{"id":9782,"date":"2026-07-30T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=9782"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:28:28","slug":"kidsbook_history_0730","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/07\/30\/kidsbook_history_0730\/","title":{"rendered":"July 30: 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=\"871\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_02__Nankichi-Niimi-\u5c0f\u72d0\u72f8\u4e70\u624b\u5957-1-871x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_02__Nankichi-Niimi-\u5c0f\u72d0\u72f8\u4e70\u624b\u5957-1-871x1024.jpg 871w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_02__Nankichi-Niimi-\u5c0f\u72d0\u72f8\u4e70\u624b\u5957-1-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_02__Nankichi-Niimi-\u5c0f\u72d0\u72f8\u4e70\u624b\u5957-1-768x903.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_02__Nankichi-Niimi-\u5c0f\u72d0\u72f8\u4e70\u624b\u5957-1-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_02__Nankichi-Niimi-\u5c0f\u72d0\u72f8\u4e70\u624b\u5957-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_02__Nankichi-Niimi-Gong-the-Little-Fox.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_02__Nankichi-Niimi-Gong-the-Little-Fox.jpg 415w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_02__Nankichi-Niimi-Gong-the-Little-Fox-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_02__Nankichi-Niimi-Gong-the-Little-Fox-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\"><\/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\/0467_01__Nankichi-Niimi-Buying-Mittens-1-640x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_01__Nankichi-Niimi-Buying-Mittens-1-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_01__Nankichi-Niimi-Buying-Mittens-1-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_01__Nankichi-Niimi-Buying-Mittens-1-768x1228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_01__Nankichi-Niimi-Buying-Mittens-1-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_01__Nankichi-Niimi-Buying-Mittens-1-1280x2048.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_01__Nankichi-Niimi-Buying-Mittens-1-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0467_01__Nankichi-Niimi-Buying-Mittens-1.jpg 1563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1913 \u2014 Born: Nankichi Niimi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u00adese chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writer (1913\u20131943), whose real name was Nii\u00admi Shohachi. He and Miyaza\u00adwa Ken\u00adji are known as the two pil\u00adlars of mod\u00adern Japan\u00adese fairy tales. He was good at depict\u00ading the sub\u00adtle emo\u00adtions and kind\u00adness between humans and nature and ani\u00admals with a lyri\u00adcal, warm and slight\u00adly sad human\u00adis\u00adtic touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Lit\u00adtle Fox Buys Gloves<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>\u624b\u3076\u304f\u308d\u3092\u4e70\u3044\u306b<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Ken Kuroi et al.) \u2014 This sto\u00adry tells of a lit\u00adtle fox whose hands are red with cold dur\u00ading the win\u00adter. The moth\u00ader fox trans\u00adforms one of the lit\u00adtle fox\u2019s hands into a human child\u2019s hand and tells it to go to the town\u2019s gen\u00ader\u00adal store to buy gloves. Despite extend\u00ading the wrong hand, the lit\u00adtle fox still encoun\u00adters a kind gen\u00ader\u00adal store own\u00ader and suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly buys the gloves, mak\u00ading the moth\u00ader fox exclaim, \u201cSo there are kind peo\u00adple in humans too!\u201d It\u2019s a clas\u00adsic heart\u00adwarm\u00ading sto\u00adry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lit\u00adtle Fox A\u2011Quan<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>\u3054\u3093\u304e\u3064\u306d<\/em>\u2014 This sto\u00adry tells of a mis\u00adchie\u00advous lit\u00adtle fox named Quan who unin\u00adten\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly ruins the chest\u00adnuts and fish that vil\u00adlager Bing Shi catch\u00ades. Lat\u00ader, after learn\u00ading of Bing Shi\u2019s moth\u00ader\u2019s death, Quan feels guilty and secret\u00adly brings Bing Shi mat\u00adsu\u00adtake mush\u00adrooms and chest\u00adnuts every day. Ulti\u00admate\u00adly, how\u00adev\u00ader, he is acci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly killed by the unsus\u00adpect\u00ading Bing Shi while deliv\u00ader\u00ading chest\u00adnuts. The sto\u00adry explores pro\u00adfound themes of mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstand\u00ading and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion and has been a sta\u00adple of Japan\u00adese ele\u00admen\u00adtary school lan\u00adguage text\u00adbooks for many years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grand\u00adpa\u2019s Kerosene Lamp<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>\u304a\u3062\u3044\u3055\u3093\u306e\u30e9\u30f3\u30d7<\/em>\u2014 This sto\u00adry tells of how, as times changed and kerosene lamps were grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly replaced by elec\u00adtric lights, an old man put away his old kerosene lamp and embraced the changes in civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Nan\u00adkichi Nii\u00admi |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nankichi_Niimi\">Nan\u00adkichi Nii\u00admi (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=\"766\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-Rainbow-Fish-766x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-Rainbow-Fish-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-Rainbow-Fish-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-Rainbow-Fish-768x1026.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-Rainbow-Fish-1149x1536.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-Rainbow-Fish-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-Rainbow-Fish.