{"id":9773,"date":"2026-07-21T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9773"},"modified":"2026-07-20T20:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:16:28","slug":"kidsbook_history_0721","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/21\/kidsbook_history_0721\/","title":{"rendered":"July 21: 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=\"820\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Esphyr-Slobodkina-Caps-for-Sale-820x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Esphyr-Slobodkina-Caps-for-Sale-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Esphyr-Slobodkina-Caps-for-Sale-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Esphyr-Slobodkina-Caps-for-Sale-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Esphyr-Slobodkina-Caps-for-Sale-1230x1536.jpg 1230w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Esphyr-Slobodkina-Caps-for-Sale-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0023_01__Esphyr-Slobodkina-Caps-for-Sale.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50\u7684\u753b\u5bb6.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50\u7684\u753b\u5bb6.jpg 190w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50\u7684\u753b\u5bb6-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50.jpg 504w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922\u5356\u5e3d\u5b50-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2002 \u2013 Passed away: Esphyr Slobodkina<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Russ\u00adian-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pio\u00adneer\u00ading graph\u00adic artist, abstract sculp\u00adtor, and trail\u00adblaz\u00ader of mod\u00adern pic\u00adture books (1908\u20132002). She was a found\u00ading core mem\u00adber of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion of Abstract Artists (AAA) in the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry and a visu\u00adal pope who per\u00adfect\u00adly blend\u00aded Bauhaus geo\u00admet\u00adric com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion with mod\u00adern chil\u00addren\u2019s graph\u00adic lan\u00adguage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>An endur\u00ading and supreme mon\u00adu\u00adment:<\/strong>&nbsp;Mod\u00adern Pic\u00adture Book Visu\u00adals Canon&nbsp;<strong>Sell\u00ading Hats<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Caps for Sale<\/em>(Pub\u00adlished in 1940) It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d and is high\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by the Library of Con\u00adgress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to visu\u00adal arts:<\/strong>&nbsp;Slo\u00adbod\u00adki\u00adna com\u00adplete\u00adly over\u00adturned the rigid per\u00adspec\u00adtive and com\u00adplex depic\u00adtions of ear\u00adly chil\u00addren\u2019s books. In \u201cThe Hat Sell\u00ader,\u201d she inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly used extreme\u00adly refined, high\u00adly sat\u00adu\u00adrat\u00aded cut-outs and opaque water\u00adcol\u00ador blocks to vivid\u00adly depict the hat sell\u00ader doz\u00ading under a tree with col\u00ador\u00adful hats on his head, and the poly\u00adphon\u00adic cycle of move\u00adment between him and a group of mon\u00adkeys in the tree who imi\u00adtate his move\u00adments and snatch the hats. With the clean\u00adest col\u00ador com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion and spa\u00adtial white space, she trans\u00adformed chil\u00addren\u2019s read\u00ading into a visu\u00adal and intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal feast about rhythm and order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Esphyr Slo\u00adbod\u00adki\u00adna |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Esphyr_Slobodkina\">Esphyr Slo\u00adbod\u00adki\u00adna (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=\"667\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Catherine-Storr-Clever-Polly-and-the-Stupid-Wolf-667x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Catherine-Storr-Clever-Polly-and-the-Stupid-Wolf-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Catherine-Storr-Clever-Polly-and-the-Stupid-Wolf-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Catherine-Storr-Clever-Polly-and-the-Stupid-Wolf-768x1179.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Catherine-Storr-Clever-Polly-and-the-Stupid-Wolf-1001x1536.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Catherine-Storr-Clever-Polly-and-the-Stupid-Wolf-1334x2048.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Catherine-Storr-Clever-Polly-and-the-Stupid-Wolf-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Catherine-Storr-Clever-Polly-and-the-Stupid-Wolf.jpg 1522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Catherine-Storr-\u806a\u660e\u7684\u6ce2\u8389\u548c\u5927\u7b28\u72fc.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Catherine-Storr-\u806a\u660e\u7684\u6ce2\u8389\u548c\u5927\u7b28\u72fc.