{"id":9423,"date":"2026-07-16T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9423"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:22:54","slug":"kidsbook_history_0716","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/16\/kidsbook_history_0716\/","title":{"rendered":"July 16: 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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_01__Meindert-DeJong-The-Wheel-on-the-School-768x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_01__Meindert-DeJong-The-Wheel-on-the-School-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_01__Meindert-DeJong-The-Wheel-on-the-School-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_01__Meindert-DeJong-The-Wheel-on-the-School-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_01__Meindert-DeJong-The-Wheel-on-the-School-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_01__Meindert-DeJong-The-Wheel-on-the-School-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_01__Meindert-DeJong-The-Wheel-on-the-School.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_02__Meindert-DeJong-The-House-of-Sixty-Fathers-1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_02__Meindert-DeJong-The-House-of-Sixty-Fathers-1.jpg 330w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_02__Meindert-DeJong-The-House-of-Sixty-Fathers-1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_02__Meindert-DeJong-The-House-of-Sixty-Fathers-1-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_03__Meindert-DeJong-Journey-from-Peppermint-Street.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_03__Meindert-DeJong-Journey-from-Peppermint-Street.jpg 345w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_03__Meindert-DeJong-Journey-from-Peppermint-Street-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0041_03__Meindert-DeJong-Journey-from-Peppermint-Street-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1991 \u2013 Death: Meidert DeJong<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Dutch-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan, immor\u00adtal giant of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1906\u20131991). He was a tow\u00ader\u00ading mas\u00adter of poly\u00adphon\u00adic nar\u00adra\u00adtive in the long his\u00adto\u00adry of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, and through\u00adout his life, he used extreme\u00adly refined, restrained and pro\u00adfound lan\u00adguage to bring human\u00adis\u00adtic com\u00adpas\u00adsion, chil\u00addren\u2019s inde\u00adpen\u00addent will and cross-cul\u00adtur\u00adal sup\u00adport to their phys\u00adi\u00adcal lim\u00adits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The high\u00adest hon\u00ador in his\u00adto\u00adry (Grand Slam): A land\u00admark achieve\u00adment<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>1962 Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Best Writer<\/strong>The win\u00adner (he is the first Amer\u00adi\u00adcan author to receive this hon\u00ador); he won the award for his mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cThe Wheel on the School Roof\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>The 1955 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>In addi\u00adtion, he won the New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador Award sev\u00ader\u00adal times and was award\u00aded the first Nation\u00adal Book Award for Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>An immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canon: The pin\u00adna\u00adcle of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture world\u00adwide<strong>Wheels on the School Roof<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Wheel on the School<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Mau\u00adrice Sendak). It tells the heart\u00adwarm\u00ading his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal epic of six chil\u00addren in a Dutch fish\u00ading vil\u00adlage who, under the gen\u00adtle guid\u00adance of their female teacher, break down prej\u00adu\u00addices and work togeth\u00ader to find a wood\u00aden wheel to place on the school roof, there\u00adby attract\u00ading migrat\u00ading storks back to the vil\u00adlage to nest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A mon\u00adu\u00adment to the his\u00adto\u00adry of the War of Resis\u00adtance Against Japan:<strong>Hous\u00ades for Six\u00adty Fathers<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The House of Six\u00adty Fathers<\/em>Set against the back\u00addrop of Chi\u00adna\u2019s War of Resis\u00adtance against Japan, the book uses the most real\u00adis\u00adtic, stark, and unvar\u00adnished lan\u00adguage to tell the mov\u00ading epic of a Chi\u00adnese boy named Tian\u00adbao who, fac\u00ading the loss of his home and the smoke of war, wan\u00adders with his piglet and is even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly tak\u00aden in by a group of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pilots (six\u00adty \u201cfathers\u201d) who are build\u00ading an air\u00adport and sent home. It upholds the moral high ground of war real\u00adism with great dig\u00adni\u00adty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Award-win\u00adning mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<strong>A Jour\u00adney Through Mint Street<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Jour\u00adney from Pep\u00adper\u00admint Street<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Mei\u00addert DeJong |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meindert_DeJong\">Mein\u00addert DeJong (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=\"376\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0154__Shirley-Hughes-Ellas-Big-Chance.