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"369\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-\u5f69\u8679\u9c7c\u8ff7\u8def\u4e86.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-\u5f69\u8679\u9c7c\u8ff7\u8def\u4e86.jpg 369w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-\u5f69\u8679\u9c7c\u8ff7\u8def\u4e86-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-\u5f69\u8679\u9c7c\u8ff7\u8def\u4e86-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-Little-moon-raven.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-Little-moon-raven.jpg 375w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-Little-moon-raven-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-Little-moon-raven-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-\u5929\u5802\u9e1f-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-\u5929\u5802\u9e1f-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-\u5929\u5802\u9e1f-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-\u5929\u5802\u9e1f-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-\u5929\u5802\u9e1f-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-\u5929\u5802\u9e1f-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-\u5929\u5802\u9e1f.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1960: Marcus Pfister<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swiss chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1960). Orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly a graph\u00adic design\u00ader, he pio\u00adneered the inte\u00adgra\u00adtion of spe\u00adcial holo\u00adgraph\u00adic \u201csilver\/gold foil\u201d tech\u00adniques with wet water\u00adcol\u00adors, cre\u00adat\u00ading pic\u00adture book works with unique visu\u00adal effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cRain\u00adbow Fish Series<\/strong>(My debut work, \u201cI Am a Rain\u00adbow Fish\u201d)<em>Rain\u00adbow Fish<\/em>(1992) \u2014 This sto\u00adry tells of a large sea fish named \u201cRain\u00adbow Fish\u201d with daz\u00adzling, shim\u00admer\u00ading scales. Ini\u00adtial\u00adly, due to pride, it was unwill\u00ading to share its scales with the small\u00ader fish, result\u00ading in lone\u00adli\u00adness and iso\u00adla\u00adtion. Lat\u00ader, under the guid\u00adance of an old octo\u00adpus, it learned to share its shim\u00admer\u00ading scales with its friends, ulti\u00admate\u00adly gain\u00ading friend\u00adship and hap\u00adpi\u00adness. The work explores the social expe\u00adri\u00adence of shar\u00ading and inte\u00adgrat\u00ading into a group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oth\u00ader rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works include \u201cThe Crow Fly\u00ading to the Moon\u201d (<em>Lit\u00adtle Moon Raven<\/em>Good\u00adnight, Nils<em>Ab ins Bett, Nils!<\/em>), Bird of Par\u00adadise (<em>Par\u00adadise Bird<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Mar\u00adcus Pfis\u00adter |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marcus_Pfister\">Mar\u00adcus Pfis\u00adter (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=\"742\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0472_01__V.-H.-Drummond-Mrs-Easter-and-the-Storks-742x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0472_01__V.-H.-Drummond-Mrs-Easter-and-the-Storks-742x1024.jpg 742w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0472_01__V.-H.-Drummond-Mrs-Easter-and-the-Storks-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0472_01__V.-H.-Drummond-Mrs-Easter-and-the-Storks-768x1059.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0472_01__V.-H.-Drummond-Mrs-Easter-and-the-Storks-1114x1536.jpg 1114w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0472_01__V.-H.-Drummond-Mrs-Easter-and-the-Storks-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0472_01__V.-H.-Drummond-Mrs-Easter-and-the-Storks.jpg 1450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1911 \u2013 Born: VH Drummond (Violet Drummond)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1911\u20132000). Her style is full of dynamism and British humor and ease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Top Award and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mrs. Eas\u00adt\u00adon and the Stork<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Mrs. East\u00ader and the Storks<\/em>(1957) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>The 1957 Kate Green\u00adaway Medal (CIL)<\/strong>It tells the sto\u00adry of a series of wit\u00adty social inter\u00adac\u00adtions and city life adven\u00adtures between the ami\u00adable Lady East, her para\u00adsol, and a pair of storks nest\u00ading atop the cas\u00adtle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | VH Drum\u00admond |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Violet_Drummond\">Vio\u00adlet Drum\u00admond (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=\"464\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Lev-Tokmakov_Krabat_a.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Lev-Tokmakov_Krabat_a.jpg 464w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Lev-Tokmakov_Krabat_a-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Lev-Tokmakov_Krabat_a-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"388\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Lev-Tokmakov_Krabat_b.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Lev-Tokmakov_Krabat_b.jpg 388w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Lev-Tokmakov_Krabat_b-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Lev-Tokmakov_Krabat_b-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"385\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Lev-Tokmakov_Krabat_d.