{"id":9426,"date":"2026-07-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9426"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:39:27","slug":"kidsbook_history_0719","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/19\/kidsbook_history_0719\/","title":{"rendered":"July 19: 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\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Drengen-der-fik-en-hunds-hjerte-768x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Drengen-der-fik-en-hunds-hjerte-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Drengen-der-fik-en-hunds-hjerte-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Drengen-der-fik-en-hunds-hjerte-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Drengen-der-fik-en-hunds-hjerte.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-En-historie-om-seks-sostre-695x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-En-historie-om-seks-sostre-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-En-historie-om-seks-sostre-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-En-historie-om-seks-sostre-768x1131.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-En-historie-om-seks-sostre-1043x1536.jpg 1043w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-En-historie-om-seks-sostre-1390x2048.jpg 1390w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-En-historie-om-seks-sostre-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-En-historie-om-seks-sostre.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Skelettet-pa-hjul-640x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Skelettet-pa-hjul-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Skelettet-pa-hjul-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Skelettet-pa-hjul-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Skelettet-pa-hjul-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Skelettet-pa-hjul-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Skelettet-pa-hjul.jpg 1024w\" 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=\"733\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Rejsen-til-Gud-733x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Rejsen-til-Gud-733x1024.jpg 733w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Rejsen-til-Gud-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Rejsen-til-Gud-768x1072.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Rejsen-til-Gud-1100x1536.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Rejsen-til-Gud-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0881_01__Louis-Jensen-Rejsen-til-Gud.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1943 \u2013 Born: Louis Jensen<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Den\u00admark\u2019s immor\u00adtal nation\u00adal trea\u00adsure of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, poet, and mas\u00adter of exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal prose (1943\u20132021). He was the \u201cPope of Mag\u00adi\u00adcal Real\u00adism\u201d who was revered through\u00adout the Euro\u00adpean chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture world at the end of the 20th and begin\u00adning of the 21st cen\u00adtu\u00adry, and was known for his extreme\u00adly pow\u00ader\u00adful, bizarre, and exis\u00adten\u00adtial\u00adly pro\u00adfound grotesque nar\u00adra\u00adtives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>He was twice nom\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded for the Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) Final\u00adist Award.<\/strong>(2010, 2016); Win\u00adner of the Nordic Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book Award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A mas\u00adter\u00adpiece that will last for\u00adev\u00ader:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>A Jour\u00adney to See God<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Rejsen til Gud<\/em>)\u3001<strong>The Boy Who Changed His Heart to a Dog<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Dren\u00adgen der fik en hunds hjerte<\/em>)\u3001<strong>Skele\u00adton on Wheels<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Skelet\u00adtet p\u00e5 hjul<\/em>), and the immor\u00adtal his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal epic \u201cThe Sto\u00adry of the Six Sis\u00adters\u201d (<em>En his\u00adto\u00adrie om seks s\u00f8stre<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Jensen utter\u00adly shat\u00adtered the mediocre didac\u00adti\u00adcism of ear\u00adly child\u00adhood edu\u00adca\u00adtion. His great\u00adest lit\u00ader\u00adary con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtion was cre\u00adat\u00ading hun\u00addreds of \u201csquare short fables\u201d with a unique\u00adly square lay\u00adout, bring\u00ading to life death, divine strug\u00adgles, the strip\u00adping away of human\u00adi\u00adty, and the recon\u00adstruc\u00adtion of the soul with the cold\u00adest, restrained yet soul-stir\u00adring Ander\u00adsen-esque pure lit\u00ader\u00adary lan\u00adguage. With unpar\u00adal\u00adleled ratio\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adty and integri\u00adty, he endowed chil\u00addren with the high\u00adest crit\u00adi\u00adcal mind and spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal dig\u00adni\u00adty to con\u00adfront the absurd world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Louis Jensen |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Jensen\">Louis Jensen (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=\"324\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0886_01__Mabel-Robinson-Bright-Island.