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0154__Shirley-Hughes-Ellas-Big-Chance.jpg 376w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0154__Shirley-Hughes-Ellas-Big-Chance-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0154__Shirley-Hughes-Ellas-Big-Chance-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_01__Shirley-Hughes-Dogger-787x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_01__Shirley-Hughes-Dogger-787x1024.jpg 787w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_01__Shirley-Hughes-Dogger-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_01__Shirley-Hughes-Dogger-768x999.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_01__Shirley-Hughes-Dogger-1181x1536.jpg 1181w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_01__Shirley-Hughes-Dogger-1574x2048.jpg 1574w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_01__Shirley-Hughes-Dogger-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_01__Shirley-Hughes-Dogger.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_02__Shirley-Hughes-Alfie-Collection-1024x768.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_02__Shirley-Hughes-Alfie-Collection-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_02__Shirley-Hughes-Alfie-Collection-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_02__Shirley-Hughes-Alfie-Collection-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_02__Shirley-Hughes-Alfie-Collection-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733_02__Shirley-Hughes-Alfie-Collection.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1927 \u2013 Born: Shirley Hughes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal British female graph\u00adic artist, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and recip\u00adi\u00adent of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) (1927\u20132022). She was the \u201cPope of Warm and Touch\u00ading Aes\u00adthet\u00adics\u201d who stood tall in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Eng\u00adlish pop\u00adu\u00adlar lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and ear\u00adly child\u00adhood emo\u00adtion\u00adal edu\u00adca\u00adtion in the sec\u00adond half of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The high\u00adest Grand Slam hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>She has won the Kate Green\u00adaway Medal twice.<\/strong>&nbsp;The win\u00adner (1977, 2003); his mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cChic\u201d was vot\u00aded by read\u00aders world\u00adwide as one of the \u201cTop Ten Most Beloved Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces of the Kate Green\u00adaway Medal 50th Anniver\u00adsary\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless visu\u00adal clas\u00adsics:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The UK\u2019s most beloved pic\u00adture book:<strong>Chase the Dog<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Dog\u00adger<\/em>With her incred\u00adi\u00adbly gen\u00adtle water\u00adcol\u00adors, imbued with the rough, grainy tex\u00adture of old-fash\u00adioned prints, Hugh\u00ades chron\u00adi\u00adcled the sto\u00adry of a lit\u00adtle boy who lost his beloved toy dog, Archie, and how his sis\u00adter self\u00adless\u00adly trad\u00aded it for him with her own prize. She cap\u00adtured the most authen\u00adtic and hid\u00adden emo\u00adtion\u00adal depen\u00addence in chil\u00addren, using her brush to defend the warmth of every\u00adday com\u00adpan\u00adion\u00adship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A retro Cin\u00adderel\u00adla sto\u00adry from the 1920s:<strong>Ella\u2019s Big Chance<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Ella\u2019s Big Chance<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Core Ever\u00adgreen Canon:<strong>The Alphi series of pic\u00adture books<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Alfie<\/em>Her Alfie has messy hair and rosy cheeks, and the whole page is filled with the warm and cozy atmos\u00adphere of a clas\u00adsic British town, com\u00adplete\u00adly bid\u00adding farewell to the rigid and indoc\u00adtri\u00adnat\u00aded green\u00adhouse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Shirley Hugh\u00ades |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shirley_Hughes\">Shirley Hugh\u00ades (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=\"674\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0243_01__Masamoto-Nasu-\u30ba\u30c3\u30b3\u30b1\u4e09\u4eba\u7d44\u306e\u30df\u30b9\u30c6\u30ea\u30fc\u30c4\u30a2\u30fc-674x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0243_01__Masamoto-Nasu-\u30ba\u30c3\u30b3\u30b1\u4e09\u4eba\u7d44\u306e\u30df\u30b9\u30c6\u30ea\u30fc\u30c4\u30a2\u30fc-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0243_01__Masamoto-Nasu-\u30ba\u30c3\u30b3\u30b1\u4e09\u4eba\u7d44\u306e\u30df\u30b9\u30c6\u30ea\u30fc\u30c4\u30a2\u30fc-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0243_01__Masamoto-Nasu-\u30ba\u30c3\u30b3\u30b1\u4e09\u4eba\u7d44\u306e\u30df\u30b9\u30c6\u30ea\u30fc\u30c4\u30a2\u30fc-768x1166.