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Catherine-Storr-\u806a\u660e\u7684\u6ce2\u8389\u548c\u5927\u7b28\u72fc-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Catherine-Storr-\u806a\u660e\u7684\u6ce2\u8389\u548c\u5927\u7b28\u72fc-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0003_01__Catherine-Storr-\u806a\u660e\u7684\u6ce2\u8389\u548c\u5927\u7b28\u72fc-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1913 \u2013 Born: Catherine Storr<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cather\u00adine Cole (1913\u20132001), an immor\u00adtal British female chil\u00addren\u2019s author and child psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtrist, was an extreme\u00adly strong female mas\u00adter of the mid-20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry\u2019s Amer\u00adi\u00adcan and British chil\u00addren\u2019s psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adism and anti-tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal didac\u00adtic fairy tale school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless Decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion of Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Clever Pol\u00adly and the Sil\u00adly Wolf (or The Clever Pol\u00adly and the Sil\u00adly Wolf)<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Clever Pol\u00adly and the Stu\u00adpid Wolf<\/em>It was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary sta\u00adtus:<\/strong>&nbsp;With her pro\u00adfound back\u00adground in child psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtry, Stu\u00adart com\u00adplete\u00adly shat\u00adtered the rigid and fear-induc\u00ading teach\u00adings of the \u201cbig bad wolf eats chil\u00addren\u201d in tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal West\u00adern fairy tales. Her lit\u00adtle girl Pol\u00adly, when faced with a fool\u00adish wolf who con\u00adstant\u00adly threat\u00adens to eat her, nei\u00adther cries nor relies on adults. Instead, with excep\u00adtion\u00adal com\u00adpo\u00adsure, log\u00adi\u00adcal deduc\u00adtion, and psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal manip\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion, she repeat\u00aded\u00adly out\u00adwits the wolf through bak\u00ading cakes, sto\u00adry\u00adtelling, and puns. With the utmost restraint in her pure lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, she estab\u00adlished the pin\u00adna\u00adcle of chil\u00addren\u2019s anti-bul\u00adly\u00ading and self-defense lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture with remark\u00adable dig\u00adni\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Cather\u00adine Storr |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catherine_Storr\">Cather\u00adine Storr (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=\"666\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_01__Hermann-Schulz-Mandela-et-Nelson-666x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_01__Hermann-Schulz-Mandela-et-Nelson-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_01__Hermann-Schulz-Mandela-et-Nelson-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_01__Hermann-Schulz-Mandela-et-Nelson-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_01__Hermann-Schulz-Mandela-et-Nelson.jpg 734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_02__Hermann-Schulz-Der-silberne-Jaguar.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_02__Hermann-Schulz-Der-silberne-Jaguar.jpg 315w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_02__Hermann-Schulz-Der-silberne-Jaguar-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0013_02__Hermann-Schulz-Der-silberne-Jaguar-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1938 \u2013 Born: Hermann Schulz<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Ger\u00adman writer, senior book pub\u00adlish\u00ader, and inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal human\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan and rights activist (1938). He was a mas\u00adter of real\u00adism in 21st-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Ger\u00adman-lan\u00adguage chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, known for his robust approach and ded\u00adi\u00adca\u00adtion to com\u00adbin\u00ading African geopo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal his\u00adto\u00adry with the empow\u00ader\u00adment of minor\u00adi\u00adty chil\u00addren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Hon\u00adors:<\/strong>&nbsp;With the chil\u00addren\u2019s real\u00adis\u00adtic clas\u00adsic \u201cMan\u00addela and Nel\u00adson\u201d, he won the top prize in one fell swoop.&nbsp;<strong>The 2012 Prix Sor\u00adci\u00e8res, the high\u00adest prize for nov\u00adels in France.