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0886_01__Mabel-Robinson-Bright-Island.jpg 324w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0886_01__Mabel-Robinson-Bright-Island-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0886_01__Mabel-Robinson-Bright-Island-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0886_01__Mabel-Robinson-\u4eb2\u7231\u7684\u5e03\u83b1\u7279\u5c9b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0886_01__Mabel-Robinson-\u4eb2\u7231\u7684\u5e03\u83b1\u7279\u5c9b.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0886_01__Mabel-Robinson-\u4eb2\u7231\u7684\u5e03\u83b1\u7279\u5c9b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0886_01__Mabel-Robinson-\u4eb2\u7231\u7684\u5e03\u83b1\u7279\u5c9b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0886_01__Mabel-Robinson-\u4eb2\u7231\u7684\u5e03\u83b1\u7279\u5c9b-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1874 \u2013 Born: Mabel Robinson<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mar\u00adbel Louise Robin\u00adson (1874\u20131962), an immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan women chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer of the ear\u00adly 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture at Colum\u00adbia Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, and a founder of mod\u00adern chil\u00addren\u2019s nov\u00adel edu\u00adca\u00adtion. She is the revered pio\u00adneer in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan real\u00adist com\u00ading-of-age nov\u00adels for young girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Hon\u00ador and Endur\u00ading Mon\u00adu\u00adment:<\/strong>&nbsp;He won the award with his mas\u00adter\u00adpiece of real\u00adism, \u201cDear Bright Island\u201d.&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador, 1938<\/strong>His famous his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal biogra\u00adphies&nbsp;<em>Run\u00adner of the Moun\u00adtain Tops<\/em>&nbsp;Anoth\u00ader cut&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador, 1940<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Award-win\u00adning rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Dear Bright Island<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Bright Island<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary con\u00adno\u00adta\u00adtion:<\/strong>&nbsp;Robin\u00adson\u2019s writ\u00ading is imbued with a high\u00adly gran\u00adu\u00adlar sense of every\u00adday life and a breath\u00adtak\u00ading, unre\u00adstrained feel\u00ading of the wilder\u00adness. Her award-win\u00adning nov\u00adel, *Dear Bright Island*, tells the sto\u00adry of Thank\u00adful, an inde\u00adpen\u00addent young girl raised on a remote New Eng\u00adland island. Forced to leave nature and enter a rigid inland board\u00ading school, she over\u00adcomes social class prej\u00adu\u00addices and dis\u00adci\u00adpline, ulti\u00admate\u00adly redis\u00adcov\u00ader\u00ading her\u00adself and striv\u00ading for free\u00addom through the resilience and for\u00adti\u00adtude honed by the moun\u00adtains and sea. With her exquis\u00adite\u00adly refined prose, she utter\u00adly shat\u00adtered the syco\u00adphancy and rigid\u00adi\u00adty of Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan girls\u2019 books, uphold\u00ading the intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal heights of ear\u00adly YA lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture with remark\u00adable dig\u00adni\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Mabel Robin\u00adson |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mabel_Robinson\">Mabel Robin\u00adson (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-Mister-Monday-701x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-Mister-Monday-701x1024.jpg 701w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-Mister-Monday-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-Mister-Monday-768x1122.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-Mister-Monday-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-Mister-Monday.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-\u98df\u738b\u661f\u671f\u4e09.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-\u98df\u738b\u661f\u671f\u4e09.jpg 489w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-\u98df\u738b\u661f\u671f\u4e09-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-\u98df\u738b\u661f\u671f\u4e09-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-\u8d2a\u738b\u661f\u671f\u4e8c.