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Lev-Tokmakov_Krabat_d.jpg 385w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Lev-Tokmakov_Krabat_d-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1985_Lev-Tokmakov_Krabat_d-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1928 \u2013 Born: Lev Tokmakov<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soviet\/Russian print\u00admak\u00ader and chil\u00addren\u2019s book illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1928\u20132010). He col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adrat\u00aded for a long time with his wife, the famous Russ\u00adian chil\u00addren\u2019s poet Iri\u00adna Tok\u00admako\u00adva, and was known for his illus\u00adtra\u00adtions of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture with clean lines and a fun sense of form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Awards and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Based on Otfried Preu\u00dfler\u2019s famous nov\u00adel \u201cThe Dev\u00adil\u2019s Mill\u201c<em>Kra\u00adbat<\/em>The illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for the Russ\u00adian trans\u00adla\u00adtion drawn by [author\u2019s name] won an award.&nbsp;<strong>Plaque Award, 1985 Bratisla\u00adva Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Bien\u00adni\u00adal of Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions (BIB)<\/strong>The paint\u00ading uses serene line draw\u00ading to depict the clash between dark\u00adness and jus\u00adtice with\u00adin the mag\u00adic mill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Lev Tok\u00admakov |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87\">Lev Tok\u00admakov (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=\"702\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0452_01__Helmut-Hornung-Safari-ins-Reich-der-Sterne-702x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0452_01__Helmut-Hornung-Safari-ins-Reich-der-Sterne-702x1024.jpg 702w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0452_01__Helmut-Hornung-Safari-ins-Reich-der-Sterne-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0452_01__Helmut-Hornung-Safari-ins-Reich-der-Sterne-768x1120.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0452_01__Helmut-Hornung-Safari-ins-Reich-der-Sterne-1053x1536.jpg 1053w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0452_01__Helmut-Hornung-Safari-ins-Reich-der-Sterne-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0452_01__Helmut-Hornung-Safari-ins-Reich-der-Sterne.jpg 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1959: Helmut Hornung<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ger\u00adman astronomer, sci\u00adence jour\u00adnal\u00adist, and chil\u00addren\u2019s sci\u00adence writer (1959). He served for many years at the Max Planck Soci\u00adety, ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded to pop\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adiz\u00ading mod\u00adern astron\u00ado\u00admy and cos\u00admol\u00ado\u00adgy among young peo\u00adple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Top Award and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Based on the chil\u00addren\u2019s pop\u00adu\u00adlar sci\u00adence book \u201cHunt\u00ading in the King\u00addom of Stars\u201d (<em>Safari ins Reich der Sterne<\/em>) won&nbsp;<strong>1993 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP) Non\u00adfic\u00adtion Book Award<\/strong>It uses vivid and humor\u00adous lan\u00adguage to guide young read\u00aders to explore the mys\u00adter\u00adies of stars, black holes and the uni\u00adverse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Hel\u00admut Hor\u00adnung |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helmut_Hornung\">Hel\u00admut Hor\u00adnung (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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0457_01__Lars-Elling-Rot-Blau-und-ein-bichen-Gelb.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0457_01__Lars-Elling-Rot-Blau-und-ein-bichen-Gelb.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0457_01__Lars-Elling-Rot-Blau-und-ein-bichen-Gelb-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0457_01__Lars-Elling-Rot-Blau-und-ein-bichen-Gelb-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1966: Lars Elling<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nor\u00adwe\u00adgian painter and pic\u00adture book illus\u00adtra\u00adtor (1966). His artis\u00adtic cre\u00adations encom\u00adpass oil paint\u00ading and stage design, and his illus\u00adtra\u00adtion style fea\u00adtures a strong expres\u00adsion\u00adist tex\u00adture and col\u00ador com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Top Award and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With the pic\u00adture book \u201cRed, Blue and a Lit\u00adtle Bit of Yel\u00adlow\u201c<em>Rot, Blau and ein bi\u00dfchen Gelb<\/em>Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions by Bj\u00f8rn Sort\u00adland (text) won an award.&nbsp;<strong>1996 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP) Pic\u00adture Book Award<\/strong>The sto\u00adry unfolds from the per\u00adspec\u00adtive of a girl vis\u00adit\u00ading an art muse\u00adum, weav\u00ading the col\u00ador philoso\u00adphies of mas\u00adters such as Mon\u00addri\u00adan and Picas\u00adso into a dream\u00adlike visu\u00adal explo\u00adration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Lars Elling |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/no.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lars_Elling\">Lars Elling (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1913\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u65b0\u7f8e\u5357\u5409 Nankichi Niimi \u65e5\u672c\u513f\u7ae5\u6587\u5b66\u4f5c\u5bb6 (1913-19 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9974,"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-9782","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\/0462_01__Marcus-Pfister-Rainbow-Fish.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9782","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=9782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9985,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9782\/revisions\/9985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}