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0243_01__Masamoto-Nasu-\u30ba\u30c3\u30b3\u30b1\u4e09\u4eba\u7d44\u306e\u30df\u30b9\u30c6\u30ea\u30fc\u30c4\u30a2\u30fc-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0243_01__Masamoto-Nasu-\u30ba\u30c3\u30b3\u30b1\u4e09\u4eba\u7d44\u306e\u30df\u30b9\u30c6\u30ea\u30fc\u30c4\u30a2\u30fc.jpg 988w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0243_02__Masamoto-Nasu-Children-of-the-Paper-Crane.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0243_02__Masamoto-Nasu-Children-of-the-Paper-Crane.jpg 311w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0243_02__Masamoto-Nasu-Children-of-the-Paper-Crane-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0243_02__Masamoto-Nasu-Children-of-the-Paper-Crane-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0243_01__Masamoto-Nasu-\u30ad\u30c4\u30cd\u306e\u30cf\u30ca\u30b8\u30ed-767x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0243_01__Masamoto-Nasu-\u30ad\u30c4\u30cd\u306e\u30cf\u30ca\u30b8\u30ed-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0243_01__Masamoto-Nasu-\u30ad\u30c4\u30cd\u306e\u30cf\u30ca\u30b8\u30ed-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0243_01__Masamoto-Nasu-\u30ad\u30c4\u30cd\u306e\u30cf\u30ca\u30b8\u30ed-768x1026.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0243_01__Masamoto-Nasu-\u30ad\u30c4\u30cd\u306e\u30cf\u30ca\u30b8\u30ed-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0243_01__Masamoto-Nasu-\u30ad\u30c4\u30cd\u306e\u30cf\u30ca\u30b8\u30ed.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2021 \u2014 Passed away: Masamoto Nasu<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u2019s immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure-lev\u00adel chil\u00addren\u2019s real\u00adist lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture mas\u00adter and paci\u00adfist fight\u00ader (1942\u20132021). He was one of the most prin\u00adci\u00adpled stan\u00addard-bear\u00aders of the gold\u00aden age of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture in East Asia after the war. As a sur\u00advivor of the Hiroshi\u00adma atom\u00adic bomb\u00ading, he spent his life decon\u00adstruct\u00ading war with extreme\u00adly steely calm\u00adness and soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal crit\u00adi\u00adcism, defend\u00ading the ratio\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adty and dig\u00adni\u00adty of child\u00adhood.<\/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 Live\u00adly Trio Series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Zukoke San\u00adnin-gumi<\/em>The series, con\u00adsist\u00ading of 50 vol\u00adumes, sold tens of mil\u00adlions of copies and was adapt\u00aded into well-known films, tele\u00advi\u00adsion series, and ani\u00admat\u00aded films.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Non-fic\u00adtion his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal reflec\u00adtions on clas\u00adsics:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Child Who Folds Paper Cranes<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Chil\u00addren of the Paper Crane<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Hiroshi\u00adma Cried<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Hiroshi\u00adma Wept<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Masa\u00admi Nasu com\u00adplete\u00adly shat\u00adtered the syco\u00adphan\u00adtic and false\u00adly sweet indoc\u00adtri\u00adna\u00adtion preva\u00adlent in Japan\u00adese chil\u00addren\u2019s books at the time. His \u201cThe Three Mus\u00adke\u00adteers\u201d estab\u00adlished chil\u00addren\u2019s agency in resist\u00ading soci\u00adetal prej\u00adu\u00addice through the hilar\u00adi\u00adous dai\u00adly lives and adven\u00adtur\u00adous man\u00adhunts of three ordi\u00adnary boys with vast\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adties and even flaws in a small town. His \u201cThe Child Who Origa\u00admi Cranes,\u201d with its stark, unvar\u00adnished, and poignant doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary style, record\u00aded the his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal truth of Sasa\u00adki Sadako, a girl who trag\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly died from nuclear radi\u00ada\u00adtion, and