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-\u8d2a\u738b\u661f\u671f\u4e8c.jpg 489w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-\u8d2a\u738b\u661f\u671f\u4e8c-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0871_01__Garth-Nix-The-Keys-to-the-Kingdom-\u8d2a\u738b\u661f\u671f\u4e8c-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1963: Garth Nix<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal mas\u00adter of mod\u00adern fan\u00adta\u00adsy lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and senior book edi\u00adtor from Aus\u00adtralia (1963). He is the uncrowned king of the \u201chard\u00adcore post-apoc\u00ada\u00adlyp\u00adtic dark fan\u00adta\u00adsy\u201d genre, the most influ\u00aden\u00adtial fig\u00adure in the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s and chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture field in the 21st cen\u00adtu\u00adry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Leg\u00adendary Fan\u00adta\u00adsy Immor\u00adtal Canon:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u201c\u201cSev\u00aden Kings\u2019 Sacred Keys\u201d series<\/strong>(Open\u00ading work)&nbsp;<em>The Keys to the King\u00addom: Mis\u00adter Mon\u00adday<\/em>&nbsp;(Mon\u00adday, the Lazy King). His cas\u00adtle fan\u00adta\u00adsy mas\u00adter\u00adpiece series is list\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d and has sold tens of mil\u00adlions of copies world\u00adwide.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Nix\u2019s writ\u00ading is vig\u00ador\u00adous and restrained, filled with extreme\u00adly rig\u00ador\u00adous math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal and log\u00adi\u00adcal struc\u00adtures and a stark, goth\u00adic aes\u00adthet\u00adic. In *The Sev\u00aden Keys*, he mas\u00adter\u00adful\u00adly weaves togeth\u00ader the sev\u00aden dead\u00adly sins, com\u00adplex cos\u00admic laws, and a young boy\u2019s life-or-death pact. The sto\u00adry fol\u00adlows Arthur, a poor boy suf\u00adfer\u00ading from severe asth\u00adma, who, fac\u00ading numer\u00adous adver\u00adsi\u00adties as the world crum\u00adbles, upholds his inner sense of jus\u00adtice and moral order, inde\u00adpen\u00addent\u00adly seiz\u00ading the sev\u00aden sacred keys to con\u00adtrol the universe\u2014an epic tale of life. He uses the steely resolve of pure lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture to decon\u00adstruct adult hypocrisy, estab\u00adlish\u00ading the high\u00adest lev\u00adel of thought in con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary chil\u00addren\u2019s fan\u00adta\u00adsy lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Garth Nix |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garth_Nix\">Garth Nix (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0866_01__Eve-Merriam-Independent-Voices-786x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0866_01__Eve-Merriam-Independent-Voices-786x1024.jpg 786w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0866_01__Eve-Merriam-Independent-Voices-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0866_01__Eve-Merriam-Independent-Voices-768x1001.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0866_01__Eve-Merriam-Independent-Voices-1179x1536.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0866_01__Eve-Merriam-Independent-Voices-1572x2048.jpg 1572w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0866_01__Eve-Merriam-Independent-Voices-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0866_01__Eve-Merriam-Independent-Voices.jpg 1965w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1916 \u2013 Born: Eve Merriam<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pio\u00adneer\u00ading poet, soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal essay\u00adist, and thinker on peo\u00adple of col\u00ador and wom\u00aden\u2019s rights (1916\u20131992). She was a tow\u00ader\u00ading fig\u00adure in the his\u00adto\u00adry of the evo\u00adlu\u00adtion of mod\u00adern met\u00adri\u00adcal poet\u00adry for chil\u00addren in 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Amer\u00adi\u00adca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive work of time\u00adless chil\u00addren\u2019s songs:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Inde\u00adpen\u00addent Voic\u00ades<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Inde\u00adpen\u00addent Voic\u00ades<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary Achieve\u00adments:<\/strong>&nbsp;Mer\u00adri\u00adam ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded her life to cre\u00adat\u00ading polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly charged chil\u00addren\u2019s poet\u00adry char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by its sharp, aus\u00adtere style and ele\u00adgant, syn\u00adco\u00adpat\u00aded rhythms. She shat\u00adtered the mediocre, over\u00adly ide\u00adal\u00adis\u00adtic world of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s songs. Her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *The Inde\u00adpen\u00addent Voice*, through long, met\u00adri\u00adcal poems about his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal fig\u00adures such as Franklin and women of the civ\u00adil rights