<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces that have stood the test of time:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Man\u00addela and Nel\u00adson<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Man\u00addela et Nel\u00adson<\/em>), and the his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal non\u00adfic\u00adtion mas\u00adter\u00adpiece *The Sil\u00adver Jaguar*, which is includ\u00aded in *1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books*.<em>Der sil\u00adberne Jaguar<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00ader\u00adary qual\u00adi\u00adties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Schultz has spent many years con\u00adduct\u00ading in-depth research in Africa. His award-win\u00adning work, set against the back\u00addrop of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary rur\u00adal Ugan\u00adda, tells the sto\u00adry of twin boys named Man\u00addela and Nel\u00adson prepar\u00ading for a foot\u00adball match. With an extreme\u00adly noble sense of the tex\u00adture of the land, it vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the amaz\u00ading resilience and dig\u00adni\u00adty of African chil\u00addren in the face of pover\u00adty and racial his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal trau\u00adma, thus rais\u00ading a high bar for ratio\u00adnal social real\u00adism in chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Her\u00admann Schulz |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hermann_Schulz_(Schriftsteller)\">Her\u00admann Schulz (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=\"797\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Marlene-Reidel-Kasimirs-Weltreise-797x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Marlene-Reidel-Kasimirs-Weltreise-797x1024.jpg 797w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Marlene-Reidel-Kasimirs-Weltreise-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Marlene-Reidel-Kasimirs-Weltreise-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Marlene-Reidel-Kasimirs-Weltreise-1195x1536.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Marlene-Reidel-Kasimirs-Weltreise-1593x2048.jpg 1593w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Marlene-Reidel-Kasimirs-Weltreise-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0028_01__Marlene-Reidel-Kasimirs-Weltreise.jpg 1949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2014 \u2013 Passed away: Marlene Reidel<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An immor\u00adtal Ger\u00adman female graph\u00adic artist, mas\u00adter of print\u00admak\u00ading, and pio\u00adneer of chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture books (1923\u20132014). She was a land\u00admark fig\u00adure in the tran\u00adsi\u00adtion of post\u00adwar Ger\u00adman pic\u00adture book aes\u00adthet\u00adics to the mod\u00adern fine art stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Supreme his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal hon\u00ador:<\/strong>&nbsp;With her mas\u00adter\u00adpiece debut nov\u00adel, \u201cThe Trav\u00adels of Casi\u00admi Around the World,\u201d she rose to the top and won the award.&nbsp;<strong>The first DJLP (Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize) Best Pic\u00adture Book Award in 1958<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Award\u00aded an immor\u00adtal mon\u00adu\u00adment:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Kasim\u00adi\u2019s Glob\u00adal Trav\u00adel\u00adogue<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Kasimirs Wel\u00adtreise<\/em>)\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Rid\u00addle was extreme\u00adly ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded to the ancient wood\u00adcut and hand-print\u00ading tech\u00adniques. In \u201cCas\u00adsim\u00adi\u2019s Jour\u00adney Around the World,\u201d she com\u00adbined extreme\u00adly rough, indus\u00adtri\u00adal-style black wood\u00adcut lines with extreme\u00adly full and bright sol\u00adid col\u00ador blocks to vivid\u00adly depict a mag\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcent scene of a lit\u00adtle boy trav\u00adel\u00ading around the world on the moon\u00adlit night. With her ulti\u00admate fine art visu\u00adals, she estab\u00adlished a new style for mod\u00adern Euro\u00adpean pic\u00adture books in the post\u00adwar peri\u00adod.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Mar\u00adlene Rei\u00addel |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marlene_Reidel\">Mar\u00adlene Rei\u00addel (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=\"600\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0008_01__Elodie-Nouhen-La-grenouille-grande-bouche.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0008_01__Elodie-Nouhen-La-grenouille-grande-bouche.