchlock Gun<\/em>(Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion by Paul Lantz)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary con\u00adno\u00adta\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Edmonds excels at using the most force\u00adful, objec\u00adtive, and detached lan\u00adguage to decon\u00adstruct war and cri\u00adsis. The sto\u00adry unfolds amidst the smoke and ruins of 1756, where 10-year-old Edward, forced to uphold order in the absence of his father and with his moth\u00ader grave\u00adly wound\u00aded, inde\u00adpen\u00addent\u00adly lifts a heavy clas\u00adsi\u00adcal matchlock mus\u00adket to resist the inva\u00adsion. With his steely, objec\u00adtive nar\u00adra\u00adtive, he vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the boy\u2019s inde\u00adpen\u00addent respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty and back\u00adbone, dig\u00adni\u00adfied\u00adly uphold\u00ading the intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal high ground of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Wal\u00adter D. Edmonds |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_D._Edmonds\">Wal\u00adter D. Edmonds (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=\"361\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas.jpg 361w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas-Lobel-841x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas-Lobel-841x1024.jpg 841w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas-Lobel-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas-Lobel-768x935.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas-Lobel-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas-Lobel.jpg 1232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-751x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0682_01__Clement-Clarke-Moore-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas\u4e2d\u6587\u7248.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1779 \u2013 Born: Clement Clarke Moore<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of clas\u00adsi\u00adcal lin\u00adguis\u00adtics, bib\u00adli\u00adcal schol\u00adar, and poet of the ear\u00adly 19th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1779\u20131863). (Note: July 10th is also record\u00aded as his death anniver\u00adsary; today is the birth\u00adday of this clas\u00adsi\u00adcal gen\u00adtle\u00adman.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>An Immor\u00adtal Mile\u00adstone in His\u00adto\u00adry:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Christ\u00admas Eve<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>\u2019\u2018Twas the Night Before Christ\u00admas<\/em>Pub\u00adlished anony\u00admous\u00adly in 1823, it was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>&nbsp;He ground\u00adbreak\u00ading\u00adly broke the cen\u00adtu\u00adry-long intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal con\u00adstraints imposed on child\u00adhood by the strict Puri\u00adtans of Amer\u00adi\u00adca at the time, using poly\u00adphon\u00adic chil\u00addren\u2019s poet\u00adry full of noble ancient rhythms and dynamism. With an extreme child\u00adlike heart, he reshaped \u201cSaint Nicholas\u201d into a mod\u00adern, chub\u00adby San\u00adta Claus sym\u00adbol, rid\u00ading a rein\u00addeer-drawn sleigh down a chim\u00adney, thus dig\u00adni\u00adfied\u00adly reclaim\u00ading for West\u00adern chil\u00addren the supreme pow\u00ader of unre\u00adstrained day\u00addream\u00ading and hol\u00adi\u00adday cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Clement Clarke Moore |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clement_Clarke_Moore\">Clement Clarke 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0707_01__Francisco-Ibez-Mortadelo-y-Filemn-780x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0707_01__Francisco-Ibez-Mortadelo-y-Filemn-780x1024.jpg 780w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0707_01__Francisco-Ibez-Mortadelo-y-Filemn-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0707_01__Francisco-Ibez-Mortadelo-y-Filemn-768x1008.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0707_01__Francisco-Ibez-Mortadelo-y-Filemn-1170x1536.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0707_01__Francisco-Ibez-Mortadelo-y-Filemn-1560x2048.jpg 1560w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0707_01__Francisco-Ibez-Mortadelo-y-Filemn-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0707_01__Francisco-Ibez-Mortadelo-y-Filemn.jpg 1950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2023 \u2013 Death: Francisco Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fran\u00adcis\u00adco Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Talav\u00adera (1936\u20132023), an immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure of Spain, was a graph\u00adic artist and mas\u00adter of satir\u00adi\u00adcal car\u00adtoons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless and pop\u00adu\u00adlar mon\u00adu\u00adment:<\/strong>&nbsp;Clas\u00adsic nation\u00adal-lev\u00adel social satir\u00adi\u00adcal graph\u00adic nov\u00adel&nbsp;<strong>The Mott and Phil series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Mor\u00adtade\u00adlo y Filem\u00f3n<\/em>(It was first pub\u00adlished in 1958).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal impact:<\/strong>&nbsp;His award-win\u00adning series, includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d has sold hun\u00addreds of mil\u00adlions of copies and serves as an insur\u00admount\u00adable bible of intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal and humor\u00adous enlight\u00aden\u00adment for gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions of chil\u00addren through\u00adout the Span\u00adish-speak\u00ading world. Ivanisej adheres to the con\u00adcise, explo\u00adsive\u00adly pow\u00ader\u00adful sin\u00adgle-line pen draw\u00ading style, bring\u00ading to life two bum\u00adbling, hap\u00adless pri\u00advate detec\u00adtives who, despite their dai\u00adly blun\u00adders and com\u00adplaints dur\u00ading raids, repeat\u00aded\u00adly retal\u00adi\u00adate against bureau\u00adcra\u00adcy. He thor\u00adough\u00adly decon\u00adstructs the class prej\u00adu\u00addices and hyp\u00ado\u00adcrit\u00adi\u00adcal dis\u00adci\u00adplines of the adult world, secur\u00ading his place on peren\u00adni\u00adal rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtion lists in libraries across Europe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Deceased | Fran\u00adcis\u00adco Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francisco_Ib%C3%A1%C3%B1ez_Talavera\">Fran\u00adcis\u00adco Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Talav\u00adera (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1962\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u4e0a\u6865\u83dc\u7a57\u5b50 Nahoko Uehashi \u65e5\u672c\u4e0d\u673d\u7684\u5973\u6027\u6587\u5316\u4eba\u7c7b\u5b66\u5bb6\u3001\u513f\u7ae5 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9686,"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-9422","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\/2003_Michael-Dudok-de-Wit_Vader-en-dochter_b.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9422","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=9422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9692,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9422\/revisions\/9692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}