move\u00adment, eschewed rigid didac\u00adti\u00adcism, using the utmost seri\u00adous\u00adness in lit\u00ader\u00adary artistry to guide chil\u00addren to break free from prej\u00adu\u00addice and uphold their inner rea\u00adson and integri\u00adty, earn\u00ading her a high rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion through\u00adout the Eng\u00adlish-speak\u00ading lit\u00ader\u00adary world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Eve Mer\u00adri\u00adam |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eve_Merriam\">Eve Mer\u00adri\u00adam (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=\"505\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Luba-Koncekova-Vesela_Hodinovy-kvet_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Luba-Koncekova-Vesela_Hodinovy-kvet_a.jpg 505w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Luba-Koncekova-Vesela_Hodinovy-kvet_a-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Luba-Koncekova-Vesela_Hodinovy-kvet_a-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Luba-Koncekova-Vesela_Hodinovy-kvet_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Luba-Koncekova-Vesela_Hodinovy-kvet_b.jpg 490w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Luba-Koncekova-Vesela_Hodinovy-kvet_b-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Luba-Koncekova-Vesela_Hodinovy-kvet_b-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Luba-Koncekova-Vesela_Hodinovy-kvet_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Luba-Koncekova-Vesela_Hodinovy-kvet_d.jpg 482w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Luba-Koncekova-Vesela_Hodinovy-kvet_d-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1979_Luba-Koncekova-Vesela_Hodinovy-kvet_d-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1942: Lyuba Kon\u010dekov\u00e1-Vesel\u00e1<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal female graph\u00adic artist from Slo\u00adva\u00adkia, a mas\u00adter of clas\u00adsi\u00adcal lith\u00ado\u00adgraphs and fine art illus\u00adtra\u00adtion (1942). She was one of the lead\u00ading visu\u00adal icons of mod\u00adern pic\u00adture book aes\u00adthet\u00adics in East\u00adern Europe that stunned the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal stage in the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal high\u00adest hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;With its visu\u00adal graph\u00adics, reimag\u00adined from a his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal folk epic that pre\u00adserves the cul\u00adtur\u00adal roots of eth\u00adnic minori\u00adties, and imbued with clas\u00adsi\u00adcal Slav\u00adic expres\u00adsion\u00adist spa\u00adtial com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion and metic\u00adu\u00adlous hand-laid lines, it won the top prize.&nbsp;<strong>Plaque Award, 1979 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 visu\u00adal mon\u00adu\u00adment:<\/strong>&nbsp;Ever\u00adlast\u00ading clas\u00adsics&nbsp;<strong>One Hour Flower<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Hodi\u00adnov\u00fd kvet<\/em>First edi\u00adtion of the com\u00adplete set of illus\u00adtra\u00adtions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Lyu\u00adba Kon\u010dekov\u00e1-Vesel\u00e1 |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibiana.sk\/en\/luba-koncekova-vesela\">\u013duba Kon\u010dekov\u00e1-Vesel\u00e1 (BIBIANA)<\/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=\"662\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0891_01__Meme-McDonald-My-Girragundji-662x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0891_01__Meme-McDonald-My-Girragundji-662x1024.jpg 662w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0891_01__Meme-McDonald-My-Girragundji-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0891_01__Meme-McDonald-My-Girragundji-768x1188.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0891_01__Meme-McDonald-My-Girragundji-993x1536.jpg 993w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0891_01__Meme-McDonald-My-Girragundji-1324x2048.jpg 1324w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0891_01__Meme-McDonald-My-Girragundji-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0891_01__Meme-McDonald-My-Girragundji.jpg 1655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0901_01__Victor-Kelleher-Taronga02.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0901_01__Victor-Kelleher-Taronga02.jpg 365w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0901_01__Victor-Kelleher-Taronga02-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0901_01__Victor-Kelleher-Taronga02-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\"><\/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>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Meme McDon\u00adald<\/strong><\/td><td>An immor\u00adtal Aus\u00adtralian female his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan and cul\u00adtur\u00adal schol\u00adar, and a pio\u00adneer\u00ading fig\u00adure in Indige\u00adnous lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture\u2019s advo\u00adca\u00adcy for equal\u00adi\u00adty (1954\u20132020). Through\u00adout her life, she upheld an objec\u00adtive, egal\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan anthro\u00adpo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal per\u00adspec\u00adtive and the raw, ver\u00adnac\u00adu\u00adlar lan\u00adguage of the land. Her time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *My Kila\u00adgan\u00adgi*, a work cre\u00adat\u00aded in col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion with Indige\u00adnous elders, vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the strug\u00adgles of minor\u00adi\u00adty youths amidst racial prej\u00adu\u00addice and bias as they tena\u00adcious\u00adly uphold their fam\u00adi\u00adly roots and per\u00adson\u00adal dig\u00adni\u00adty.