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0008_01__Elodie-Nouhen-La-grenouille-grande-bouche-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0008_01__Elodie-Nouhen-La-grenouille-grande-bouche-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1970: \u00c9lodie Nouhen<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A promi\u00adnent con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary French female graph\u00adic artist and a mas\u00adter of cross-dis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary pic\u00adture book illus\u00adtra\u00adtion, blend\u00ading real\u00adism and free\u00adhand style (1970).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A time\u00adless visu\u00adal mas\u00adter\u00adpiece:<\/strong>&nbsp;A French nation\u00adal-lev\u00adel inter\u00adac\u00adtive pic\u00adture book for young chil\u00addren with a beau\u00adti\u00adful sense of rhythm and sound.&nbsp;<strong>What are you eat\u00ading?<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>La grenouille \u00e0 grande bouche<\/em>(By Fran\u00e7oise Bobe) is includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visu\u00adal Art Fea\u00adtures:<\/strong>&nbsp;In this mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, Noon pio\u00adneered a tech\u00adnique that blends the rough tex\u00adture of vin\u00adtage hand\u00admade paper, del\u00adi\u00adcate water\u00adcol\u00ador wash\u00ades, and col\u00adlage through\u00adout the book. She vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the hilar\u00adi\u00adous dai\u00adly life of the big-mouthed frog as it inquires about food from oth\u00ader ani\u00admals in the jun\u00adgle, and her ele\u00adgant, fine-art com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions lend the pic\u00adture book for ear\u00adly lan\u00adguage devel\u00adop\u00adment the high\u00adest lev\u00adel of visu\u00adal seri\u00adous\u00adness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | \u00c9lodie Nouhen |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89lodie_Nouhen\">\u00c9lodie Nouhen (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=\"497\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_01__Peter-Carter-The-Sentinels.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_01__Peter-Carter-The-Sentinels.jpg 497w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_01__Peter-Carter-The-Sentinels-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0033_01__Peter-Carter-The-Sentinels-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\"><\/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 class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">event<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">fig\u00adure<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Details\/Awards<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Wikipedia\/Data Links<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Peter Carter<\/strong><\/td><td>A leg\u00adendary 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry British his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adist nov\u00adel\u00adist for chil\u00addren (1929\u20131999). Through\u00adout his life, he approached his writ\u00ading with an almost obses\u00adsive ded\u00adi\u00adca\u00adtion to his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal research and a rig\u00ador\u00adous soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal per\u00adspec\u00adtive. His epic mas\u00adter\u00adpiece, *The Sen\u00adtinel*, which recounts the 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry British Navy\u2019s cap\u00adture of ille\u00adgal slave ships in West African waters and vivid\u00adly por\u00adtrays the strug\u00adgle between minor\u00adi\u00adty and white chil\u00addren in uphold\u00ading human\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan dig\u00adni\u00adty amidst the smoke of war, is a tes\u00adta\u00adment to this.<em>The Sen\u00adtinels<\/em>It won the Guardian Chil\u00addren\u2019s Fic\u00adtion Award and was includ\u00aded in \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Carter_(author)\">Peter Carter (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>born<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Val\u00e9rie Losa<\/strong><\/td><td>A promi\u00adnent con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Swiss female graph\u00adic artist and mas\u00adter of fine print\u00admak\u00ading (1980). She uti\u00adlizes extreme\u00adly robust hand-lith\u00ado\u00adgraph\u00adic tex\u00adtures, cool, opaque col\u00adors, and M\u00f6bius stripes to cre\u00adate her mon\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtal real\u00adis\u00adtic work, *Ital\u00adian Fla\u00advor*.<em>Sapore Ital\u00adiano<\/em>The redesigned visu\u00adal graph\u00adics reached the top and won [awards\/recognition].&nbsp;<strong>Plaque Award, 2011 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibiana.sk\/en\/valerie-losa\">Val\u00e9rie Losa (BIBIANA)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2011_Valerie-Losa_Sapore-Italiano_-Piccole-storie-di-pranzi-domenicali_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9793\" 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