her origa\u00admi cranes, thus pro\u00advid\u00ading teenagers with a dig\u00adni\u00adfied and endur\u00ading spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal shield to reflect on war and uphold order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed away | Masamo\u00adto Nasu |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masamoto_Nasu\">Masamo\u00adto Nasu (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=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eve_Titus_Basil_of_Baker_Street-819x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-6612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eve_Titus_Basil_of_Baker_Street-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eve_Titus_Basil_of_Baker_Street-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eve_Titus_Basil_of_Baker_Street-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eve_Titus_Basil_of_Baker_Street-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eve_Titus_Basil_of_Baker_Street-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eve_Titus_Basil_of_Baker_Street.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u4e16\u754c\u4e0a\u6700\u52c7\u6562\u7684\u8001\u9f20-756x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u4e16\u754c\u4e0a\u6700\u52c7\u6562\u7684\u8001\u9f20-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u4e16\u754c\u4e0a\u6700\u52c7\u6562\u7684\u8001\u9f20-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u4e16\u754c\u4e0a\u6700\u52c7\u6562\u7684\u8001\u9f20-768x1040.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u4e16\u754c\u4e0a\u6700\u52c7\u6562\u7684\u8001\u9f20-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u4e16\u754c\u4e0a\u6700\u52c7\u6562\u7684\u8001\u9f20.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u4e16\u754c\u4e0a\u6700\u806a\u660e\u7684\u8001\u9f20-756x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u4e16\u754c\u4e0a\u6700\u806a\u660e\u7684\u8001\u9f20-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u4e16\u754c\u4e0a\u6700\u806a\u660e\u7684\u8001\u9f20-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u4e16\u754c\u4e0a\u6700\u806a\u660e\u7684\u8001\u9f20-768x1040.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u4e16\u754c\u4e0a\u6700\u806a\u660e\u7684\u8001\u9f20-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u4e16\u754c\u4e0a\u6700\u806a\u660e\u7684\u8001\u9f20.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1922 \u2013 Born: Eve Titus<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer, author of clas\u00adsic detec\u00adtive and anthro\u00adpo\u00admor\u00adphic ani\u00admal nov\u00adels (1922\u20132002). She was a giant of the late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s pop\u00adu\u00adlar lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00ading \u201cclas\u00adsi\u00adcal Eng\u00adlish and French style, rig\u00ador\u00adous detec\u00adtive deduc\u00adtion, and great dis\u00adcov\u00ader\u00adies of ear\u00adly child\u00adhood intel\u00adli\u00adgence\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless clas\u00adsics for chil\u00addren\u2019s detec\u00adtive sto\u00adries:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Mouse Detec\u00adtive Agency series<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Basil of Bak\u00ader Street<\/em>It was lat\u00ader adapt\u00aded by Dis\u00adney into the clas\u00adsic film \u201cKing Kiss\u201d.&nbsp;<em>The Great Mouse Detec\u00adtive<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Calde\u00adcott Medal Win\u00adner:<\/strong>&nbsp;Ana\u00adtole, the French mouse cheese taster series (<em>Ana\u00adtole<\/em>Among them, his rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works, \u201cThe Smartest Mouse in the World\u201d and \u201cThe Bravest Mouse in the World,\u201d won awards twice.&nbsp;<strong>Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador<\/strong>(Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion by Paul Gal\u00addone)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Titus is excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly adept at con\u00adstruct\u00ading grand log\u00adi\u00adcal panora\u00admas with\u00adin extreme\u00adly small micro\u00adscop\u00adic spaces. In \u201cThe Mouse Detec\u00adtive Agency,\u201d she cre\u00adates the gen\u00adtle\u00adman\u00adly mouse Basil, who lives in the base\u00adment of Holmes\u2019 house and is equal\u00adly ratio\u00adnal and log\u00adi\u00adcal, guid\u00ading young read\u00aders to devel\u00adop a crit\u00adi\u00adcal mind\u00adset that ratio\u00adnal\u00adly exam\u00adines the world through close obser\u00adva\u00adtion of details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Eve Titus |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eve_Titus\">Eve Titus (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=\"925\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_01__Richard-Egielski-Hey-Al-925x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_01__Richard-Egielski-Hey-Al-925x1024.jpg 925w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_01__Richard-Egielski-Hey-Al-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_01__Richard-Egielski-Hey-Al-768x850.