<em>My Gir\u00adra\u00adgund\u00adji<\/em>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meme_McDonald\">Meme McDon\u00adald<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Vic\u00adtor Kelle\u00adher<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Aus\u00adtralian author of mod\u00adern hard\u00adcore eco\u00adre\u00adal\u00adism and post-apoc\u00ada\u00adlyp\u00adtic nov\u00adels (1939). He is a mas\u00adter of hard-boiled nar\u00adra\u00adtive, per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00ading \u201chard\u00adcore ani\u00admal anato\u00admy, reflec\u00adtion on author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism, and the pride of a young hero\u201d across Ocea\u00adnia. His time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *Taranga Zoo*, tells the sto\u00adry of a boy who escapes to an aban\u00addoned zoo after the col\u00adlapse of human civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion to uphold the equal order of all liv\u00ading things.<em>Taron\u00adga<\/em>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victor_Kelleher\">Vic\u00adtor Kelle\u00adher<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Bet\u00adty Miles<\/strong><\/td><td>A renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female real\u00adist nov\u00adel\u00adist and pub\u00adlic human rights activist of the mid-to-late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, focus\u00ading on the psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy of chil\u00addren. She was excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at using real\u00adis\u00adtic, con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion\u00adal lan\u00adguage rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent of a young girl to depict the grow\u00ading pains of ado\u00adles\u00adcence. Her endur\u00ading clas\u00adsic, *The Trou\u00adble of Thir\u00adteen*, vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays a 13-year-old mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adized girl bridg\u00ading the gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion gap and rebelling against gen\u00adder seg\u00adre\u00adga\u00adtion in schools.<em>The Trou\u00adble with Thir\u00adteen<\/em>) and The Real Me (<em>the real me<\/em>It ranks high\u00adly on the must-read lists for ratio\u00adnal read\u00aders in major libraries.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Betty_Miles\">Bet\u00adty Miles<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0911_01__Betty-Miles-the-real-me-768x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0911_01__Betty-Miles-the-real-me-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0911_01__Betty-Miles-the-real-me-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0911_01__Betty-Miles-the-real-me-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0911_01__Betty-Miles-the-real-me.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/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\/0911_01__Betty-Miles-The-Trouble-with-Thirteen-1024x768.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0911_01__Betty-Miles-The-Trouble-with-Thirteen-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0911_01__Betty-Miles-The-Trouble-with-Thirteen-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0911_01__Betty-Miles-The-Trouble-with-Thirteen-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0911_01__Betty-Miles-The-Trouble-with-Thirteen-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0911_01__Betty-Miles-The-Trouble-with-Thirteen-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0911_01__Betty-Miles-The-Trouble-with-Thirteen-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1943\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u8def\u6613\u65af\u00b7\u5ef6\u68ee Louis Jensen \u4e39\u9ea6\u4e0d\u673d\u7684\u56fd\u5b9d\u7ea7\u513f\u7ae5\u6587\u5b66\u5bb6\u3001\u8bd7\u4eba\u3001 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9757,"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-9426","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\/0891_01__Meme-McDonald-My-Girragundji.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9426","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=9426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9761,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9426\/revisions\/9761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}