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_01__Richard-Egielski-Hey-Al-1387x1536.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_01__Richard-Egielski-Hey-Al-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_01__Richard-Egielski-Hey-Al.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_02__Richard-Egielski-The-Tub-People-1024x790.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_02__Richard-Egielski-The-Tub-People-1024x790.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_02__Richard-Egielski-The-Tub-People-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_02__Richard-Egielski-The-Tub-People-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_02__Richard-Egielski-The-Tub-People-1536x1184.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_02__Richard-Egielski-The-Tub-People-2048x1579.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0728_02__Richard-Egielski-The-Tub-People-16x12.jpg 16w\" 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=\"510\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Richard-Egielski_It-happened-in-Pinsk_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Richard-Egielski_It-happened-in-Pinsk_a.jpg 510w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Richard-Egielski_It-happened-in-Pinsk_a-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Richard-Egielski_It-happened-in-Pinsk_a-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1952: Richard Egielski<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan graph\u00adic artist, mas\u00adter of fine art pic\u00adture books, and book design\u00ader (1952). He was a visu\u00adal mas\u00adter of the late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, pos\u00adsess\u00ading the most mod\u00adern graph\u00adic col\u00adlage ten\u00adsion and retro archi\u00adtec\u00adtur\u00adal aes\u00adthet\u00adics 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 mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;With the clas\u00adsic fan\u00adta\u00adsy social real\u00adism mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cHey, Al\u201d, he suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly reached the top and won the award.&nbsp;<strong>1987 Calde\u00adcott Medal<\/strong>His mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, \u201cWhat Hap\u00adpened in Pin\u00adsk,\u201d won a stun\u00adning award.&nbsp;<strong>Plaque Award, 1985 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Award-win\u00adning rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Hey, Al!<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Hey, Al<\/em>(Author: Arthur Yorinks) The core con\u00adcept of the ever\u00adgreen clas\u00adsic *The Bath\u00adtub Man* (<em>The Tub Peo\u00adple<\/em>(By Pam Con\u00adrad)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to visu\u00adal arts:<\/strong>&nbsp;Egilsky com\u00adplete\u00adly over\u00adturned the rigid didac\u00adtic par\u00ada\u00addigm of ear\u00adly chil\u00addren\u2019s books. In \u201cHey, Al,\u201d he inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly stitched togeth\u00ader urban real\u00adism and a mag\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adadise, using extreme\u00adly calm and firm hand-etched lines and large areas of high\u00adly sat\u00adu\u00adrat\u00aded oil paint to bring to life Al, a jan\u00adi\u00adtor liv\u00ading in a cramped apart\u00adment, reflect\u00ading on greed and the truth of life with his pet dog. He endowed chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture books with the high\u00adest visu\u00adal intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal dig\u00adni\u00adty through ratio\u00adnal spa\u00adtial decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Richard Egiel\u00ads\u00adki |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Egielski\">Richard Egiel\u00ads\u00adki (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0718_01__Arthur-Bowie-Chrisman-Shen-of-the-Sea-649x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0718_01__Arthur-Bowie-Chrisman-Shen-of-the-Sea-649x1024.jpg 649w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0718_01__Arthur-Bowie-Chrisman-Shen-of-the-Sea-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0718_01__Arthur-Bowie-Chrisman-Shen-of-the-Sea-768x1213.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0718_01__Arthur-Bowie-Chrisman-Shen-of-the-Sea-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0718_01__Arthur-Bowie-Chrisman-Shen-of-the-Sea.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0758_01__Charles-Boardman-Hawes-The-Dark-Frigate-682x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0758_01__Charles-Boardman-Hawes-The-Dark-Frigate-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0758_01__Charles-Boardman-Hawes-The-Dark-Frigate-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0758_01__Charles-Boardman-Hawes-The-Dark-Frigate-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0758_01__Charles-Boardman-Hawes-The-Dark-Frigate-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0758_01__Charles-Boardman-Hawes-The-Dark-Frigate-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0758_01__Charles-Boardman-Hawes-The-Dark-Frigate.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0763_01__Hilaire-Belloc-Cautionary-Tales-for-Children.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0763_01__Hilaire-Belloc-Cautionary-Tales-for-Children.jpg 365w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0763_01__Hilaire-Belloc-Cautionary-Tales-for-Children-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0763_01__Hilaire-Belloc-Cautionary-Tales-for-Children-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0753_01__Boris-Artzybasheff-Seven-Simeons-A-Russian-Tale.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0753_01__Boris-Artzybasheff-Seven-Simeons-A-Russian-Tale.jpg 364w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0753_01__Boris-Artzybasheff-Seven-Simeons-A-Russian-Tale-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0753_01__Boris-Artzybasheff-Seven-Simeons-A-Russian-Tale-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\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>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Arthur Bowie Chris\u00adman<\/strong><\/td><td>An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan of the ear\u00adly 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry and a mas\u00adter of col\u00adlect\u00ading and com\u00adpil\u00ading Chi\u00adnese folk tales (1889\u2013153). With his pro\u00adfound knowl\u00adedge of Chi\u00adnese folk\u00adlore lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, he per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00aded tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Chi\u00adnese mythol\u00ado\u00adgy with a humor\u00adous sto\u00adry\u00adtelling style, cul\u00admi\u00adnat\u00ading in his mon\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtal his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal clas\u00adsic, *The Chi\u00adnese Sea God*.<em>Shen of the Sea<\/em>He reached the top and won the cham\u00adpi\u00adonship.&nbsp;<strong>The 1926 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_Bowie_Chrisman\">Arthur Bowie Chris\u00adman (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Charles Hawes<\/strong><\/td><td>A pio\u00adneer of ear\u00adly Amer\u00adi\u00adcan his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal adven\u00adture and mar\u00aditime non\u00adfic\u00adtion real\u00adism (1889\u20131923), a giant of the hard-boiled gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. His epic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *The Dark Guard*, a 17th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry tale of hunts and pirate espi\u00adonage, was writ\u00adten specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly to instill in young peo\u00adple nav\u00adi\u00adgat\u00ading a time of upheaval the spir\u00adit of inde\u00adpen\u00addent crafts\u00admen.<em>The Dark Frigate<\/em>), won the cham\u00adpi\u00adonship in one fell swoop&nbsp;<strong>The 1924 New\u00adbery Medal<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Boardman_Hawes\">Charles Board\u00adman Hawes (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hilaire Bel\u00adloc<\/strong><\/td><td>The immor\u00adtal essay\u00adist, polit\u00adi\u00adcal thinker, and poet of the Victorian\/Edwardian era in Eng\u00adland (1870\u20131953). (Note: His birth\u00adday was record\u00aded on July 27th, and today is the anniver\u00adsary of this skele\u00adtal giant\u2019s death.) His time\u00adless cau\u00adtion\u00adary tales, \u201cChil\u00addren\u2019s Warn\u00ading Sto\u00adries,\u201d which are full of medieval dark humor, thor\u00adough\u00adly decon\u00adstruct the false child\u00adhood shel\u00adter of the time, and tell ten sto\u00adries of chil\u00addren fac\u00ading cru\u00adel pun\u00adish\u00adment for var\u00adi\u00adous strange bad habits, are includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books.\u201d<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hilaire_Belloc\">Hilaire Bel\u00adloc (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Boris Artzy\u00adbash\u00adeff<\/strong><\/td><td>A Russ\u00adian-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pio\u00adneer of graph\u00adic visu\u00adal art and a mas\u00adter of sur\u00adre\u00adal\u00adist por\u00adtrai\u00adture (1899\u20131965). He served for many years as the cov\u00ader artist for Time mag\u00ada\u00adzine, and his clas\u00adsic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Sev\u00aden Simons*, which employed medieval poly\u00adphon\u00adic pen-and-ink hatch\u00ading and metic\u00adu\u00adlous geo\u00admet\u00adric opti\u00adcal illu\u00adsions to reshape tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Slav\u00adic his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal mythol\u00ado\u00adgy, is a tes\u00adta\u00adment to this.<em>Sev\u00aden Sime\u00adons<\/em>), and won in one fell swoop&nbsp;<strong>The inau\u00adgur\u00adal Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador, award\u00aded in 1938.<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boris_Artzybasheff\">Boris Artzy\u00adbash\u00adeff (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Arnold Adoff<\/strong><\/td><td>A dis\u00adtin\u00adguished African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan poet and chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture edi\u00adtor of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1935\u20132021). He ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded his life to cross-cul\u00adtur\u00adal equal\u00adi\u00adty and the com\u00adpi\u00adla\u00adtion of lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. Togeth\u00ader with his wife, Vir\u00adginia Hamil\u00adton, a New\u00adbery Medal win\u00adner, he wrote the time\u00adless chil\u00addren\u2019s poet\u00adry clas\u00adsic \u201cBlack, Brown, Brown,\u201d which vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the dai\u00adly order and har\u00admo\u00adny of inter\u00adra\u00adcial fam\u00adi\u00adlies across the Unit\u00aded States and remains a sta\u00adple of every major library\u2019s must-read list.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arnold_Adoff\">Arnold Adoff (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Mar\u00adcus Her\u00adren\u00adberg\u00ader<\/strong><\/td><td>A promi\u00adnent con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Ger\u00adman graph\u00adic artist and mas\u00adter of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (1955). His first com\u00adplete set of visu\u00adal illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for the post-Cold War his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal non\u00adfic\u00adtion mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Between Lenin, Jazz, and Har\u00adry Lem*, cre\u00adat\u00aded using extreme\u00adly stiff, hard\u00adcore cross-hatch\u00ading pen etch\u00ading and filled with decon\u00adstruct\u00aded, the\u00adatri\u00adcal white space, achieved phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adnal suc\u00adcess and won numer\u00adous awards.&nbsp;<strong>Plaque Award, 1993 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marcus_Herrenberger\">Mar\u00adcus Her\u00adren\u00adberg\u00ader (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Ann Her\u00adbert Scott<\/strong><\/td><td>A promi\u00adnent Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female real\u00adist nov\u00adel\u00adist of the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1926\u20132018) spe\u00adcial\u00adiz\u00ading in depict\u00ading the psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy of chil\u00addren. She was excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at using high\u00adly real\u00adis\u00adtic, warm, and anthro\u00adpo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly empa\u00adthet\u00adic prose to record life; her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece is *Sam*.<em>Sam<\/em>Through the sto\u00adry of a young boy of col\u00ador try\u00ading to find his own inde\u00adpen\u00addent rights in the busy fam\u00adi\u00adly work order, it has been a peren\u00adni\u00adal rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtion in major chil\u00addren\u2019s libraries.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q106911065\">Ann Her\u00adbert Scott (Wiki\u00adda\u00adta)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Anna-Liisa Haakana<\/strong><\/td><td>She was an immor\u00adtal Finnish mas\u00adter of social real\u00adism lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture for young peo\u00adple (1937\u20132024). Through\u00adout her life, she wrote the mas\u00adter\u00adpiece \u201cMy One-Legged Friend and Me\u201d with the most inci\u00adsive and unvar\u00adnished soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal per\u00adspec\u00adtive, which records the strug\u00adgles of eth\u00adnic minor\u00adi\u00adty teenagers in the Lap\u00adland wilder\u00adness of North\u00adern Europe to uphold their integri\u00adty and fam\u00adi\u00adly order amidst class seg\u00adre\u00adga\u00adtion and extreme sur\u00advival pain. The work is includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/fi.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anna-Liisa_Haakana\">Anna-Liisa Haakana (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/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\/0713_01__Arnold-Adoff-Black-Is-Brown-Is-Tan.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0713_01__Arnold-Adoff-Black-Is-Brown-Is-Tan.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0713_01__Arnold-Adoff-Black-Is-Brown-Is-Tan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0713_01__Arnold-Adoff-Black-Is-Brown-Is-Tan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0713_01__Arnold-Adoff-Black-Is-Brown-Is-Tan-768x768.jpg 768w, 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